Jason Castro
C | B/T: L/R | 6' 3" 215LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 1, #10, Houston Astros | Stanford

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 88 78 6 9 1 3 1 .115 .205 .179 .384
12 Seasons 3381 2981 368 678 97 325 6 .227 .312 .387 .699
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2022 .115 1 3 1 .384
12 Seasons .227 97 325 6 .699

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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 28 1476 225 13 5.8 3.5 88.5 109.5 15.8 35.6 .211 .343 .284 .279 .362 30.7 30.7 8.8
2016 29 1512 207 20 9.7 5.3 89.5 108.7 11.6 34.3 .219 .404 .301 .315 .421 40.1 32.7 12.0
2017 30 1645 250 17 6.8 4.2 87.2 109.6 13.2 39.6 .241 .401 .315 .321 .388 32.0 26.5 11.1
2018 31 331 38 2 5.3 2.7 87.1 109.0 4.3 28.9 .172 .269 .231 .269 .359 32.3 35.1 12.2
2019 32 1146 151 26 17.2 9.5 91.8 110.5 14.4 41.7 .246 .517 .328 .363 .496 47.0 32.0 12.0
2020 33 406 47 7 14.9 7.6 92.7 111.1 19.7 42.6 .237 .485 .294 .352 .511 55.3 35.9 13.0
2021 34 772 97 14 14.4 7.8 90.5 108.9 14.5 43.3 .257 .503 .347 .376 .501 42.3 30.2 14.0
2022 35 369 39 2 5.1 2.3 88.6 108.7 10.0 35.9 .161 .280 .183 .239 .379 35.9 45.5 9.1
Player 7657 1054 101 9.6 5.4 89.2 111.1 13.6 38.0 .226 .410 .300 .319 .419 37.6 31.5 11.3
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 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
2015 39.1 28.4 28.4 4.0 43.1 32.0 24.9 0.0 32.4 27.1 26.2 6.7 5.8 3.5
2016 48.8 27.1 22.2 1.9 39.1 32.4 28.5 5.3 30.0 22.2 26.1 5.8 9.7 5.3
2017 43.2 24.4 27.6 4.8 29.6 41.2 28.8 4.4 30.4 24.4 28.0 5.2 6.8 4.2
2018 44.7 21.1 26.3 7.9 39.5 36.8 23.7 7.9 26.3 13.2 26.3 2.6 5.3 2.7
2019 36.4 31.1 27.2 5.3 37.1 35.1 27.8 3.3 25.8 20.5 24.5 7.9 17.2 9.5
2020 31.9 36.2 25.5 6.4 36.2 34.0 29.8 2.1 19.1 25.5 29.8 8.5 14.9 7.6
2021 39.2 28.9 28.9 3.1 41.2 30.9 27.8 5.2 22.7 19.6 30.9 6.2 14.4 7.8
2022 48.7 33.3 17.9 0.0 41.0 35.9 23.1 2.6 33.3 23.1 25.6 10.3 5.1 2.3
Player 41.8 27.9 26.3 4.0 37.6 35.0 27.3 3.5 28.8 23.1 26.9 6.4 9.6 5.4
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! 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 %
2022 4-Seamer -4.3 -7 153 41.5 34 .067 .100 .146 44.7 47.1 33.3 .152 .299 .253 50.0
2022 Slider -1.0 -1 59 16.0 16 .200 .400 .281 38.5 50.0 38.1 .198 .432 .293 28.6
2022 Changeup -3.0 -1 39 10.6 12 .100 .100 .133 40.0 25.0 15.8 .262 .350 .281 25.0
2022 Sinker -1.1 0 34 9.2 6 .000 .000 .350 21.4 33.3 22.2 .045 .070 .371 100.0
2022 Curveball 0.9 0 32 8.7 6 .167 .333 .208 50.0 66.7 36.4 .014 .021 .014 0.0
2022 Cutter -5.4 -1 23 6.2 6 .167 .167 .150 35.7 33.3 33.3 .182 .219 .179 50.0
2022 Sweeper -0.9 0 15 4.1 2 .500 .500 .450 40.0 50.0 20.0 .480 .538 .457 0.0
2022 Splitter -14.4 -2 14 3.8 6 .000 .000 .000 77.8 66.7 100.0 .022 .025 .021 0.0
2021 4-Seamer 0.6 2 292 37.8 68 .226 .547 .400 31.2 29.4 23.8 .274 .650 .448 55.9
2021 Changeup 1.6 2 115 14.9 22 .300 .400 .443 45.5 31.8 17.5 .238 .315 .283 46.2
2021 Sinker 5.2 6 113 14.6 30 .375 .792 .557 19.1 10.0 11.1 .359 .832 .529 45.5
2021 Slider -2.0 -2 112 14.5 24 .100 .150 .206 50.0 41.7 23.3 .159 .292 .274 40.0
2021 Curveball 0.1 0 64 8.3 12 .167 .167 .150 45.0 50.0 25.0 .237 .270 .219 0.0
2021 Cutter -5.1 -3 61 7.9 20 .167 .167 .205 35.5 40.0 61.5 .180 .208 .223 10.0
2021 Sweeper 2.1 0 7 0.9 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 Knuckleball -9.0 0 2 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .179 .203 .177 0.0
2021 Splitter -5.8 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seamer -0.7 -1 148 36.5 32 .214 .500 .345 24.6 25.0 19.5 .261 .651 .413 65.0
2020 Slider 1.5 1 65 16.0 13 .250 .500 .346 29.2 38.5 22.7 .290 .559 .384 28.6
2020 Sinker -1.6 -1 63 15.5 20 .118 .235 .230 26.9 30.0 40.0 .215 .343 .308 54.5
2020 Curveball -3.2 -2 52 12.8 9 .000 .000 .078 52.4 77.8 28.0 .037 .041 .108 0.0
2020 Changeup -1.5 -1 46 11.3 11 .200 .200 .227 53.8 54.5 46.2 .227 .379 .297 50.0
2020 Cutter 9.9 2 21 5.2 4 .667 1.333 .800 14.3 0.0 0.0 .402 1.016 .608 66.7
2020 Sweeper 0.3 0 7 1.7 2 .000 .000 .350 66.7 50.0 25.0 -- -- .350 --
2020 Splitter -9.7 0 4 1.0 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 0.0 0.0 .713 .828 .685 100.0
2019 4-Seamer -0.7 -3 459 40.1 104 .227 .466 .363 40.8 35.6 29.1 .252 .592 .397 60.8
2019 Sinker 3.4 7 194 16.9 50 .395 .605 .500 21.0 8.0 10.5 .361 .687 .489 54.3
2019 Slider -1.5 -2 157 13.7 36 .143 .286 .194 39.7 44.4 25.8 .180 .335 .227 31.6
2019 Changeup -1.2 -2 134 11.7 33 .226 .355 .292 35.6 15.2 15.2 .287 .538 .353 33.3
2019 Curveball -1.8 -2 128 11.2 31 .148 .370 .277 49.0 58.1 37.5 .145 .327 .259 44.4
2019 Cutter 1.0 1 63 5.5 18 .200 .467 .347 38.2 38.9 28.0 .191 .421 .324 12.5
2019 Splitter -2.4 0 7 0.6 3 .333 .333 .300 0.0 33.3 33.3 .140 .297 .171 50.0
2019 Sweeper 3.0 0 3 0.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seamer -4.1 -5 114 34.4 26 .100 .150 .217 30.9 30.8 22.9 .137 .231 .273 30.8
2018 Sinker 0.2 0 65 19.6 16 .182 .455 .456 25.0 12.5 22.2 .338 .600 .497 55.6
2018 Slider -1.6 -1 32 9.7 8 .250 .375 .269 30.8 50.0 30.8 .199 .232 .192 0.0
2018 Curveball -2.3 -1 28 8.5 7 .143 .286 .179 38.5 71.4 45.5 .070 .085 .068 0.0
2018 Changeup -2.8 0 17 5.1 4 .000 .000 .000 0.0 25.0 20.0 .270 .351 .267 33.3
2018 Cutter 2.8 0 15 4.5 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 Splitter -6.2 0 5 1.5 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2017 4-Seamer -0.1 -1 654 39.8 152 .230 .389 .336 32.2 25.0 19.5 .265 .443 .365 40.4
2017 Sinker -1.3 -4 292 17.8 80 .239 .328 .334 18.4 17.5 19.7 .237 .366 .324 33.3
2017 Slider 0.0 0 240 14.6 72 .229 .400 .284 34.3 37.5 30.3 .221 .371 .262 25.6
2017 Curveball -1.2 -2 213 12.9 40 .111 .167 .178 37.3 40.0 21.6 .146 .218 .208 25.0
2017 Changeup 2.5 4 141 8.6 34 .387 .581 .443 36.5 11.8 11.4 .306 .486 .367 22.2
2017 Cutter -0.6 0 75 4.6 21 .333 .571 .386 31.7 38.1 32.0 .234 .563 .324 30.8
2017 Splitter -1.5 0 25 1.5 6 .400 .600 .475 26.7 16.7 14.3 .243 .346 .325 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2010 215 876 -7 -12 3 5 -10
2012 293 1,122 -7 -2 6 6 3
2013 488 2,018 12 -6 11 10 26
2014 511 2,026 -5 -26 11 10 -10
2015 392 1,547 -4 -25 8 5 -16
2016 376 1,512 -4 -13 6 5 -5
2017 408 1,658 -8 -18 15 6 -6
2018 63 276 -5 -3 2 1 -6
2019 275 1,145 -8 -8 9 6 -2
2020 93 409 -3 -2 1 1 -3
2021 187 819 -2 -5 10 3 6
2022 88 369 -5 -9 1 1 -12
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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 %
2015 1,476 49.2 68.6 73.7 26.7 49.5 43.4 32.5 47.3 33.0 7.3 71.3
2016 1,512 49.2 64.7 75.1 23.8 50.8 41.4 37.2 43.9 31.6 7.9 77.5
2017 1,645 54.3 66.3 72.9 19.2 52.8 44.1 30.8 44.7 30.6 7.2 83.2
2018 331 48.6 67.9 73.6 16.9 54.2 50.7 37.8 42.6 29.1 8.0 81.8
2019 1,146 49.5 67.7 69.8 23.0 42.9 42.4 33.5 45.2 37.1 6.6 81.3
2020 406 49.3 61.5 69.1 23.3 56.3 47.8 27.2 42.1 34.5 7.6 67.7
2021 772 50.6 60.9 68.5 18.6 49.3 44.0 26.3 40.0 34.6 9.5 69.9
2022 369 49.3 69.2 61.9 27.3 47.1 42.0 35.2 48.0 42.4 9.5 88.6
Player 7,657 50.5 66.0 71.9 22.7 49.6 43.5 32.7 44.6 33.4 7.7 77.4
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 7.2 76.1
! 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
2015 12 4 19 40 14 33 58 47 72 27 3 65 4 65 40
2016 38 2 38 60 37 39 80 57 65 68 2 90 7 79 46
2017 43 24 32 39 55 33 55 32 72 30 15 76 11 94 35
2018 66 31
2019 74 36
2020 80 42
2021 58 41
2022 46 27
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.7 11 10.5 1 9 8 4 36.4
2017 21.5 10 10.9 -1 5 12 3 30.0
2018 21.2 1 0.7 0 1 1 0 0.0
2019 21.6 13 12.1 1 4 11 5 38.5
2020 22.0 2 4.8 -3 4 4 2 100.0
2021 21.0 9 7.8 1 3 7 2 22.2
2022 -- 1 1.4 0 1 2 0 0.0
Player 21.7 47 48.3 -1 27 45 16 34.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 11 11 11 10 11 11 9 11 10 9 14 10 7 8 10 12 11 11 9 11 17 6 8 12 11 10 13 11 8 10 14
2017 10 12 17 14 9 12 9 9 12 10 12 10 7 4 10 17 6 12 6 12 18 9 8 11 11 10 13 11 8 13 15
2018 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
2019 13 14 15 12 11 12 13 14 13 12 12 14 10 9 11 14 8 14 10 12 15 11 10 9 13 14 13 10 10 12 17
2020 2 4 6 4 3 4 0 5 4 6 3 6 2 2 3 5 3 6 4 5 7 6 7 5 6 6 5 3 5 6 6
2021 9 7 9 9 7 9 7 9 8 9 7 8 6 5 6 9 9 9 8 7 9 7 7 9 9 8 9 6 8 7 8
2022 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1
Player 47 51 61 52 43 51 40 51 48 47 49 49 34 29 41 60 39 55 39 49 68 42 41 49 53 49 56 43 42 50 62
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.5 89.5 1 ↑ 87.2 -2.3 ↓ 87.1 -0.1 ↓ 91.8 4.7 ↑ 92.7 0.9 ↑ 90.5 -2.2 ↓ 88.6 -1.9 ↓
Launch Angle 15.8 11.6 -4.2 ↓ 13.2 1.6 ↑ 4.3 -8.9 ↓ 14.4 10.1 ↑ 19.7 5.3 ↑ 14.5 -5.2 ↓ 10 -4.5 ↓
Barrel % 5.8 9.7 3.9 ↑ 6.8 -2.9 ↓ 5.3 -1.5 ↓ 17.2 11.9 ↑ 14.9 -2.3 ↓ 14.4 -0.5 ↓ 5.1 -9.3 ↓
Hard Hit % 30.7 40.1 9.4 ↑ 32 -8.1 ↓ 32.3 0.3 ↑ 47 14.7 ↑ 55.3 8.3 ↑ 42.3 -13 ↓ 35.9 -6.4 ↓
Sweet Spot % 35.6 34.3 -1.3 ↓ 39.6 5.3 ↑ 28.9 -10.7 ↓ 41.7 12.8 ↑ 42.6 0.9 ↑ 43.3 0.7 ↑ 35.9 -7.4 ↓
xBA .211 .219 0.008 ↑ .241 0.022 ↑ .172 -0.069 ↓ .246 0.074 ↑ .237 -0.009 ↓ .257 0.02 ↑ .161 -0.096 ↓
BA .211 .21 -0.001 ↓ .242 0.032 ↑ .143 -0.099 ↓ .232 0.089 ↑ .188 -0.044 ↓ .235 0.047 ↑ .115 -0.12 ↓
xwOBA .279 .315 0.036 ↑ .321 0.006 ↑ .269 -0.052 ↓ .363 0.094 ↑ .352 -0.011 ↓ .376 0.024 ↑ .239 -0.137 ↓
wOBA .284 .301 0.017 ↑ .315 0.014 ↑ .231 -0.084 ↓ .328 0.097 ↑ .294 -0.034 ↓ .347 0.053 ↑ .183 -0.164 ↓
xSLG .343 .404 0.061 ↑ .401 -0.003 ↓ .269 -0.132 ↓ .517 0.248 ↑ .485 -0.032 ↓ .503 0.018 ↑ .28 -0.223 ↓
SLG .365 .377 0.012 ↑ .388 0.011 ↑ .238 -0.15 ↓ .435 0.197 ↑ .375 -0.06 ↓ .443 0.068 ↑ .179 -0.264 ↓
K% 30.7 32.7 2 ↑ 26.5 -6.2 ↓ 35.1 8.6 ↑ 32 -3.1 ↓ 35.9 3.9 ↑ 30.2 -5.7 ↓ 45.5 15.3 ↑
BB% 8.8 12 3.2 ↑ 11.1 -0.9 ↓ 12.2 1.1 ↑ 12 -0.2 ↓ 13 1 ↑ 14 1 ↑ 9.1 -4.9 ↓
Swing % 47.3 43.9 -3.4 ↓ 44.7 0.8 ↑ 42.6 -2.1 ↓ 45.2 2.6 ↑ 42.1 -3.1 ↓ 40 -2.1 ↓ 48 8 ↑
Whiff% 33 31.6 -1.4 ↓ 30.6 -1 ↓ 29.1 -1.5 ↓ 37.1 8 ↑ 34.5 -2.6 ↓ 34.6 0.1 ↑ 42.4 7.8 ↑
In Zone % 49.2 49.2 0 54.3 5.1 ↑ 48.6 -5.7 ↓ 49.5 0.9 ↑ 49.3 -0.2 ↓ 50.6 1.3 ↑ 49.3 -1.3 ↓
Out of Zone % 50.8 50.8 0 45.7 -5.1 ↓ 51.4 5.7 ↑ 50.5 -0.9 ↓ 50.7 0.2 ↑ 49.4 -1.3 ↓ 50.7 1.3 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 26.7 23.8 -2.9 ↓ 19.2 -4.6 ↓ 16.9 -2.3 ↓ 23 6.1 ↑ 23.3 0.3 ↑ 18.6 -4.7 ↓ 27.3 8.7 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 32.5 37.2 4.7 ↑ 30.8 -6.4 ↓ 37.8 7 ↑ 33.5 -4.3 ↓ 27.2 -6.3 ↓ 26.3 -0.9 ↓ 35.2 8.9 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 59.2 61.4 2.2 ↑ 57.6 -3.8 ↓ 59.5 1.9 ↑ 55.6 -3.9 ↓ 53.3 -2.3 ↓ 58.1 4.8 ↑ 64.8 6.7 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

SeasonBat SidePAShifts%wOBA - No ShiftwOBA - Shift
2016 L 367 183 49.9 .338 .246
2017 L 405 99 24.4 .287 .398
2018 L 63 24 38.1 .246 .239
2019 L 275 128 46.5 .308 .351
2020 L 92 48 52.2 .386 .209
2021 L 178 115 64.6 .311 .367
2022 L 87 76 87.4 .000 .212

Pitch Tempo