Biographical

Portrait of Willi Castro

Willi Castro 2BTigers

Tigers Player Cards | Tigers Team Audit | Tigers Depth Chart

2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 22)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
Login or Subscribe today for access to projections!
Birth Date4-24-1997
Height6' 1"
Weight206 lbs
Age26 years, 11 months, 24 days
BatsB
ThrowsR
2015
2016
2017
2018
-0.52019
proj
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2019 DET 22 30 110 23 6 1 1 6 34 2 0 1 .230 .284 .340 69 -4.0 0.9 1.1 0.3
Career3011023611634201.230.284.34069-4.00.91.10.3

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 PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
2014 CLE Rk AZL 43 170 .000 .000 .000 .292 0.0 66 0 0.0 0.0 -11.0 0.0
2015 MHV A- NYP 67 301 .255 .319 .348 .291 97 -3 8.3 3.7 83 0 0.2 -3.7 -11.6 -0.3
2016 LKC A MID 123 548 .251 .315 .357 .302 98 -5.8 14.6 6.1 84 0 -1.7 -1.8 -16.4 0.1
2016 LYN A+ CAR 3 9 .212 .286 .340 .286 105 -1 0.3 0 70 0 -0.8 -0.7 -0.5 -0.2
2017 LYN A+ CAR 123 510 .254 .324 .382 .336 95 11.4 14.1 6.5 119 0 5.0 1.6 9.6 3.9
2018 AKR AA EAS 97 410 .257 .330 .400 .304 90 -0.9 11.7 5.4 97 0 7.5 1.3 -0.6 2.6
2018 ERI AA EAS 26 114 .257 .332 .394 .395 101 7.6 3.3 0 99 0 0.5 -0.8 0.5 0.4
2018 TOL AAA INT 5 21 .275 .324 .414 .375 101 -1.4 0.6 0.3 74 0 -0.5 -0.7 -0.5 -0.1
2018 ESC Wnt DWL 24 103 .208 .269 .284 .284 96 -2 1.7 0.8 98 2 0.0 -0.3 2.1 0.4
2019 DET MLB AL 30 110 .253 .316 .426 .333 102 -6.6 3.3 1.5 69 10 1.1 0.9 -4.0 0.3
2019 TOL AAA INT 119 525 .269 .344 .448 .369 95 11.9 17.9 7.2 111 0 -15.1 0.3 7.8 1.6

Statistics For All Levels

Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
2014 CLE Rk AZL 170 155 31 37 5 3 2 54 11 6 33 9 4 .239 .285 .348 .110 0
2015 MHV A- NYP 301 273 34 72 9 3 1 90 25 10 31 20 7 .264 .304 .330 .066 3 8
2016 LYN A+ CAR 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .000 0 0
2016 LKC A MID 548 518 68 134 21 8 7 192 49 19 96 16 11 .259 .286 .371 .112 5 3
2017 LYN A+ CAR 510 469 69 136 24 3 11 199 58 28 90 19 9 .290 .337 .424 .134 4 2
2018 ESC Wnt DWL 103 97 10 23 4 3 2 39 8 3 22 1 0 .237 .265 .402 .165 1 1
2018 TOL AAA INT 21 21 0 6 0 0 0 6 2 0 5 1 0 .286 .286 .286 .000 0 0
2018 AKR AA EAS 410 371 55 91 20 2 5 130 39 28 84 13 4 .245 .303 .350 .105 1 7
2018 ERI AA EAS 114 105 12 34 9 2 4 59 13 6 25 4 1 .324 .366 .562 .238 0 2
2019 TOL AAA INT 525 465 75 140 28 8 11 217 62 37 110 17 4 .301 .366 .467 .166 6 3
2019 DET MLB AL 110 100 10 23 6 1 1 34 8 6 34 0 1 .230 .284 .340 .110 1 1

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2019 414 0.4662 0.5290 0.6941 0.6632 0.4118 0.7500 0.6154 0.3059 0.0000
Career4140.46620.52900.69410.66320.41180.75000.61540.30590.0000

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
2023 MIN $1,800,000
2022 DET $
2021 DET $578,500
2020 DET $
2019 DET $
2018 DET $
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$2,378,500
2 yrTotal$2,378,500

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 17 d1 year/$1.8M (2023)

Details
  • 1 year (2023). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 12/30/22 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.8M in majors. Contract selected by Minnesota 3/29/23.
  • 1 year (2022). Re-signed by Detroit 3/22. Non-tendered by Detroit 11/18/22.
  • 1 year/$578,500 (2021). Re-signed by Detroit 3/21.
  • 1 year (2020). Re-signed by Detroit 3/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Contract selected by Detroit 8/24/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Contract selected by Cleveland 11/20/17. Re-signed by Cleveland 3/18. Acquired by Detroit in trade from Cleveland 7/31/18.
  • Signed by Cleveland 7/2/13 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic.

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ VORP FRAA WARP
90o 46 10 2 0 1 1 11 1 0 .227 .244 .341 68 0.0 SS 0 0.0
80o 31 7 1 0 1 1 7 1 0 .233 .258 .367 61 -0.3 SS 0 0.0
70o 20 5 1 0 1 1 5 0 0 .263 .300 .474 57 -0.3 SS 0 0.0
60o 11 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .200 .200 .200 53 -0.2 SS 0 0.0
50o 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 50 -0.1 SS 0 0.0
Weighted Mean300000100.000.000.00050-0.1SS 00.0

The rest of this card is restricted to Baseball Prospectus Subscribers.

Not a subscriber? Click here for a free card so you can see what's missing.

Click here for more information on Baseball Prospectus subscriptions or to subscribe and get instant access to the best baseball content on the web.

BP Annual Player Comments

The rest of this card is restricted to Baseball Prospectus Subscribers.

Not a subscriber? Click here for a free card so you can see what's missing.

Click here for more information on Baseball Prospectus subscriptions or to subscribe and get instant access to the best baseball content on the web.

BP Articles

Click here to see articles tagged with Willi Castro

BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2021-03-10 13:00:00 (link to chat)What would you say the ceiling is for Willi Castro?
(Champdo from Florida )		I just talked about him with Jeffrey Paternostro on the AL Central preview for Five & Dive, but I don't think last year was anything close to sustainable. He had a .500+ SLG with an average exit velo of 85 mph, and a 20% HR/FB. Just a bizarre year for him. I'd previously pegged him as a second-division starter and I'm not sure we should really change our minds based on the 40-game sample. That's different from ceiling, I suppose, but perhaps a more realistic expectation. (Craig Goldstein)
2019-09-13 12:00:00 (link to chat)Of Isaac Paredes, Daz Cameron, and Willi Castro who do you think is the most likely to be an above average regular?
(Champdo from Sarasota )		I'm guessing Cameron ends up highest on the Tigers list, but I'm not super in on any of the three. Diaz and Paredes were both OFP 55s coming into the season, but I'm less bullish on Paredes, and Daz has gone through another of his "intermittently forgot how to hit" periods. I like Castro personally, but he's more of a good utility type. (Jeffrey Paternostro)


BP Roundtables

No BP Roundtables have mentioned this guy.

 

PITCHf/x Hitter Profile

A Collaboration between BrooksBaseball.net and Baseball Prospectus - Pitch classifications provided by Pitch Info LLC