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While stung by some of the criticism leveled against him for calling out Jose Castillo, Jack Wilson said he doesn't regret his comments. "Look, I'm harder on myself than anyone," he said. "I'm coming off a bad season. But that doesn't mean I didn't show up at the yard. And you know what? I think we have five or six leaders on this team, and I feel like I've been around long enough at shortstop to be the leader of Jose Castillo. It's my job to break in the second baseman. And it's so frustrating to watch him not be the player that I know he can be."
He's definitely going about it better now. Saying "Freddy Sanchez is my second baseman" and that "Castillo's got to show me something" came off as very arrogant (yeah, we know a thing or two about that). That we've been rather critical of Wilson from time to time stems in large part from our opinion that he's miscast as a No. 2 hitter. Of course, it's not his fault that Lloyd McClendon and Jim Tracy have put him there anyway. He's expected back in that spot this year, regardless of whether Castillo or Jose Bautista wins the open job in the infield.
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