Dave Dombrowski explains why Nick Castellanos resolution took so long: ‘It’s an obligation to do whatever we can’

Nick Castellanos was released by the Phillies on Thursday. (Madeline Ressler/Phillies Nation)

The mechanism of Nick Castellanos’ departure from the Phillies came as no surprise. The timeline, that it got to this point this late, was slightly unexpected.

As late as Thursday morning, Castellanos was technically a member of the team. The Phillies tried all winter to trade Castellanos for even a couple million, or a few hundred thousand, dollars of salary relief. President of baseball...