Jose Castillo

Bats L Throws L6'6" 252 lbBorn 1996 Valencia, VenezuelaDebut 2018Team BAL

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	143	22.1	8.9	2.61	22.1	6.28	101.5
2027							102.8
2028							102.1

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 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 70 PITCH+ the next season; 3 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Jeremy Accardo	2011	103.3	87.2	162
2	Sean Gilmartin	2019	96.2	51.4	24
3	Yoan Lopez	2022	93.8	did not play
4	Jesse Biddle	2021	93.3	did not play
5	Michael Kirkman	2016	95.6	did not play
6	Michael Feliz	2022	96.5	did not play
7	Jake Faria	2023	93.9	did not play
8	Ryan Dull	2019	105.1	did not play
9	Jonathan Albaladejo	2012	93.8	did not play
10	Hoby Milner	2020	91.1	72.7	99

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	BAL	29	0	0
2023	SD	1	0	0
2022	SD	1	0	0
2019	SD	1	0	0
2018	SD	37	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-118.7
Career		69	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-118.7

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									143				102.8
2026*									0
2025	BAL	2	2	3.94	29	0	0	32.0	149	4	14	30	82.2	96.4	78.6
2023	SD	0	0	108.00	1	0	0	0.3	6	0	2	0	-42.4	92.5	-49.9
2022	SD	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	5	0	1	1	92.7	96.4	89.1
2019	SD	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.7	4	0	1	2	85.2	100.0	85.2
2018	SD	3	3	3.29	37	0	0	38.3	150	3	12	52	125.1	99.1	124.2
Career		5	5	4.11	69	0	0	72.3	314	7	30	85	100.5		98.2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2018	1	94.1	-31.1	0.0	0.0	50.0	50.0	0.060	0.060	0.054

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	BAL	P	29	32	2	3	1	0.833	-0.7
2023	SD	P	1	0	0	0	0		-0.1
2022	SD	P	1	1	0	0	0		-0.0
2019	SD	P	1	1	0	0	0
2018	SD	P	37	38	2	0	0	1.000	-0.2

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Syracuse Mets	Pit	45	10.2 IP, 36% K	1.76
2025	AAA	nan	Pit	64	16.0 IP, 36% K	1.69
2024	AAA	Reno Aces	Pit	86	20.2 IP, 24% K	4.46
2023	AAA	El Paso Chihuahuas	Pit	90	18.1 IP, 24% K	9.94
2023	AAA	Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	Pit	88	19.1 IP, 30% K	5.65
2023	AAA	nan	Pit	178	37.2 IP, 27% K	7.74
2022	AAA	El Paso Chihuahuas	Pit	184	43.1 IP, 32% K	2.92
2022	A	Lake Elsinore Storm	Pit	22	5.1 IP, 32% K	0.00
2019	A+	Lake Elsinore Storm	Pit	21	5.2 IP, 57% K	3.46
2018	AAA	El Paso Chihuahuas	Pit	43	11.1 IP, 30% K	0.81
2018	AA	San Antonio Missions	Pit	66	15.0 IP, 39% K	3.00
2017	A+	Lake Elsinore Storm	Pit	203	47.0 IP, 24% K	2.87
2017	AA	San Antonio Missions	Pit	39	9.1 IP, 26% K	2.97
2016	A	Fort Wayne TinCaps	Pit	98	23.2 IP, 36% K	2.33

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2018	0.000			0.000

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