Nick Castellanos

Bats R Throws R6'4" 203 lbBorn 1992 Davie, USADebut 2013Team SD2x All-StarDraft 2010 RC-A #44 Detroit Tigers, Archbishop McCarthy HS

Awards: Silver Slugger

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 73.7FIELD+ 97.4 at RFTotal -0.03 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	401	371	91	18	1	12	23	92	3	0.245	0.293	0.399	0.692	0.154	0.300	23.0	5.8	84.9	0.51
2027	198	183	44	9	0	6	12	47	2	0.241	0.290	0.388	0.678	0.147	0.295	23.8	5.9	84.0	0.23

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 33

His ten closest age-33 comparables averaged 95 HIT+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Adam Jones	2019	106.1	did not play
2	Sam Chapman	1949	109.7	97.5	627
3	Dom DiMaggio	1950	112.2	102.5	718
4	Jeffrey Leonard	1989	103.0	80.5	525
5	Baby Doll Jacobson	1924	111.9	120.8	602
6	Shannon Stewart	2007	108.3	72.7	200
7	Alfonso Soriano	2009	111.1	109.1	548
8	Mike Mitchell	1913	115.2	94.4	523
9	Cesar Tovar	1974	103.8	77.9	492
10	Ron LeFlore	1981	105.3	98.5	357

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			198		44	9	0	6		2	12	47	0.241	0.290	0.388	0.678	84.0
2026*	SDN	39	122	9	22	5	0	4		2	5	34	0.191	0.221	0.339	0.560	42.9
2025	PHI	147	589	72	137	27	2	17	72	4	32	133	0.250	0.294	0.400	0.694	85.4
2024	PHI	162	659	80	154	30	4	23	86	6	41	139	0.254	0.311	0.431	0.742	102.6
2023	PHI	157	671	79	170	37	2	29	106	11	36	185	0.272	0.311	0.476	0.788	110.7
2022	PHI	136	558	56	138	27	0	13	62	7	29	130	0.263	0.305	0.389	0.694	93.9
2021	CIN	138	585	95	164	38	1	34	100	3	41	121	0.309	0.362	0.576	0.939	133.0
2020	CIN	60	242	37	49	11	2	14	34	0	19	69	0.225	0.298	0.486	0.784	98.9
2019	CHC	151	664	100	178	58	3	27	73	2	41	143	0.289	0.337	0.525	0.863	121.3
2018	DET	157	678	88	185	46	5	23	89	2	49	151	0.298	0.354	0.500	0.854	129.7
2017	DET	157	665	73	167	36	10	26	101	4	41	142	0.272	0.320	0.490	0.811	109.2
2016	DET	110	447	54	117	25	4	18	58	1	28	111	0.285	0.331	0.496	0.827	118.5
2015	DET	154	595	42	140	33	6	15	73	0	39	152	0.255	0.303	0.419	0.721	98.1
2014	DET	148	579	50	138	31	4	11	66	2	36	140	0.259	0.306	0.394	0.700	90.2
2013	DET	11	18	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.278	0.278	0.278	0.556	42.3
Career		1688	6950	827	1742	399	43	250	920	42	432	1617	0.272	0.321	0.464	0.785	108.2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	122	87.7	13.0	8.4	37.3	33.5	40.2	0.244	0.400	0.285	27.2
2025	589	87.8	15.2	7.6	34.5	29.9	41.0	0.242	0.408	0.302	27.7
2024	659	88.4	15.2	8.1	38.2	30.1	37.7	0.268	0.454	0.337	27.4
2023	671	88.9	14.4	10.3	43.2	35.4	40.9	0.255	0.449	0.322	27.2
2022	558	87.5	14.6	6.6	35.1	32.2	39.6	0.250	0.408	0.306	27.7
2021	585	89.8	14.0	10.6	46.9	30.7	36.4	0.287	0.545	0.375	27.6
2020	242	91.0	16.5	16.1	46.7	34.2	35.7	0.274	0.545	0.375	27.7
2019	664	88.9	13.9	11.4	41.5	26.9	38.5	0.278	0.540	0.363	27.9
2018	678	89.6	15.2	11.6	40.7	30.2	35.5	0.296	0.525	0.374	27.8
2017	665	89.1	14.2	11.2	42.0	26.8	31.8	0.293	0.542	0.373	28.1
2016	447	89.4	16.9	15.2	39.0	29.2	35.5	0.289	0.584	0.384	26.9
2015	595	88.3	16.9	8.2	34.5	29.7	32.4	0.257	0.436	0.322	26.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	PHI	OF	143	1208	243	4	0	2	1.000
2024	PHI	OF	157	1364	263	3	3	0	0.989
2023	PHI	OF	148	1292	254	10	0	4	1.000
2022	PHI	OF	123	1034	222	8	0	3	1.000
2021	CIN	OF	136	1123	226	7	2	0	0.991
2020	CIN	OF	57	467	78	1	3	0	0.963
2019	CHC	OF	140	1207	289	6	2	1	0.993
2018	DET	OF	142	1234	287	10	3	0	0.990
2017	DET	3B	129	1098	77	202	18	21	0.939	-17.4
2017	DET	OF	21	173	26	0	1	0	0.963
2016	DET	3B	108	898	66	184	9	12	0.965	-5.0
2015	DET	3B	145	1176	92	249	12	27	0.966	-9.6
2014	DET	3B	145	1229	75	212	15	22	0.950
2013	DET	OF	9	39	5	0	0	0	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2013	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	595	18 HR, 4 SB	0.276	0.793
2012	AA	Erie SeaWolves	Bat	341	7 HR, 5 SB	0.264	0.678
2012	A+	Lakeland Flying Tigers	Bat	243	3 HR, 3 SB	0.405	1.014
2011	A	West Michigan Whitecaps	Bat	562	7 HR, 3 SB	0.312	0.803
2010	Rk	GCL Tigers	Bat	29	0 HR, 0 SB	0.333	0.831

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.235	0.259	0.204	0.329
2025	0.302	0.313	0.336	0.281
2024	0.356	0.322	0.347	0.315
2023	0.414	0.320	0.390	0.304
2022	0.324	0.311	0.299	0.329
2021	0.403	0.401	0.468	0.336
2020	0.336	0.348	0.352	0.338
2019	0.496	0.354	0.390	0.370

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	4	15	1	2	2	0	3	0	0	3	0.133	0.133	0.267	0.400
2024	4	17	2	7	1	1	3	0	0	3	0.412	0.412	0.647	1.059
2023	13	47	7	10	2	5	7	1	4	14	0.213	0.269	0.574	0.844
2022	17	65	8	12	4	0	7	0	3	18	0.185	0.232	0.246	0.478
2020	2	10	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	4	0.300	0.300	0.400	0.700
2014	3	10	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	0.100	0.250	0.400	0.650
Career	43	164	19	35	10	7	21	1	9	43	0.213	0.257	0.402	0.660

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	DET	$536,500
2015	DET	$525,000
2014	DET	$500,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.