Harold Castro
2B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 10" 195LBS | Age: 31
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 339 315 35 89 3 1 .283 .310 .359 .669
2022 443 420 37 114 7 0 .271 .300 .381 .681
2023 270 258 24 65 1 1 .252 .275 .314 .589
6 Seasons 1,485 1,406 134 391 16 7 .278 .303 .366 .669
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .283 3 1 .669
2022 .271 7 0 .681
2023 .252 1 1 .589
6 Seasons .278 16 7 .669
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2018 24 29 8 0 0.0 0.0 86.4 98.6 4.5 50.0 .313 .375 .264 .298 .372 37.5 20.0 0.0
2019 25 1306 274 10 3.6 2.7 87.2 105.0 8.6 36.9 .258 .370 .292 .279 .355 28.6 23.3 2.4
2020 26 224 38 1 2.6 1.9 89.0 102.7 11.6 44.7 .274 .406 .369 .330 .377 36.8 20.4 9.3
2021 27 1173 252 8 3.2 2.4 88.6 107.2 10.2 44.0 .287 .414 .291 .315 .383 38.5 21.2 4.1
2022 28 1660 346 21 6.1 4.7 87.0 107.3 11.4 41.6 .275 .423 .297 .316 .371 33.3 17.8 3.8
2023 29 994 195 6 3.1 2.2 86.2 106.1 10.0 38.5 .242 .339 .258 .263 .332 28.7 24.4 3.3
Player 5386 1113 46 4.1 3.1 87.4 107.3 10.1 40.6 .267 .391 .290 .297 .363 32.7 21.3 3.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2018 62.5 12.5 25.0 0.0 37.5 62.5 0.0 12.5 25.0 12.5 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2019 53.3 19.0 26.6 1.1 29.9 40.5 29.6 3.3 38.3 18.6 30.7 4.0 3.6 2.7
2020 44.7 18.4 31.6 5.3 21.1 42.1 36.8 2.6 36.8 21.1 31.6 5.3 2.6 1.9
2021 42.9 22.6 33.3 1.2 25.8 46.0 28.2 5.2 28.6 21.0 34.9 7.1 3.2 2.4
2022 44.2 25.7 27.5 2.6 32.7 35.0 32.4 4.3 31.2 20.5 28.9 7.8 6.1 4.7
2023 46.7 24.1 27.7 1.5 32.8 37.9 29.2 5.6 32.8 25.1 29.7 3.6 3.1 2.2
Player 46.7 22.7 28.8 1.8 30.1 39.8 30.1 4.5 32.8 20.9 31.1 5.8 4.1 3.1
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 1 328 33.0 80 .225 .352 .313 31.3 28.7 21.3 .226 .357 .289 34.7
2023 Changeup -0.7 -1 171 17.2 55 .273 .291 .252 28.8 23.6 22.4 .252 .329 .250 28.6
2023 Curveball -3.1 -4 123 12.4 35 .235 .235 .206 33.3 28.6 27.0 .254 .295 .242 8.0
2023 Slider -0.1 0 113 11.4 29 .241 .276 .229 32.8 27.6 21.1 .212 .282 .213 19.0
2023 Sinker -0.5 0 103 10.4 22 .318 .409 .318 8.7 9.1 8.3 .252 .332 .249 40.0
2023 Cutter -3.7 -2 66 6.6 25 .261 .391 .298 12.5 8.0 16.7 .331 .579 .397 50.0
2023 Sweeper 0.6 0 57 5.7 15 .333 .333 .347 40.0 26.7 22.2 .254 .282 .282 18.2
2023 Split-Finger -7.0 -2 33 3.3 9 .111 .111 .100 33.3 44.4 30.8 .071 .100 .073 0.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 8 617 37.2 153 .326 .556 .401 18.1 19.0 16.6 .300 .529 .374 40.5
2022 Changeup -1.4 -4 253 15.2 73 .222 .250 .229 16.3 13.7 13.7 .235 .302 .240 21.0
2022 Slider 0.0 0 208 12.5 71 .288 .364 .326 21.1 15.5 14.3 .283 .411 .320 26.3
2022 Curveball -2.4 -5 200 12.0 45 .091 .091 .100 37.4 35.6 23.2 .217 .333 .233 31.0
2022 Sinker 0.9 2 174 10.5 42 .297 .405 .363 14.0 9.5 13.8 .297 .429 .353 38.2
2022 Cutter -3.2 -4 110 6.6 32 .188 .250 .191 22.0 18.8 22.2 .243 .311 .241 26.9
2022 Split-Finger -3.2 -1 44 2.7 10 .100 .100 .090 15.0 20.0 10.5 .224 .366 .253 37.5
2022 Sweeper 13.5 5 35 2.1 11 .800 .800 .718 15.0 0.0 0.0 .528 .722 .558 80.0
2022 Slurve -0.4 0 8 0.5 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 368 1,302 0 -7 -2 3 -6
2020 54 224 0 0 0 0 1
2021 339 1,173 -8 -9 9 3 -5
2022 441 1,658 -4 -7 7 5 1
2023 270 994 -6 -7 4 0 -9
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2018 29 51.7 66.7 80.0 35.7 40.0 62.1 20.0 51.7 33.3 10.3 100.0
2019 1,306 48.2 67.7 83.3 41.4 62.7 42.0 28.2 54.1 24.2 7.5 76.5
2020 224 49.1 69.1 84.2 35.1 57.5 42.9 33.3 51.8 24.1 7.1 75.0
2021 1,173 46.8 74.5 82.2 42.9 60.1 41.7 39.5 57.7 25.8 6.7 79.7
2022 1,660 47.3 69.3 86.4 39.8 69.8 42.8 28.5 53.7 20.0 7.5 69.4
2023 994 47.3 71.1 81.7 43.1 55.3 47.2 24.8 56.3 28.6 6.9 78.3
Player 5,386 47.5 70.3 83.7 41.3 62.5 43.3 30.4 55.1 24.2 7.2 75.3
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2018 22 60
2019 5 51 12 9 2 11 14 17 37 11 36 1 55 3 59 10
2020 13 17
2021 47 33 1 7
2022 51 88 67 47 35 34 32 14 31 14 71 3 78 5 26 1 8
2023 21 29 10 9
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 23.8 5 6.3 -1 6 9 1 20.0
2021 23.8 3 3.6 -1 5 3 1 33.3
2022 25.5 7 8.2 -1 3 7 3 42.9
2023 25.0 1 1.1 0 2 1 0 0.0
Player 24.6 16 19.1 -3 16 20 5 31.3
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2019 5 9 6 5 7 8 8 7 4 2 4 10 9 5 4 6 3 2 6 7 8 7 9 7 9 3 5 11 11 4 2
2021 3 5 2 2 4 3 3 5 3 2 3 5 5 2 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 5 5 4 3 4 3 4 3 3
2022 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 7 6 6 6 10 9 8 10 9 7 9 7 8 8 8 12 8 8 7 8 10 8 9 8
2023 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 0
Player 16 22 17 17 20 21 21 19 14 10 13 27 24 16 20 21 15 16 19 19 19 21 28 22 21 14 18 25 24 18 13
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.4 87.2 0.8 89.0 1.8 88.6 -0.4 87.0 -1.6 86.2 -0.8
Launch Angle 4.5 8.6 4.1 11.6 3.0 10.2 -1.4 11.4 1.2 10.0 -1.4
Barrel % 0.0 3.6 3.6 2.6 -1.0 3.2 0.6 6.1 2.9 3.1 -3.0
Hard Hit % 37.5 28.6 -8.9 36.8 8.2 38.5 1.7 33.3 -5.2 28.7 -4.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 50.0 36.9 -13.1 44.7 7.8 44.0 -0.7 41.6 -2.4 38.5 -3.1
xBA .313 .258 -0.055 .274 0.016 .287 0.013 .275 -0.012 .242 -0.033
BA .300 .291 -0.009 .347 0.056 .283 -0.064 .271 -0.012 .252 -0.019
xwOBA .298 .279 -0.019 .330 0.051 .315 -0.015 .316 0.001 .263 -0.053
wOBA .264 .292 0.028 .369 0.077 .291 -0.078 .297 0.006 .258 -0.039
xSLG .375 .370 -0.005 .406 0.036 .414 0.008 .423 0.009 .339 -0.084
SLG .300 .384 0.084 .429 0.045 .359 -0.070 .381 0.022 .314 -0.067
K% 20.0 23.3 3.3 20.4 -2.9 21.2 0.8 17.8 -3.4 24.4 6.6
BB% 0.0 2.4 2.4 9.3 6.9 4.1 -5.2 3.8 -0.3 3.3 -0.5
Swing % 51.7 54.1 2.4 51.8 -2.3 57.7 5.9 53.7 -4.0 56.3 2.6
Whiff% 33.3 24.2 -9.1 24.1 -0.1 25.8 1.7 20.0 -5.8 28.6 8.6
In Zone % 51.7 48.2 -3.5 49.1 0.9 46.8 -2.3 47.3 0.5 47.3 0.0
Out of Zone % 48.3 51.8 3.5 50.9 -0.9 53.2 2.3 52.7 -0.5 52.7 0.0
Out of Zone Swing % 35.7 41.4 5.7 35.1 -6.3 42.9 7.8 39.8 -3.1 43.1 3.3
First Pitch Swing % 20.0 28.2 8.2 33.3 5.1 39.5 6.2 28.5 -11.0 24.8 -3.7
First Pitch Strike % 60.0 63.7 3.7 63.0 -0.7 65.5 2.5 62.2 -3.3 60.4 -1.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2018 Shifts L 10 0 0.0 .264
2019 Shifts L 365 19 5.2 .293 .309
2020 Shifts L 54 5 9.3 .389 .177
2021 Shifts L 339 28 8.3 .307 .112
2022 Shifts L 441 99 22.4 .312 .245
2023 Shades L 270 81 30.0 .246 .288
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2018 11 14.9 54.5% 0.0% 1 20.2 0.0% 0.0%
2019 373 16.2 34.3% 1.1% 158 22.8 0.6% 5.7%
2020 64 16.6 34.4% 0.0% 26 23.7 0.0% 3.8%
2021 307 17.6 19.9% 1.0% 119 23.5 0.0% 12.6%
2022 474 16.8 30.4% 2.1% 221 22.3 1.4% 4.5%
2023 253 14.7 53.4% 0.0% 129 18.2 9.3% 0.0%
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