Luis Castillo
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 200LBS | Age: 31
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 8 6 2.99 25 25 0 150.1 167 1.08
2023 14 9 3.34 33 33 0 197 219 1.10
2024 11 12 3.64 30 30 0 175.1 175 1.17
8 Seasons 73 76 3.56 211 211 0 1,230 1,331 1.18
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 25 8-6 2.99 150.1 167 1.08
2023 33 14-9 3.34 197 219 1.10
2024 30 11-12 3.64 175.1 175 1.17
8 Seasons 211 73-76 3.56 1,230 1,331 1.18
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2017 24 1484 226 8 3.5 2.2 85.9 112.4 6.4 24.3 .196 .311 .276 .261 .310 31.0 27.3 8.9 3.12 2.87
2018 25 2778 489 43 8.8 6.1 88.8 110.9 9.6 33.7 .244 .426 .314 .318 .386 39.5 23.3 6.9 4.30 4.30
2019 26 3158 469 24 5.1 3.1 87.2 112.8 5.8 26.2 .204 .327 .277 .277 .338 33.6 29.0 10.0 3.40 3.33
2020 27 1153 178 8 4.5 2.7 86.0 114.4 2.2 28.7 .209 .313 .290 .266 .338 37.1 30.5 8.2 3.21 2.95
2021 28 3164 529 24 4.5 3.0 87.7 114.9 4.2 28.7 .232 .347 .318 .293 .342 36.9 23.9 9.3 3.98 3.60
2022 29 2506 394 27 6.9 4.4 89.0 112.4 10.4 33.8 .223 .343 .273 .284 .350 37.6 27.2 7.3 2.99 3.31
2023 30 3207 522 49 9.4 6.1 90.0 113.0 15.9 31.0 .230 .408 .289 .302 .382 41.8 27.3 7.0 3.33 3.82
2024 31 2859 492 42 8.5 5.8 89.7 112.4 16.3 37.0 .244 .404 .305 .306 .376 41.9 24.3 6.5 3.64 3.91
Player 20309 3299 225 6.8 4.4 88.4 114.9 9.7 31.0 .226 .368 .295 .293 .358 38.0 26.2 8.0
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.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Castillo relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(45.3%) ,
Slider
(22.4%) ,
Sinker
(18.0%) ,
Changeup
(14.3%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2017 59.7 19.0 15.9 5.3 35.0 35.8 29.2 5.3 42.9 20.8 19.5 6.2 3.5 2.2
2018 47.9 20.4 24.3 7.4 36.8 38.9 23.5 3.9 36.6 19.8 22.3 7.4 8.8 6.1
2019 56.5 19.8 19.4 4.3 31.6 45.4 23.0 4.9 42.4 17.9 22.0 3.8 5.1 3.1
2020 58.4 15.2 23.6 2.8 42.1 32.6 25.3 7.3 41.6 14.6 24.7 6.7 4.5 2.7
2021 57.8 17.0 21.6 3.6 33.6 41.8 24.6 6.2 43.7 17.0 24.2 4.0 4.5 3.0
2022 48.0 20.8 24.9 6.3 42.6 33.2 24.1 4.6 34.3 23.4 25.9 4.6 6.9 4.4
2023 39.5 27.6 23.9 9.0 35.6 36.6 27.8 3.4 30.7 28.9 20.3 7.1 9.4 6.1
2024 40.9 26.8 22.4 10.0 38.8 36.0 25.2 4.9 27.0 27.8 25.0 6.7 8.5 5.8
Player 49.7 21.6 22.3 6.5 36.5 38.3 25.1 4.8 36.6 21.9 23.0 5.7 6.8 4.4
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.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2024 4-Seam Fastball SEA R 1295 95.6 17.8 -0.5 12.5ARM 1.1 12.2 -3.5 12.5ARM 5.0
2024 Sinker SEA R 514 95.6 26.0 -0.2 18.3ARM 1.5 3.9 3.4 18.3ARM 3.5
2024 Changeup SEA R 408 88.1 35.4 0.4 17.2ARM 0.5 -0.1 5.0 17.2ARM 3.0
2024 Slider SEA R 639 85.7 36.2 -1.0 0.9GLV -5.0 0.8 0.8 0.9GLV -4.2
2023 Changeup SEA R 500 88.3 33.7 0.8 17.8ARM 1.5 1.4 4.0 17.8ARM 3.4
2023 Slider SEA R 709 85.7 36.9 1.4 1.1GLV -3.1 0.2 1.3 1.1GLV -4.2
2023 Sinker SEA R 574 95.9 25.0 -0.5 18.5ARM 2.8 4.8 2.8 18.5ARM 3.5
2023 4-Seam Fastball SEA R 1422 96.3 16.0 -0.4 12.0ARM 1.4 13.6 -2.2 12.0ARM 4.6
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.4 18 1,296 45.3 298 .203 .365 .279 27.3 31.5 20.9 .203 .382 .286 44.1
2024 Slider 0.7 5 639 22.4 149 .207 .357 .261 35.8 30.2 18.3 .224 .348 .267 41.2
2024 Sinker -0.8 -4 515 18.0 164 .298 .457 .372 10.5 11.6 16.2 .306 .455 .358 42.4
2024 Changeup -1.3 -5 408 14.3 106 .287 .545 .376 26.5 16.0 12.1 .288 .465 .342 36.9
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1.3 19 1,423 44.4 320 .165 .384 .282 33.0 32.8 21.1 .183 .420 .299 47.2
2023 Slider 0.3 2 710 22.1 154 .234 .455 .311 37.8 33.1 25.1 .210 .355 .261 39.6
2023 Sinker 1.2 7 574 17.9 177 .239 .337 .294 13.6 15.8 19.7 .299 .436 .344 47.8
2023 Changeup -1.9 -9 500 15.6 151 .280 .420 .326 32.5 23.2 17.4 .263 .408 .300 27.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 398 88.1 94 18.2 2:30 3:15 -45
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1,213 95.6 92 17.6 2:00 1:45 15
2024 Sinker 505 95.6 94 19.4 2:00 2:45 -45
2024 Slider 610 85.7 15 3.6 9:30 8:00 90
2023 Changeup 486 88.3 92 18.7 2:15 3:00 -45
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1,343 96.2 89 18.0 1:45 1:30 15
2023 Sinker 550 95.8 92 19.7 1:45 2:45 -60
2023 Slider 688 85.7 13 2.9 8:45 7:45 60
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 358 1,483 11 21 -9 -7 15
2018 705 2,771 -5 26 -16 -10 -6
2019 756 3,068 15 40 -14 -14 27
2020 314 1,256 -3 18 -4 -5 6
2021 799 3,164 9 23 -23 -14 -6
2022 669 2,718 22 22 -12 -13 20
2023 802 3,207 5 41 -16 -10 19
2024 717 2,858 4 31 -14 -7 13
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2017 1,484 50.3 69.6 77.1 25.8 54.7 39.3 57.3 47.8 28.5 8.5 77.8
2018 2,778 51.0 68.9 76.9 29.6 56.0 42.9 61.4 49.6 28.7 7.5 67.9
2019 3,158 41.4 68.5 73.9 32.2 47.2 42.7 56.4 47.3 35.9 5.3 76.5
2020 1,153 50.2 73.6 75.1 28.2 45.7 42.2 61.3 51.0 32.8 6.3 82.2
2021 3,164 46.3 71.0 77.7 30.5 56.3 44.8 59.6 49.3 28.9 6.7 77.3
2022 2,506 50.8 68.4 79.2 29.9 55.2 40.5 61.1 49.4 27.8 8.5 79.9
2023 3,207 49.4 73.4 76.7 31.3 51.8 43.7 63.7 52.1 30.6 7.4 77.7
2024 2,859 48.8 71.2 82.1 31.0 56.1 45.5 64.7 50.6 25.9 7.7 78.3
Player 20,309 48.1 70.5 77.6 30.4 53.1 43.1 60.9 49.7 29.8 7.2 76.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2017 92 91 92 85 90 78 91 82 68 81 38 79 28 96 55 14
2018 37 44 26 20 58 2 12 34 16 56 72 75 69 87 35 7
2019 85 88 93 90 74 34 84 83 74 81 22 94 80 90 22 4
2020 88 79 87 88 83 33 81 88 49 83 55 83 54 96 25 1
2021 72 58 79 87 54 32 93 74 64 53 35 70 75 95 54 3
2022 71 67 75 76 68 26 57 35 53 76 55 67 54 92 64 4
2023 63 68 45 31 81 3 25 23 30 77 72 80 77 85 50 1
2024 53 41 38 35 67 6 32 25 22 60 73 53 76 76 18 1
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Expected Home Runs

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Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 22.4 11 10.4 1 3 11 1 9.1
2018 22.8 28 24.9 3 14 16 11 39.3
2019 23.0 22 19.4 3 5 15 7 31.8
2020 23.5 5 5.0 0 3 4 3 60.0
2021 22.5 19 13.7 5 11 13 4 21.1
2022 25.9 15 15.2 0 8 9 7 46.7
2023 23.7 28 28.2 0 7 21 11 39.3
2024 23.2 25 22.8 2 15 22 5 20.0
Player 23.3 153 139.6 13 66 111 49 32.0
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed 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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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2017 11 11 7 12 12 12 12 10 9 7 12 15 9 9 11 11 9 9 11 12 9 11 11 11 9 8 12 12 12 11 7
2018 28 32 17 23 26 23 27 27 21 19 25 31 28 21 24 27 21 23 24 27 29 23 32 27 20 23 24 27 30 25 22
2019 22 22 20 19 20 20 20 21 11 15 18 19 23 20 19 22 21 19 19 19 21 21 23 22 20 19 16 21 23 18 12
2020 5 6 5 6 4 5 8 5 3 3 3 7 6 4 4 4 4 5 6 7 5 4 8 5 4 3 5 7 7 3 3
2021 19 17 13 14 16 14 17 16 7 8 10 20 12 9 14 18 14 12 17 17 9 14 19 12 11 8 19 16 11 13 13
2022 15 13 13 16 15 17 16 13 13 14 15 19 16 14 16 16 14 15 15 15 16 15 17 15 12 14 16 18 16 16 15
2023 28 28 17 29 32 29 32 26 25 27 27 25 29 27 32 30 32 28 29 31 30 23 34 34 26 27 28 28 29 29 24
2024 25 22 14 28 21 23 27 23 15 16 21 27 25 19 22 21 21 22 22 33 24 18 34 26 21 20 23 27 24 24 21
Player 153 151 106 147 146 143 159 141 104 109 131 163 148 123 142 149 136 133 143 161 143 129 178 152 123 122 143 156 152 139 117
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed 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 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 97.3 95.7 -1.6 ↓ 96.4 0.7 ↑ 97.4 1.0 ↑ 97.2 -0.2 ↓ 97.0 -0.2 ↓ 96.1 -0.9 ↓ 95.6 -0.5 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 87.2 86.2 -1.0 ↓ 87.2 1.0 ↑ 88.2 1.0 ↑ 88.3 0.1 ↑ 88.4 0.1 ↑ 88.3 -0.1 ↓ 88.1 -0.2 ↓
Breaking Velocity 84.9 83.6 -1.3 ↓ 85.9 2.3 ↑ 86.8 0.9 ↑ 86.4 -0.4 ↓ 86.5 0.1 ↑ 85.7 -0.8 ↓ 85.7 0.0
Exit Velocity 85.9 88.8 2.9 ↑ 87.2 -1.6 ↓ 86.0 -1.2 ↓ 87.7 1.7 ↑ 89.0 1.3 ↑ 90.0 1.0 ↑ 89.7 -0.3 ↓
Launch Angle 6.4 9.6 3.2 ↑ 5.8 -3.8 ↓ 2.2 -3.6 ↓ 4.2 2.0 ↑ 10.4 6.2 ↑ 15.9 5.5 ↑ 16.3 0.4 ↑
Barrel % 3.5 8.8 5.3 ↑ 5.1 -3.7 ↓ 4.5 -0.6 ↓ 4.5 0.0 6.9 2.4 ↑ 9.4 2.5 ↑ 8.5 -0.9 ↓
Hard Hit % 31.0 39.5 8.5 ↑ 33.6 -5.9 ↓ 37.1 3.5 ↑ 36.9 -0.2 ↓ 37.6 0.7 ↑ 41.8 4.2 ↑ 41.9 0.1 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 24.3 33.7 9.4 ↑ 26.2 -7.5 ↓ 28.7 2.5 ↑ 28.7 0.0 33.8 5.1 ↑ 31.0 -2.8 ↓ 37.0 6.0 ↑
xBA .196 .244 0.048 ↑ .204 -0.040 ↓ .209 0.005 ↑ .232 0.023 ↑ .223 -0.009 ↓ .230 0.007 ↑ .244 0.014 ↑
BA .202 .245 0.043 ↑ .202 -0.043 ↓ .233 0.031 ↑ .255 0.022 ↑ .212 -0.043 ↓ .218 0.006 ↑ .238 0.020 ↑
xwOBA .261 .318 0.057 ↑ .277 -0.041 ↓ .266 -0.011 ↓ .293 0.027 ↑ .284 -0.009 ↓ .302 0.018 ↑ .306 0.004 ↑
wOBA .276 .314 0.038 ↑ .277 -0.037 ↓ .290 0.013 ↑ .318 0.028 ↑ .273 -0.045 ↓ .289 0.016 ↑ .305 0.016 ↑
xSLG .311 .426 0.115 ↑ .327 -0.099 ↓ .313 -0.014 ↓ .347 0.034 ↑ .343 -0.004 ↓ .408 0.065 ↑ .404 -0.004 ↓
SLG .360 .431 0.071 ↑ .343 -0.088 ↓ .365 0.022 ↑ .402 0.037 ↑ .332 -0.070 ↓ .395 0.063 ↑ .412 0.017 ↑
K% 27.3 23.3 -4.0 ↓ 29.0 5.7 ↑ 30.5 1.5 ↑ 23.9 -6.6 ↓ 27.2 3.3 ↑ 27.3 0.1 ↑ 24.3 -3.0 ↓
BB% 8.9 6.9 -2.0 ↓ 10.0 3.1 ↑ 8.2 -1.8 ↓ 9.3 1.1 ↑ 7.3 -2.0 ↓ 7.0 -0.3 ↓ 6.5 -0.5 ↓
Swing % 47.8 49.6 1.8 ↑ 47.3 -2.3 ↓ 51.0 3.7 ↑ 49.3 -1.7 ↓ 49.4 0.1 ↑ 52.1 2.7 ↑ 50.6 -1.5 ↓
Whiff% 28.5 28.7 0.2 ↑ 35.9 7.2 ↑ 32.8 -3.1 ↓ 28.9 -3.9 ↓ 27.8 -1.1 ↓ 30.6 2.8 ↑ 25.9 -4.7 ↓
In Zone % 50.3 51.0 0.7 ↑ 41.4 -9.6 ↓ 50.2 8.8 ↑ 46.3 -3.9 ↓ 50.8 4.5 ↑ 49.4 -1.4 ↓ 48.8 -0.6 ↓
Out of Zone % 49.7 49.0 -0.7 ↓ 58.6 9.6 ↑ 49.8 -8.8 ↓ 53.7 3.9 ↑ 49.2 -4.5 ↓ 50.6 1.4 ↑ 51.2 0.6 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 25.8 29.6 3.8 ↑ 32.2 2.6 ↑ 28.2 -4.0 ↓ 30.5 2.3 ↑ 29.9 -0.6 ↓ 31.3 1.4 ↑ 31.0 -0.3 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 30.2 30.9 0.7 ↑ 30.4 -0.5 ↓ 35.3 4.9 ↑ 31.7 -3.6 ↓ 29.9 -1.8 ↓ 36.5 6.6 ↑ 34.1 -2.4 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 57.3 61.4 4.1 ↑ 56.4 -5.0 ↓ 61.3 4.9 ↑ 59.6 -1.7 ↓ 61.1 1.5 ↑ 63.7 2.6 ↑ 64.7 1.0 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 358 .276 194 1 0.5 164 11 6.7
2018 Shifts 706 .315 356 4 1.1 350 78 22.3
2019 Shifts 779 .277 368 35 9.5 411 217 52.8
2020 Shifts 292 .290 139 13 9.4 153 101 66.0
2021 Shifts 799 .318 393 25 6.4 406 193 47.5
2022 Shifts 615 .273 313 31 9.9 302 152 50.3
2023 Shades 802 .289 371 26 7.0 431 271 62.9
2024 Shades 717 .305 373 57 15.3 344 233 67.7
! 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 %
2017 487 14.6 56.9% 0.2% 195 25.4 0.0% 14.9%
2018 896 14.5 57.1% 0.1% 368 23.7 0.0% 6.5%
2019 1001 14.4 58.0% 0.2% 433 23.2 0.0% 4.8%
2020 320 14.7 56.6% 0.3% 182 23.7 0.0% 7.7%
2021 943 14.6 54.5% 0.1% 467 24.5 0.0% 7.5%
2022 745 15.3 47.0% 0.1% 385 24.2 0.0% 4.4%
2023 905 12.9 84.8% 0.0% 447 19.1 0.2% 0.0%
2024 797 14.2 64.1% 0.1% 420 18.7 0.7% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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