"How dare you replace me?" The gold side, which caused a disturbance with beer during the game, was finally released by a surprise 'disaster' → 'discontinued' with the remaining salary of 28.9 billion won

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The Philadelphia Phillies eventually gave up accompanying outfielder Nick Castejanos (34), which was like a "time bomb." The club decided to release him even while paying the remaining salary of about $20 million (about 28.9 billion won). The $100 million contract ended in the worst catastrophe. As a result, there was no 'player greater than the team'.

According to the official Major League website MLB.com , Philadelphia released Castejanos on the 13th (Korea Standard Time). It was the beginning of the spring camp for the 2026 season, but it was an unusual announcement of the release of high-paid workers.

The background and the whole story of the release is simply shocking. According to multiple media outlets, including The Athletic, a U.S. sports media outlet, Castejanos questioned the coaching staff when he was replaced during an away game against the Miami Marlins in June last year.

To strengthen the defense, I took out Castejanos and put in another outfielder, but my pride did not allow it. Castejanos considered the replacement in front of his family and friends as 'the highest level of insult'. Angered, he shouted at the coach and coaches while drinking beer in the dugout, and his teammates watched the scene.

Team leaders such as Kyle Schwarber and J.T. Realmuto, who felt the seriousness of the situation, also intervened. Castellanos was stopped to prevent him from drinking beer on the broadcast camera, and the front desk, including Howie Kendrick, who is a special assistant for the club, also took away the beer bottle, but Castellanos' rampage did not stop.

Casteyanos reportedly openly ignored Philadelphia coach Rob Thompson (63), who had no major league experience when he was active. "It's over the line to talk to the coach like that," a colleague told The Athletic. "After that incident, the trust relationship with the team members has broken to an irreparable level."

Ahead of the 2022 season, Philadelphia signed Castejanos to a five-year contract with a total of $100 million, which led to his release with one year left. Above all, his performance in the 2025 season was not good. Castejanos played 147 games and had a batting average of 0.250 (137 hits in 547 times at bat) and an on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) of only 00.694. In the trade market, it eventually received no attention, so Philadelphia chose to remove Castejanos from the team even if it paid a large amount of $20 million.

Even just before the announcement of the release, Castellanos committed the scandal of posting a handwritten letter first on his SNS without coordination with the club, saying, "I'm addicted to victory and I'll learn from this." The spectacular $100 million contract ended with an all-time dark history. It is also unclear whether the career will be extended in the future.

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