Déjà youth: Starlin a veteran of youth movements

NEW YORK — Starlin Castro has seen this before.

The Yankees are getting younger. Just in the last month, the team has traded Aroldis Chapman, Andrew Miller and Carlos Beltran, released Alex Rodriguez and is readying for Mark Teixeira’s impending retirement. To replace the old guard, the Yankees have brought up catcher Gary Sanchez, outfielder Aaron Judge and first baseman Tyler Austin, as well as moved Chad Green and Luis Cessa into the starting rotation. But none of this is new to Castro.

Over his six seasons with the Cubs prior to coming to the Bronx, Castro saw plenty of this. He saw the Cubs part ways with veterans like Aramis Ramirez, Carlos Zambrano and Jeff Samardzija. But he also saw them call up the core of players who have led them to the best record in baseball this season — especially in 2015, when the Cubs brought in Kris Bryant, Addison Russell and Kyle Schwarber.

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And because of those moves, Castro — who is still only 26 years old but is a seasoned veteran compared to his 22-year-old replacement in Russell — became expendable in Chicago, just as Chapman, Miller and Beltran were in New York.

But Castro isn’t bitter. In fact, he actually sees these similarities himself.

“I’m pretty happy for those guys like Gary Sanchez, like Judge, like Austin,” Castro said. “I think of those guys as coming here to help us, and …

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