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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 23)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date1-10-1996
Height6' 6"
Weight252 lbs
Age28 years, 10 months, 14 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
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0.82018
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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
2018 SDN MLB 37 0 38.3 3 3 0 23 12 52 3 99 5.4 2.8 0.7 12.2 39% .250 0.91 2.60 3.29 83 3.02 67.6 0.8
2019 SDN MLB 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 94 0.0 13.5 0.0 27.0 0% .000 1.50 6.16 0.00 97 5.18 106.3 0.0
CareerMLB38039.03302313543995.33.00.712.539%.2500.922.663.23833.0668.20.8

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.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
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-
2013 RAY Rk GCL 12 3 30.7 2 2 0 34 8 25 1 96 10.0 2.3 0.3 7.3 0% .344 1.37 3.13 5.87 95 5.67 123.2
2014 RAY Rk GCL 3 0 4.7 0 0 0 3 2 4 0 5.8 3.9 0.0 7.7 0% .250 1.07 3.06 3.86 0 0.00 0.0
2015 FTW A MID 6 6 27.0 1 1 0 25 16 16 2 106 8.3 5.3 0.7 5.3 0% .284 1.52 5.05 4.00 131 5.57 122.2
2015 TRI A- NWL 13 12 52.3 3 1 0 54 16 35 1 102 9.3 2.8 0.2 6.0 0% .308 1.34 3.71 3.61 105 4.48 98.2
2016 FTW A MID 9 0 23.7 1 1 1 23 4 35 0 8.7 1.5 0.0 13.3 47% .397 1.14 1.15 2.28 61 3.17 70.1
2016 TRI A- NWL 4 0 5.0 0 1 1 5 3 7 1 9.0 5.4 1.8 12.6 50% .364 1.60 5.97 1.80 104 5.09 112.5
2016 LEL A+ CAL 7 0 11.3 1 0 0 15 5 7 1 11.9 4.0 0.8 5.6 51% .368 1.76 5.47 1.59 116 7.50 165.7
2017 LEL A+ CAL 39 0 47.0 3 2 1 38 22 49 0 7.3 4.2 0.0 9.4 42% .297 1.28 3.43 2.87 88 3.27 69.5
2017 SAN AA TEX 8 0 9.3 1 0 0 8 4 10 1 7.7 3.9 1.0 9.6 28% .292 1.29 3.85 2.89 97 4.36 92.7
2018 SDN MLB NL 37 0 38.3 3 3 0 23 12 52 3 99 5.4 2.8 0.7 12.2 39% .250 0.91 2.60 3.29 83 3.02 67.6
2018 SAN AA TEX 12 0 15.0 2 1 5 14 8 26 0 8.4 4.8 0.0 15.6 38% .438 1.47 1.58 3.00 72 4.35 91.9
2018 ELP AAA PCL 10 0 11.3 1 0 3 6 2 13 1 4.8 1.6 0.8 10.3 43% .185 0.71 3.12 0.79 76 1.96 41.4
2019 SDN MLB NL 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 94 0.0 13.5 0.0 27.0 0% .000 1.50 6.16 0.00 97 5.18 106.3
2019 LEL A+ CAL 6 1 5.7 0 1 0 2 1 12 1 83 3.2 1.6 1.6 19.1 57% .167 0.53 2.78 3.18 48 1.40 28.9
2019 ELP AAA PCL 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 6.8 6.8 6.8 20.3 0% .000 1.50 11.29 6.75 98 3.33 68.5
2019 PDR Rk AZL 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 114 18.0 0.0 0.0 27.0 0% 1.000 2.00 -1.75 9.00 59 0.60 12.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2018 632 0.5174 0.4573 0.6609 0.6208 0.2820 0.7586 0.4302 0.3391
2019 17 0.4706 0.2941 0.6000 0.5000 0.1111 0.7500 0.0000 0.4000
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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
2024 ARI $
2023 SDN $730,000
2022 SDN $
2021 SDN $
2020 SDN $569,800
2019 SDN $560,300
2018 SDN $
YearsDescriptionSalary
3 yrPrevious$1,860,100
3 yrTotal$1,860,100

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 125 dOL Baseball1 year (2024)

Details
  • 1 year (2024). Signed by Arizona as a free agent 11/27/23 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$730,000 (2023). Re-signed by San Diego 11/18/22 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Miami in trade 7/25/23 after being DFA by San Diego 7/20/23. Marlins to pay $266,882 remaining on contract. Sent outright to Triple-A by Miami 8/10/23. Elected free agency 10/6/23.
  • 1 year (2022). Re-signed by San Diego as a free agent 1/14/22 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2021). Re-signed by San Diego 3/21. Non-tendered by San Diego 11/30/21.
  • 1 year/$569,800 (2020). Re-signed by San Diego 3/20.
  • 1 year/$560,300 (2019). Re-signed by San Diego 3/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Contract selected by San Diego 11/20/17. Re-signed by San Diego 3/18.
  • Acquired by San Diego in trade from Tampa Bay 12/19/14.
  • Signed by Tampa Bay 7/7/12 as an amateur free agent from Venezuela. $1.55M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 0 3.4 1.1 45 5 69.9 47 26 85 6 .255 1.06 2.63 2.76 1.9 0.2
80o 0 3.1 0.9 40 4 63.1 47 26 76 6 .272 1.15 3.03 3.18 -1.0 -0.1
70o 0 2.9 0.8 37 4 58.3 46 26 71 6 .284 1.22 3.32 3.5 -2.9 -0.3
60o 0 2.7 0.8 35 4 54.4 45 25 66 6 .294 1.29 3.58 3.77 -4.3 -0.5
50o 0 2.6 0.7 32 3 50.8 44 25 62 6 .304 1.35 3.83 4.03 -5.4 -0.6
40o 0 2.4 0.6 30 3 47.3 43 24 57 6 .313 1.41 4.08 4.29 -6.3 -0.7
30o 0 2.2 0.6 28 3 43.6 41 23 53 5 .324 1.48 4.35 4.58 -7.1 -0.8
20o 0 2 0.5 25 3 39.4 40 22 48 5 .336 1.57 4.67 4.92 -7.8 -0.8
10o 0 1.8 0.4 22 2 33.8 37 20 41 5 .353 1.69 5.14 5.41 -8.4 -0.9
Weighted Mean02.50.732350.14324616.3011.333.793.99-5.1-0.6

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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José Castillo has thrown 2,535 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2024, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2024, he has relied primarily on his Slider (84mph) and Sinker (95mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (94mph). He also rarely throws a Change (88mph).