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Birth Date4-24-1987
Height5' 10"
Weight215 lbs
Age37 years, 7 months, 0 days
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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
2010 CHN 23 7 21 6 4 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 .300 .333 .650 81 -0.4 -0.2 -1.4 -0.1
2011 CHN 24 4 13 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 67 -0.5 -0.2 -1.4 -0.2
2012 CHN 25 52 190 45 11 0 5 17 51 2 0 0 .265 .337 .418 81 -4.0 -0.6 -3.7 0.0
2013 CHN 26 113 428 104 23 0 8 34 97 11 2 0 .274 .349 .397 95 -2.0 -1.0 -12.8 0.2
2014 CHN 27 110 417 90 19 0 13 26 102 7 0 0 .237 .296 .389 91 -4.1 -1.9 -8.1 0.4
2015 ARI 28 80 303 70 13 1 17 21 75 5 0 0 .255 .317 .496 105 2.9 -0.9 -4.7 1.1
2015 CHN 28 24 47 7 2 0 2 3 12 1 0 0 .163 .234 .349 94 -0.1 0.0 -0.4 0.1
2015 SEA 28 6 28 4 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 .160 .179 .160 99 0.1 0.0 -0.2 0.1
2016 ARI 29 113 457 110 24 0 14 33 121 4 2 0 .264 .322 .423 90 -4.7 -4.5 -8.6 0.3
2017 BAL 30 96 365 96 11 0 20 22 97 0 0 0 .282 .323 .490 114 7.4 -0.7 10.8 3.4
2018 CHA 31 49 181 44 7 0 6 9 46 2 1 0 .259 .304 .406 93 -1.0 0.2 -6.5 0.0
2019 CHA 32 72 251 48 12 0 12 16 74 3 0 0 .209 .267 .417 78 -6.2 -3.1 -13.7 -1.3
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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 PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
2006 BOI A- NWN 3 8 .225 .336 .331 .143 117 0 0.1 0.1 103 0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0
2006 CUB Rk AZL 7 28 .260 .356 .365 .250 102 -3.5 0.8 -0.2 33 0 0.8 -0.4 -6.0 -0.5
2007 PEO A MDW 98 353 .253 .323 .372 .323 89 7.5 10.4 5.1 115 0 1.8 -3.3 5.9 2.0
2008 DAY A+ FSL 33 127 .260 .334 .370 .337 103 -6.2 3.8 1.9 81 0 -2.0 -1.1 -4.7 -0.2
2008 TEN AA SOU 57 220 .263 .343 .400 .377 113 -2.5 6.4 3.3 108 0 -1.4 -3.1 -0.3 0.5
2008 IOW AAA PCL 1 5 .295 .375 .461 .250 110 -0.4 0.2 0.1 56 0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 0.0
2009 TEN AA SOU 95 339 .251 .331 .376 .265 93 -10.3 10.1 6 83 0 -23.7 -2.8 -4.5 -1.5
2010 CHN MLB NL 7 21 .250 .343 .380 .417 95 2.1 0.6 0.3 81 22 -1.4 -0.2 -0.4 -0.1
2010 IOW AAA PCL 69 272 .279 .344 .438 .284 96 2.2 8.3 5 92 0 -14.0 -1.2 -1.8 -0.4
2011 CHN MLB NL 4 13 .257 .326 .422 .222 107 -1.7 0.4 0.2 67 11 -1.4 -0.2 -0.5 -0.2
2011 DAY A+ FSL 12 49 .253 .317 .368 .273 99 -0.5 1.5 -0.5 106 0 0.0 -0.1 0.3 0.1
2011 IOW AAA PCL 61 251 .279 .349 .435 .321 99 9.1 7.8 3.8 132 0 -15.3 -0.7 10.9 0.6
2011 CUB Rk AZL 2 9 .292 .362 .412 .667 111 2.9 0.3 0 309 0 0.1 -0.1 1.2 0.1
2011 LIC Wnt DWL 1 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 CHN MLB NL 52 190 .252 .314 .403 .348 102 2.2 5.2 3.1 81 11 -3.7 -0.6 -4.0 0.0
2012 TEN AA SOU 5 17 .262 .325 .414 .333 105 3.3 0.5 0.1 203 0 0.0 -0.5 1.7 0.2
2012 IOW AAA PCL 44 176 .282 .345 .434 .305 96 4.8 5.2 2.9 106 0 -6.0 -0.1 1.9 0.4
2013 CHN MLB NL 113 428 .252 .312 .390 .347 104 2.3 11.3 6.8 95 9 -12.8 -1.0 -2.0 0.2
2014 CHN MLB NL 110 417 .249 .311 .385 .288 101 -0.8 10.8 6.5 91 10 -8.1 -1.9 -4.1 0.4
2014 IOW AAA PCL 2 10 .290 .363 .414 .375 91 0.9 0.3 0.2 167 0 -0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1
2015 ARI MLB NL 80 303 .254 .312 .400 .286 98 7.8 8.2 4.8 105 11 -4.7 -0.9 2.9 1.1
2015 CHN MLB NL 24 47 .245 .319 .381 .172 95 -1 1.3 0.5 94 11 -0.4 0.0 -0.1 0.1
2015 SEA MLB AL 6 28 .228 .297 .380 .182 104 -3.5 0.8 0.3 99 11 -0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1
2016 ARI MLB NL 113 457 .254 .318 .412 .337 103 2.4 12.9 7.6 90 6 -8.6 -4.5 -4.7 0.3
2017 BAL MLB AL 96 365 .248 .315 .418 .336 105 5.4 10.7 5.6 114 9 10.8 -0.7 7.4 3.4
2017 BOW AA EAS 4 12 .246 .311 .390 .250 103 -0.6 0.3 0 80 0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.0
2018 CHA MLB AL 49 181 .252 .321 .418 .322 103 -3.2 5.1 2.5 93 12 -6.5 0.2 -1.0 0.0
2018 CHR AAA INT 10 40 .243 .308 .377 .269 106 -3.6 1.2 0.4 60 0 -0.5 -0.3 -1.5 -0.1
2019 CHA MLB AL 72 251 .253 .318 .436 .247 100 -7.4 7.6 2.1 78 9 -13.7 -3.1 -6.2 -1.3
2019 BIR AA SOU 2 7 .257 .322 .392 .200 98 -0.8 0.2 0 84 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2019 CHR AAA INT 3 14 .244 .320 .364 .333 125 -0.9 0.5 0.3 77 0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0.0

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
2006 CUB Rk AZL 28 26 4 5 0 0 0 5 0 1 6 0 0 .192 .250 .192 .000 0 0
2006 BOI A- NWN 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .250 .167 .000 1 1
2007 PEO A MDW 353 317 41 86 11 2 11 134 44 23 77 1 3 .271 .333 .423 .151 3 3
2008 IOW AAA PCL 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .000 0 0
2008 TEN AA SOU 220 198 25 59 11 0 4 82 24 14 50 0 0 .298 .359 .414 .116 2 2
2008 DAY A+ FSL 127 121 15 33 8 0 0 41 12 4 23 1 0 .273 .302 .339 .066 0 0
2009 TEN AA SOU 339 319 27 74 16 0 11 123 39 15 71 1 0 .232 .274 .386 .154 1 1
2010 CHN MLB NL 21 20 3 6 4 0 1 13 5 1 7 0 0 .300 .333 .650 .350 0 0
2010 IOW AAA PCL 272 239 35 61 17 1 13 119 59 19 58 0 2 .255 .325 .498 .243 1 1
2011 CUB Rk AZL 9 6 2 4 3 0 0 7 0 3 0 0 0 .667 .778 1.167 .500 0 0
2011 LIC Wnt DWL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
2011 DAY A+ FSL 49 42 6 10 3 0 1 16 7 6 9 0 0 .238 .327 .381 .143 1 0
2011 CHN MLB NL 13 13 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .000 0 0
2011 IOW AAA PCL 251 227 38 65 9 0 15 119 35 20 57 0 0 .286 .351 .524 .238 1 0
2012 CHN MLB NL 190 170 16 45 11 0 5 71 22 17 51 0 0 .265 .337 .418 .153 1 0
2012 IOW AAA PCL 176 146 22 38 6 0 6 62 22 23 37 0 0 .260 .375 .425 .164 2 0
2012 TEN AA SOU 17 11 3 4 0 0 2 10 6 5 3 0 0 .364 .588 .909 .545 0 0
2013 CHN MLB NL 428 380 41 104 23 0 8 151 32 34 97 2 0 .274 .349 .397 .124 2 1
2014 IOW AAA PCL 10 8 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 .375 .500 .375 .000 0
2014 CHN MLB NL 417 380 28 90 19 0 13 148 46 26 102 0 0 .237 .296 .389 .153 2
2015 SEA MLB AL 28 25 3 4 0 0 0 4 2 1 5 0 0 .160 .179 .160 .000 2 0
2015 ARI MLB NL 303 274 34 70 13 1 17 136 50 21 75 0 0 .255 .317 .496 .241 3 0
2015 CHN MLB NL 47 43 5 7 2 0 2 15 5 3 12 0 0 .163 .234 .349 .186 0 0
2016 ARI MLB NL 457 416 41 110 24 0 14 176 68 33 121 2 0 .264 .322 .423 .159 4 0
2017 BAL MLB AL 365 341 44 96 11 0 20 167 53 22 97 0 0 .282 .323 .490 .208 2 0
2017 BOW AA EAS 12 10 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .000 0 0
2018 CHR AAA INT 40 37 2 7 1 0 0 8 3 3 11 0 0 .189 .250 .216 .027 0 0
2018 CHA MLB AL 181 170 17 44 7 0 6 69 15 9 46 1 0 .259 .304 .406 .147 0 0
2019 CHR AAA INT 14 14 1 4 0 0 1 7 5 0 4 0 0 .286 .286 .500 .214 0 0
2019 BIR AA SOU 7 7 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 .143 .143 .286 .143 0 0
2019 CHA MLB AL 251 230 19 48 12 0 12 96 41 16 74 0 0 .209 .267 .417 .209 2 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2010 73 0.5342 0.4384 0.7188 0.5128 0.3529 0.9500 0.3333 0.2813 -0.0021
2011 48 0.5833 0.4583 0.6818 0.6071 0.2500 0.8235 0.2000 0.3182 -0.0012
2012 756 0.4828 0.4577 0.7543 0.6000 0.3248 0.8767 0.5433 0.2457 0.0007
2013 1624 0.4957 0.4353 0.7723 0.6025 0.2711 0.8928 0.5090 0.2277 -0.0019
2014 1629 0.4960 0.4426 0.7531 0.5903 0.2972 0.8595 0.5451 0.2469 -0.0055
2015 1430 0.5028 0.4392 0.7468 0.6036 0.2729 0.8548 0.5052 0.2532 0.0050
2016 1842 0.4712 0.4376 0.7308 0.6014 0.2916 0.8333 0.5423 0.2692 0.0000
2017 1414 0.4922 0.4314 0.7541 0.5848 0.2827 0.8550 0.5517 0.2459 0.0000
2018 740 0.4770 0.4230 0.7476 0.5694 0.2894 0.8706 0.5268 0.2524 0.0000
2019 974 0.4641 0.4353 0.7170 0.6261 0.2701 0.8198 0.5106 0.2830 0.0000
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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
2014-09-20 2014-09-21 DTD 1 1 Left Trunk Contusion Ribcage - Foul Ball -
2014-09-04 2014-09-06 DTD 2 1 - Low Back Soreness -
2014-06-02 2014-06-22 15-DL 20 18 Left Trunk Inflammation Ribcage -
2013-09-18 2013-09-30 15-DL 12 11 Right Knee Surgery Meniscus Tear 2013-09-23 -
2013-08-22 2013-08-25 DTD 3 3 - Trunk Soreness Ribcage - -
2013-07-08 2013-07-10 DTD 2 2 - General Medical Illness Flu - -
2012-08-19 2012-08-20 DTD 1 1 Right Foot Soreness - -
2012-05-19 2012-06-14 15-DL 26 23 Right Knee Sprain MCL - -
2011-08-28 2011-09-06 Minors 9 8 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring - -
2011-07-26 2011-08-11 Minors 16 16 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring - -
2010-05-22 2010-05-31 Minors 9 0 Not Disclosed -
2008-06-28 2008-07-05 Minors 7 0 - Thumb Contusion - -
2006-06-27 2006-09-11 Minors 76 0 Left Ankle Sprain - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2020 WAS $
2019 CHA $7,250,000
2018 CHA $7,250,000
2017 BAL $6,000,000
2016 ARI $3,700,000
2015 CHN $2,100,000
2014 CHN $530,000
2013 CHN $503,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
8 yrPrevious$27,333,000
8 yrTotal$27,333,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
7 y 104 dRelativity Baseball1 year (2021)

Details
  • 1 year (2021). Re-signed by Washington as a free agent 12/21/20 (minor-league contract with salary of $950,000 in majors.) Retired 7/21.
  • 1 year (2020). Signed by Washington as a free agent 1/24/20 (minor-league contract).
  • 2 years/$15M (2018-19), plus 2020 club option. Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 12/1/17. 18:$7.25M, 19:$7.25M, 20:$8M club option ($0.5M buyout). Placed on restricted list 5/25/18 after 80-game suspension for positive PED test. (To miss 91 calendar days, barring rainouts, forfeiting $3,547,043 in salary.) Acquired by Texas in trade from Chicago White Sox 10/31/19. Texas declined 2020 option 10/31/19.
  • 1 year/$6M (2017). Signed by Baltimore as a free agent 12/16. 17:$6M, 18:$7M player option. Castillo declined 2018 option 11/17.
  • 1 year/$3.7M (2016). Re-signed by Arizona 1/15/16 (avoided arbitration). Non-tendered by Arizona 12/2/16.
  • 1 year/$2.1M (2015). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 1/16/15 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Seattle in trade from Chicago Cubs 5/19/15. Acquired by Arizona in trade from Seattle 6/3/15.
  • 1 year/$530,000 (2014). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/3/14.
  • 1 year/$503,000 (2013). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/4/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/5/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Contract purchased by Chicago Cubs 11/20/09. Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 2/10.
  • Signed 2004 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic.

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2020-01-22 13:00:00 (link to chat)Any chance Welington Castillo gets signed to a MLB contract by the start of the season?
(ironcityguys from daBurgh)		I'd have to think so, yeah. (Craig Goldstein)
2015-09-21 20:30:00 (link to chat)AZ claims to be moving O'Brien back behind plate next year. A) AZ clearly doesn't value catchers..... B) Best path to get him on field in majors.... C) his K% sucks and he won't make an impact at any position D) all of the above
(Davin from Pittsburgh)		It's B, but he's also behind a rejuvenated Welington Castillo, so I don't see it. Maybe they think he can get to the point where he can catch 20-30 games a year? Doesn't make sense to me, and I think the bat can be a poor man's Evan Gattis. (Bret Sayre)
2013-12-03 13:00:00 (link to chat)With only a handful of catching stars and many of the current crop looking at position changes in the not too distant future, which of the young catchers do you see stepping up to the elite? Do you think Wilson Ramos is in that conversation?
(Scott from LA)		Ramos is a good guess. Probably the best guess, actually. I don't think Welington Castillo will become elite, but I think people slept on how good he was last season. (R.J. Anderson)
2013-01-07 13:00:00 (link to chat)Thanks for the time, Josh. As someone who hates wasting a pick chasing the good catchers, who do you like as a usually undrafted or late-round catcher? And feel free to tell me my strategy is not wise.
(Catcherless from In The Rye)		I wouldn't ever rule out taking a player at any position if value presents itself. I'd probably try to target someone just after the premier names go off the board. As for cheap catchers that could surprise, I like Welington Castillo. (Josh Shepardson)


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Advanced Catching Metrics

Year lvl CSAA Framing Runs Blocking Chances EPAA Blocking Runs SB Attempts SRAA TRAA Throwing Runs FRAA Adj. FRAA
2006 asx .000 0.0 63 .001 0.0 2 .008 .000 0.0 0.0 -0.1
2007 afx .000 0.0 3604 .000 0.0 71 .000 -.008 0.2 -0.8 1.8
2008 aaa .003 0.0 67 .000 0.0 0 .000 .000 0.0 0.5 0.0
2008 aax .000 0.0 2015 .003 -1.5 29 -.027 -.002 0.5 -1.5 -1.4
2008 afa .000 0.0 1269 .003 -1.0 35 .020 .013 -0.4 -1.8 -2.0
2009 aax -.026 -27.3 3989 .000 0.3 62 -.047 -.008 2.2 -25.4 -23.7
2010 mlb -.017 -0.9 262 .009 -0.6 5 -.007 .001 0.0 -0.6 -1.4
2010 aaa -.015 -12.4 3120 .000 0.0 45 -.020 .001 0.6 -12.1 -14.0
2011 aaa -.020 -13.5 2492 .000 -0.1 45 -.013 .000 0.4 -11.9 -15.3
2011 mlb -.035 -1.2 208 .001 -0.1 3 .000 .001 0.0 0.5 -1.4
2011 afa .000 0.0 120 .000 0.0 1 .020 .001 0.0 1.8 0.0
2012 aax -.003 -0.1 121 -.001 0.0 4 -.033 .001 0.1 0.5 0.0
2012 aaa -.012 -5.6 1893 -.001 0.6 32 .021 -.003 -0.3 -5.5 -6.0
2012 mlb -.007 -2.8 2221 -.001 0.9 37 .015 -.001 -0.3 -2.5 -3.7
2013 mlb -.017 -16.2 4439 -.002 2.1 79 -.020 .008 0.9 -12.5 -12.8
2014 aaa -.003 0.0 52 .000 0.0 1 -.009 .000 0.0 2.4 -0.1
2014 mlb -.013 -11.2 4483 -.001 1.5 74 -.025 -.005 1.0 -7.3 -8.1
2015 mlb -.009 -6.8 3621 -.002 1.4 35 .016 -.006 0.0 -5.4 -5.3
2016 mlb -.008 -7.7 4891 .001 -1.5 51 -.092 -.004 3.1 -6.4 -8.6
2017 mlb .007 6.8 4167 -.001 1.3 48 -.098 -.004 3.2 12.4 10.8
2017 aax -.010 -0.2 50 .000 0.0 1 .001 -.001 0.0 1.6 0.0
2018 aaa -.008 -0.6 32 .000 0.0 7 -.049 .001 0.2 -0.4 -0.5
2018 mlb -.013 -5.5 2025 .001 -0.8 30 -.004 .007 0.1 -6.4 -6.5
2019 mlb -.022 -10.5 2146 .005 -3.1 30 .017 .002 -0.3 -14.0 -13.7
2019 aaa -.008 -0.3 64 .001 0.0 3 -.026 .001 0.0 -0.3 -0.4

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