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Portrait of Angel Castro

Angel Castro PAthletics

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 36)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date11-14-1982
Height5' 11"
Weight240 lbs
Age42 years, 4 months, 25 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
-0.12015
2016
2017
2018
-0.32019
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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
2015 OAK MLB 5 0 4.0 0 1 0 8 3 4 1 94 18.0 6.8 2.3 9.0 0% .500 2.75 6.60 2.25 108 6.61 154.5 -0.1
CareerMLB504.001083419418.06.82.39.00%.0002.756.602.251086.61154.5-0.1

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-
2006 DIG Rk DSL 9 9 58.0 4 1 0 34 10 71 1 5.3 1.6 0.2 11.0 0% .248 0.76 1.42 1.40 0 0.00 0.0
2007 WMI A MDW 14 12 77.7 7 4 0 66 23 43 10 98 7.6 2.7 1.2 5.0 0% .236 1.15 4.82 3.01 118 4.04 82.9
2007 LAK A+ FSL 13 13 73.7 4 2 0 71 26 35 6 100 8.7 3.2 0.7 4.3 0% .275 1.32 4.71 3.79 119 5.06 103.9
2008 LAK A+ FSL 21 0 35.3 2 1 5 39 11 19 1 107 9.9 2.8 0.3 4.8 0% .325 1.42 3.69 2.80 103 5.16 105.6
2008 ERI AA EAS 26 0 43.7 2 2 2 31 19 33 3 114 6.4 3.9 0.6 6.8 0% .228 1.14 3.97 3.30 99 3.21 65.7
2009 PCH A+ FSL 4 0 6.0 0 2 0 11 7 6 3 99 16.5 10.5 4.5 9.0 0% .400 3.00 11.19 22.50 147 8.79 184.8
2009 MNT AA SOU 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 98 13.3 10.0 0.0 3.3 0% .400 2.59 5.69 6.67 130 7.55 158.9
2009 REA AA EAS 14 0 18.0 2 1 1 26 12 10 2 97 13.0 6.0 1.0 5.0 0% .369 2.11 5.63 7.00 125 8.09 170.2
2009 azu Wnt DWL 6 0 7.0 0 0 0 5 2 8 0 6.4 2.6 0.0 10.3 0% .278 1.00 1.85 3.86 0 0.00 0.0
2010 CHH mex MEX 5 5 30.7 3 1 0 26 14 24 2 7.6 4.1 0.6 7.0 0% .276 1.30 4.36 4.69 0 0.00 0.0
2010 AGU Wnt DWL 4 2 10.7 0 0 0 8 3 4 0 6.7 2.5 0.0 3.4 0% .222 1.03 3.46 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2011 AGU Wnt LID 21 1 42.7 5 3 2 35 8 40 1 7.4 1.7 0.2 8.4 0% .296 1.01 2.20 2.53 0 0.00 0.0
2012 AGU Wnt DWL 19 0 40.3 4 1 0 32 9 19 4 7.1 2.0 0.9 4.2 0% .230 1.02 4.30 2.90 0 0.00 0.0
2013 ABQ AAA PCL 25 19 116.3 8 5 0 123 37 91 7 109 9.5 2.9 0.5 7.0 0% .320 1.38 3.84 3.48 92 3.58 77.8
2013 DOM int WBC 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 6.8 20.3 0.0 0.0 0% .200 3.00 10.38 13.50 0 0.00 0.0
2014 MEM AAA PCL 26 14 94.3 9 6 1 96 26 63 11 91 9.2 2.5 1.0 6.0 0% .287 1.29 4.76 4.01 109 5.37 113.7
2014 SAC AAA PCL 4 4 19.7 0 3 0 34 6 10 3 76 15.6 2.7 1.4 4.6 0% .425 2.03 5.72 7.78 113 5.92 125.3
2015 OAK MLB AL 5 0 4.0 0 1 0 8 3 4 1 94 18.0 6.8 2.3 9.0 0% .500 2.75 6.60 2.25 108 6.61 154.5
2015 NAS AAA PCL 38 2 60.3 2 1 8 54 19 45 6 98 8.1 2.8 0.9 6.7 0% .273 1.21 4.49 3.13 103 3.41 74.7
2016 NAS AAA PCL 37 10 92.7 2 8 2 107 36 58 13 83 10.4 3.5 1.3 5.6 45% .311 1.54 5.65 5.15 122 6.07 134.0
2017 MTR AAA MEX 22 22 138.7 11 6 0 153 41 96 7 9.9 2.7 0.5 6.2 0% .336 1.40 3.84 4.28 0 0.00 0.0
2017 AGU Wnt DWL 7 5 27.7 1 4 0 29 8 18 3 9.4 2.6 1.0 5.9 0% .289 1.34 3.53 4.88 0 0.00 0.0
2018 ORI Wnt VWL 4 3 11.3 1 0 0 19 3 3 2 108 15.1 2.4 1.6 2.4 0% .370 1.94 6.22 4.76 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2015 88 0.5114 0.4773 0.7857 0.6889 0.2558 0.8065 0.7273 0.2143
Career880.51140.47730.78570.68890.25580.80650.72730.2143

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
2016 OAK $
2015 OAK $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 22 d1 year (2016)

Details
  • 1 year (2016). Re-signed by Oakland 11/22/15 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2015). Contract selected by Oakland 5/8/15. Sent outright to Triple-A by Oakland 9/1/15.
  • 1 year (2014). Signed by St. Louis as a free agent 12/11/13. Sent outright to Triple-A by St. Louis 3/23/14. Acquired by Oakland in trade from St. Louis 8/8/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent (minor-league contract).
  • 2011. Saltillo, Mexican League.
  • 2010. Chihuahua, Mexican League.
  • 1 year (2009). signed by Chicago Cubs as a free agent 12/5/08 (minor-league contract). Released by Chicago Cubs 4/20/09. Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 5/16/09 (minor-league contract). Released by Philadelphia 7/31/09. Signed by Tampa Bay as a free agent 8/8/09 (minor-league contract).
  • Released by Detroit 10/20/08.
  • Drafted by Detroit 2006 (13-382) (Western Oklahoma JC).

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 7.1 0 0.6 21 7 50.6 43 17 32 7 .241 1.19 4.26 4.69 -8.1 -0.9
80o 6 0 0.5 18 6 44.6 41 16 28 6 .254 1.28 4.66 5.14 -9.3 -1.0
70o 5.3 0 0.4 17 5 40.5 39 15 26 6 .264 1.35 4.95 5.47 -9.8 -1.1
60o 4.7 0 0.4 15 5 37.0 37 15 24 6 .272 1.41 5.20 5.76 -10.1 -1.1
50o 4.2 0 0.3 14 4 33.8 35 14 22 5 .280 1.46 5.45 6.04 -10.2 -1.1
40o 3.7 0 0.3 13 4 30.7 33 13 20 5 .287 1.52 5.69 6.32 -10.1 -1.1
30o 3.2 0 0.3 11 4 27.5 31 12 17 5 .296 1.59 5.96 6.63 -10.0 -1.1
20o 2.6 0 0.2 10 3 23.8 28 11 15 4 .306 1.66 6.28 6.99 -9.5 -1.0
10o 2 0 0.2 8 2 18.9 24 10 12 4 .320 1.78 6.73 7.51 -8.6 -0.9
Weighted Mean4.100.314433.13414215.2781.455.416-9.8-1.1

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2025, Angel Castro threw 71 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2015, including pitches thrown in . In 2015, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (95mph), Sinker (96mph) and Slider (82mph), also mixing in a Change (88mph).