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DUNEDIN, Fla. – Miguel Castro is a sight to behold – in more ways than one.

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Toronto Blue Jays scouts have likened his physique to NBA star Kevin Durant. Well, maybe so, someday, if Castro adds a few pounds. At the moment, he looks more like Manute Bol did in Grade 9, which is to say 6-foot-5 and 190 pounds with spindly legs and hips only slightly bigger than his waist.

The other eye-popping thing about Castro is that he can throw a baseball 100 miles an hour. That’s one reason why the Jays brought him to major-league camp, even though he just turned 20 in December.

Observers who had never seen Castro did double-takes this week when he got up from the chair at his locker and looked down on just about everyone in the clubhouse, and again on Tuesday, when he threw in his first official bullpen session of spring training.