newsday.com - 8/23/2008
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In a stunning but easy to decipher turnaround, Mets
manager Jerry Manuel said Luis Castillo will not only return Saturday but will get his second base job back.
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Castillo will be back activated today! - Who goes down?
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... day, I don't care."
Castillo, 32, is batting .261 with three home runs and 26 RBIs. Reyes is hitting .264 and Easley is at .262.
The Mets also face what Manuel called "kind of a touchy and dicey" roster decision Saturday. They want to keep Reyes and rookie outfielder Nick Evans, so 12th pitcher Brian Stokes could be the odd man out. But the Mets are concerned about not having a long man on Saturday with sore-shouldered John Maine scheduled to start.
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