Willi Castro

Bats B Throws R6'1" 206 lbBorn 1997 Rio Piedras, P.R.Debut 2019Team COL1x All-StarContract 2 y/$12.8M (26-27) 2026: $5,500,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 91.6FIELD+ 98.7 at 2BTotal 0.90 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	381	339	81	16	2	9	30	90	10	0.240	0.314	0.379	0.693	0.139	0.307	23.6	7.8	92.2	0.83
2027	431	385	90	17	2	12	34	107	10	0.235	0.310	0.384	0.694	0.149	0.306	24.9	7.9	91.3	0.89

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 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 101 HIT+ the next season; 10 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	Jerry Browne	1994	98.2	76.6	220
2	Erick Aybar	2012	93.0	91.6	589
3	Jurickson Profar	2021	90.4	114.5	658
4	Alberto Callaspo	2011	96.3	100.9	520
5	Scott Spiezio	2001	91.6	115.3	571
6	Jeimer Candelario	2022	99.7	119.1	575
7	Tony Phillips	1987	100.2	85.7	251
8	Maicer Izturis	2009	93.0	90.1	238
9	Lenny Randle	1977	89.6	88.3	508
10	Jose Offerman	1997	94.9	123.3	709

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			431		90	17	2	12		10	34	107	0.235	0.310	0.384	0.694	91.3
2026*	COL	109	430	60	102	18	1	14		9	37	116	0.264	0.335	0.425	0.760	94.9
2025	CHC	120	454	58	91	17	3	11	33	10	40	111	0.226	0.313	0.366	0.679	91.7
2024	MIN	158	635	89	138	31	5	12	60	14	51	150	0.247	0.331	0.385	0.717	104.1
2023	MIN	124	409	60	92	18	5	9	34	33	34	99	0.257	0.339	0.411	0.750	107.2
2022	DET	112	392	47	88	18	2	8	31	9	15	82	0.241	0.284	0.367	0.651	87.7
2021	DET	125	450	56	91	15	6	9	38	9	23	109	0.220	0.273	0.351	0.624	73.4
2020	DET	36	140	21	45	4	2	6	24	0	7	38	0.349	0.381	0.550	0.932	148.7
2019	DET	30	110	10	23	6	1	1	8	0	6	34	0.230	0.284	0.340	0.624	62.8
Career		705	2590	341	568	109	24	56	228	75	176	623	0.244	0.313	0.384	0.697	95.3

Pitching

Year	Team	ERA	G	IP	BF	BB
2025	MIN	0.00	1	1.0	4	0
2024	MIN	0.00	2	1.3	4	0
2023	MIN	11.57	3	2.3	11	2
Career		5.79	6	4.7	19	2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	430	88.0	18.9	8.5	41.2	30.7	37.6	0.233	0.397	0.310	28.1
2025	454	86.7	11.2	6.5	37.3	28.2	31.8	0.234	0.368	0.306	28.2
2024	635	87.4	13.6	7.0	36.8	29.0	31.7	0.242	0.390	0.323	27.9
2023	409	86.5	15.1	6.8	31.8	27.9	34.6	0.228	0.365	0.302	28.6
2022	392	84.8	13.9	3.5	31.4	28.5	39.8	0.255	0.344	0.288	28.3
2021	450	85.6	11.4	5.2	29.4	29.3	40.0	0.236	0.358	0.285	28.7
2020	140	85.3	11.3	9.6	31.9	31.0	39.4	0.303	0.507	0.364	28.3
2019	110	84.7	18.1	1.7	25.0	30.6	39.8	0.199	0.288	0.242	28.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CHC	OF	89	553	116	2	2	1	0.983
2025	CHC	2B	48	265	46	50	0	12	1.000	-4.7
2025	CHC	3B	23	129	9	18	3	1	0.900	-2.3
2025	MIN	SS	5	26	3	1	1	0	0.800	-1.1
2025	MIN	P	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.1
2024	MIN	OF	64	440	121	3	2	0	0.984
2024	MIN	SS	56	466	68	93	3	11	0.982	-9.1
2024	MIN	2B	40	286	46	60	2	13	0.981	-2.0
2024	MIN	3B	27	141	12	22	1	0	0.971	+1.5
2024	MIN	P	2	1	0	0	0	0
2023	MIN	OF	103	577	128	3	2	1	0.985
2023	MIN	3B	41	219	15	49	0	6	1.000	+0.6
2023	MIN	2B	10	42	4	9	0	0	1.000	-0.9
2023	MIN	SS	8	25	1	10	0	2	1.000	+1.3
2023	MIN	P	3	2	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2022	DET	OF	80	640	157	6	2	2	0.988
2022	DET	2B	16	98	16	21	0	3	1.000	+1.3
2022	DET	SS	16	75	10	23	2	5	0.943	-0.5
2022	DET	3B	6	34	4	6	1	3	0.909	-0.7
2021	DET	2B	91	714	141	211	8	47	0.978	-10.0
2021	DET	SS	20	157	25	35	2	8	0.968	+0.9
2021	DET	OF	10	84	16	1	0	0	1.000
2020	DET	SS	27	212	24	56	5	10	0.941	-1.8
2020	DET	3B	8	64	3	12	1	0	0.938	-2.6
2020	DET	2B	1	9	1	1	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2019	DET	SS	29	253	36	67	4	17	0.963	-4.5

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2022	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	36	0 HR, 3 SB	0.265	0.630
2021	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	23	1 HR, 2 SB	0.391	1.000
2019	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	525	11 HR, 17 SB	0.301	0.833
2018	AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	Bat	21	0 HR, 1 SB	0.286	0.572
2018	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Bat	410	5 HR, 13 SB	0.245	0.653
2018	AA	Erie SeaWolves	Bat	114	4 HR, 4 SB	0.324	0.928
2018	AA	nan	Bat	524	9 HR, 17 SB	0.263	0.714
2017	A+	Lynchburg Hillcats	Bat	510	11 HR, 19 SB	0.290	0.761
2016	A	Lake County Captains	Bat	548	7 HR, 16 SB	0.259	0.657
2014	Rk	AZL Indians	Bat	170	2 HR, 9 SB	0.239	0.633

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.315	0.341	0.378	0.290
2025	0.327	0.298	0.290	0.322
2024	0.314	0.343	0.346	0.325
2023	0.305	0.348	0.356	0.319
2022	0.298	0.286	0.322	0.255
2021	0.324	0.262	0.267	0.294
2020	0.438	0.391	0.411	0.391
2019	0.334	0.266	0.323	0.212

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	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	6	15	1	3	1	2	6	0.200	0.294	0.200	0.494
Career	8	15	1	3	1	2	6	0.200	0.294	0.200	0.494