The Philadelphia Phillies benched Nick Castellanos earlier this week for his play and for choice words he said to manager Rob Thomson, now Castellanos is speaking out.

Despite turning their performance around on the field to the tune of a five-game winning streak following their victory on Monday, it was revealed a day later that manager Rob Thomson had benched Nick Castellanos for Tuesday's game after the star outfielder made an "inappropriate comment" following getting pulled from Monday's contest.

Nick Castellanos dissed his manager and got punished. Not benched. Not rested. Punished. Then, rested and chastened, he was redeemed. Rob Thomson realigned his outfield defense late Monday in Miami, inserting Johan Rojas in center,