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Birth Date12-12-1992
Height6' 2"
Weight200 lbs
Age31 years, 4 months, 27 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
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2.22017
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2017 CIN MLB 15 15 89.3 3 7 0 64 32 98 11 100 6.4 3.2 1.1 9.9 60% .247 1.07 3.76 3.12 85 3.41 72.7 2.2
2018 CIN MLB 31 31 169.7 10 12 0 158 49 165 28 99 8.4 2.6 1.5 8.8 48% .282 1.22 4.27 4.30 98 4.76 106.3 1.1
2019 CIN MLB 32 32 190.7 15 8 0 139 79 226 22 96 6.6 3.7 1.0 10.7 57% .262 1.14 3.65 3.40 82 3.02 61.9 5.7
CareerMLB7878449.72827036116048961987.23.21.29.854%.2671.163.903.68893.7580.88.9

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2012 DGI Rk DSL 19 0 54.3 1 3 2 47 22 47 1 7.8 3.6 0.2 7.8 0% .303 1.27 3.09 3.31 96 4.32 90.0
2014 AUG A SAL 48 0 58.7 2 2 10 56 25 66 6 8.6 3.8 0.9 10.1 0% .317 1.38 3.99 3.07 98 4.65 98.4
2015 GRB A SAL 25 7 63.3 4 3 4 59 19 63 1 103 8.4 2.7 0.1 9.0 0% .326 1.23 2.73 2.98 78 3.52 77.2
2015 JUP A+ FSL 10 9 43.7 2 3 0 44 14 31 3 88 9.1 2.9 0.6 6.4 0% .308 1.33 3.67 3.50 107 5.09 111.7
2016 JUP A+ FSL 23 21 117.7 8 4 0 95 18 91 2 91 7.3 1.4 0.2 7.0 50% .271 0.96 2.46 2.07 84 2.94 64.9
2016 JAX AA SOU 3 3 14.0 0 2 0 12 7 12 1 91 7.7 4.5 0.6 7.7 42% .262 1.36 4.24 3.86 112 4.56 100.8
2017 CIN MLB NL 15 15 89.3 3 7 0 64 32 98 11 100 6.4 3.2 1.1 9.9 60% .247 1.07 3.76 3.12 85 3.41 72.7
2017 PEN AA SOU 14 14 80.3 4 4 0 68 13 81 5 99 7.6 1.5 0.6 9.1 42% .293 1.01 2.50 2.58 78 3.47 73.9
2018 CIN MLB NL 31 31 169.7 10 12 0 158 49 165 28 99 8.4 2.6 1.5 8.8 48% .282 1.22 4.27 4.30 98 4.76 106.3
2019 CIN MLB NL 32 32 190.7 15 8 0 139 79 226 22 96 6.6 3.7 1.0 10.7 57% .262 1.14 3.65 3.40 82 3.02 61.9

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2017 1476 0.4885 0.4709 0.7137 0.6671 0.2834 0.8025 0.5140 0.2863
2018 2772 0.4848 0.4913 0.7107 0.6682 0.3249 0.8073 0.5237 0.2893
2019 3059 0.3782 0.4645 0.6404 0.6353 0.3607 0.7769 0.4942 0.3596
Career73070.44090.47600.68190.65420.33150.79360.50940.3181

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2027 CIN $24,150,000
2026 CIN $24,150,000
2025 CIN $24,150,000
2024 CIN $24,150,000
2023 CIN $11,400,000
2022 CIN $7,350,000
2021 CIN $4,200,000
2020 CIN $663,500
2019 CIN $557,500
2018 CIN $555,000
2017 CIN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$24,726,000
2019Current$24,150,000
7 yrPvs + Cur$48,876,000
3 yrFuture$72,450,000
10 yrTotal$121,326,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 101 dRepublik Sports5 years/$108M (2023-27), 2028 option

Details
  • 5 years/$108M (2023-27), plus 2028 vesting option. Signed by extension with Seattle 9/24/22. $7M signing bonus (due within 60 days of contract's approval). 23:$10M, 24-27:$22.75M annually, 28:$25M vesting option. 2028 conditional option: Seattle receives a $5M club option for 2028 if Castillo is on the Injured List in 2025-27 for more than 130 consecutive days due to Tommy John surgery or an operation stemming from damage to the ligament. 2028 vesting option: if conditional option specifications are not met, the option is guaranteed at $25M if a) Castillo pitches at least 180 innings in 2027 and b) an independent surgeon determines Castillo does not have an injury causing him to start the 2028 season on the Injured List. Full no-trade protection for 2023-25. $1M assignment bonus with trade thereafter. Award bonus: $500,000 for Cy Young ($250,000 for second through fifth-place finish in vote). $100,000 for WS MVP, Rivera/Hoffman reliever of the year. $50,000 for Gold Glove, All Star election, LCS MVP. $25,000 for All Star selection.
  • 1 year/$7.35M (2022). Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/22/22 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Seattle in trade from Cincinnati 7/29/22 with $2,746,154 remaining on contract.
  • 1 year/$4.2M (2021). Re-signed by Cincinnati 1/15/21 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$663,500 (2020). Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/20.
  • 1 year/$557,500 (2019). Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/19.
  • 1 year/$555,000 (2018). Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/18.
  • 1 year (2017). Contract selected by Miami 11/18/16. Acquired by Cincinnati in trade from Miami 1/18/17. Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/17.
  • Acquired by Miami in trade from San Diego 8/1/16 (Casher deal partly reversed after MLB found Padres failed to make full medical disclosure).
  • Acquired by San Diego in trade from Miami 7/29/16 (Cashner deal).
  • Acquired by Miami in trade from San Francisco 12/20/14.
  • Signed by San Francisco 12/23/11 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Luis Castillo has thrown 18,561 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2017 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (96mph) and Slider (86mph), also mixing in a Sinker (96mph) and Change (88mph).