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Welington Castillo C Cubs

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2013 Projections (seasonal age 26) - Rest of Season Projections
PA AVG HR R RBI SB TAv WARP
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Birth Date4-24-1987
Height5' 10"
Weight210 lbs
Age26 years, 0 months, 25 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2009
0.32010
-0.12011
0.62012
1.42013
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YEAR TEAM AGE G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB BB SO HBP SF SH RBI SB CS AVG OBP SLG TAv VORP FRAA WARP
2010 CHN 23 7 21 20 3 6 4 0 1 13 1 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 .300 .333 .650 .339 2.8 0.1 0.3
2011 CHN 24 4 13 13 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .128 -0.6 -0.1 -0.1
2012 CHN 25 52 190 170 16 45 11 0 5 71 17 51 2 1 0 22 0 0 .265 .337 .418 .266 7.2 -1.4 0.6
2013 CHN 26 33 126 118 14 33 9 0 1 45 1 34 6 0 1 8 1 0 .280 .320 .381 .246 4.5 0.0 0.5
Career963503213386240713119968113510.268.324.408.25813.8-1.41.3

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G PA TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ FRAA BRR BVORP BWARP VORP WARP
2006 BOI A- 3 8 .271 .237 .321 .339 .000 .143 113 0.1 0.1 0.1 -0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 CUB Rk 7 28 .141 .275 .359 .383 .000 .250 100 -3.6 0.7 -0.2 0.3 -0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 PEO A 98 353 .273 .257 .325 .375 .000 .323 94 5 9.9 5.1 0.9 -3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 DAY A+ 33 127 .216 .261 .331 .375 .000 .337 103 -6.2 3.6 1.9 -0.5 -1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 TEN AA 57 220 .256 .265 .341 .404 .000 .377 106 -0.9 6.0 3.3 -0.2 -3.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 IOW AAA 1 5 .214 .301 .382 .466 .000 .250 102 -0.4 0.2 0.1 -0.0 -0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 TEN AA 95 339 .228 .254 .330 .382 .000 .265 99 -12.2 10.0 6 1.6 -2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 CHN MLB 7 21 .339 .255 .329 .390 .000 .417 103 1.7 0.6 0.3 0.1 -0.2 2.8 0.3 2.8 0.3
2010 IOW AAA 69 272 .262 .280 .343 .442 .000 .284 98 0.7 7.5 5 -1.3 -1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 CHN MLB 4 13 .128 .258 .322 .415 .000 .222 110 -1.7 0.2 0.2 -0.1 -0.2 -0.6 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1
2011 DAY A+ 12 49 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .273 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 IOW AAA 61 251 .369 .291 .349 .444 .000 .321 91 11.1 1.5 1.2 -0.4 -0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 CUB Rk 2 9 .527 .314 .360 .453 .000 .667 113 2.9 0.2 0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 LIC Wnt 1 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 CHN MLB 52 190 .266 .252 .310 .401 .000 .348 105 1.2 3.3 3 -1.4 -0.6 7.2 0.6 7.2 0.6
2012 TEN AA 5 17 .422 .257 .319 .384 .000 .333 116 2.8 0.3 0.1 -0.0 -0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 IOW AAA 44 176 .270 .281 .344 .436 .000 .305 96 1.3 1.9 1.7 -0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 CHN MLB 33 126 .246 .259 .317 .418 .263 .386 104 -1.7 3.5 2.1 0.0 -0.4 4.5 0.5 4.5 0.5
CareerMLB350.258.255.314.407.258.361105-0.69.25.7-1.4-1.414.21.314.21.3

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO TAv VORP FRAA WARP
2006 CUB Rk 28 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 .192 .250 .192 .000 .141 0.0 0.3 0.0
2006 BOI A- 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .250 .167 .000 .271 0.0 -0.0 0.0
2007 PEO A 353 41 86 11 2 11 44 23 77 1 3 .271 .333 .423 .151 .273 0.0 0.9 0.0
2008 DAY A+ 127 15 33 8 0 0 12 4 23 1 0 .273 .302 .339 .066 .216 0.0 -0.5 0.0
2008 TEN AA 220 25 59 11 0 4 24 14 50 0 0 .298 .359 .414 .116 .256 0.0 -0.2 0.0
2008 IOW AAA 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .000 .214 0.0 -0.0 0.0
2009 TEN AA 339 27 74 16 0 11 39 15 71 1 0 .232 .274 .386 .154 .228 0.0 1.6 0.0
2010 CHN MLB 21 3 6 4 0 1 5 1 7 0 0 .300 .333 .650 .350 .339 2.8 0.1 0.3
2010 IOW AAA 272 35 61 17 1 13 59 19 58 0 2 .255 .325 .498 .243 .262 0.0 -1.3 0.0
2011 CHN MLB 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .000 .128 -0.6 -0.1 -0.1
2011 IOW AAA 251 38 65 9 0 15 35 20 57 0 0 .286 .351 .524 .238 .369 0.0 -0.4 0.0
2011 CUB Rk 9 2 4 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .667 .778 1.167 .500 .527 0.0 0.1 0.0
2011 DAY A+ 49 6 10 3 0 1 7 6 9 0 0 .238 .327 .381 .143 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 LIC Wnt 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 TEN AA 17 3 4 0 0 2 6 5 3 0 0 .364 .588 .909 .545 .422 0.0 -0.0 0.0
2012 CHN MLB 190 16 45 11 0 5 22 17 51 0 0 .265 .337 .418 .153 .266 7.2 -1.4 0.6
2012 IOW AAA 176 22 38 6 0 6 22 23 37 0 0 .260 .375 .425 .164 .270 0.0 -0.4 0.0
2013 CHN MLB 126 14 33 9 0 1 8 1 34 1 0 .280 .320 .381 .102 .246 4.5 0.0 0.5

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2012-08-19 2012-08-20 DTD 1 0 Right Foot Soreness - -
2012-05-19 2012-06-14 15-DL 26 0 Right Knee Sprain MCL - -
2011-08-28 2011-09-06 Minors 9 0 - Not Disclosed - -
2011-07-26 2011-08-11 Minors 16 0 - Not Disclosed - -
2010-05-22 2010-05-31 Minors 9 0 Not Disclosed -
2008-06-28 2008-07-05 Minors 7 0 - Thumb Contusion - -
2006-06-27 2006-08-11 Minors 45 0 Left Ankle Sprain - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2014 CHN $
2013 CHN $503,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
1 yrPrevious$0
2011Current$503,000
2 yrPvs + Cur$503,000
2 yrTotal$503,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 9 d1 year/$0.503M (2013)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.503M (2013). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/4/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/5/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 3/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Contract purchased by Chicago Cubs 11/20/09. Re-signed by Chicago Cubs 2/10.
  • Signed 2004 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic.

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Platoon

SORT_FIELD PLATOON AVG OBP SLG TAv
10 vs L (Multi) .451 .507 .632 .393
11 vs R (Multi) .199 .272 .342 .221
18 Split (Multi) -.252 -.236 -.290 -.172
19 LgAvg (Multi) -.014 -.024 -.036 -.020
30 vs L (2012) .476 .532 .667 .412
31 vs R (2012) .195 .273 .336 .219
38 Split (2012) -.281 -.259 -.331 -.193
39 LgAvg (2012) -.013 -.022 -.038 -.020

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This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFantasy Freestyle: Ask the ExpertsMike Gianella2013-05-08
BP Unfiltered: Who's on First, Jean Segura EditionColin Wyers2013-04-20
This article requires BP Premium accessDaily Roundup: Around the League: April 19, 2013Clint Chisam2013-04-19
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This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFree Agent Watch: National League, Week TwoJosh Shepardson2013-04-08
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessFantasy Tier Rankings: CatchersJosh Shepardson2013-03-19
This article requires BP Premium accessWestern Front: Thou Shalt Not Run on Johnny CuetoGeoff Young2012-12-04
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Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for September 21Larry Granillo2012-09-22
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessValue Picks: Second, Short, and Catcher for 9/17/12Josh Shepardson2012-09-17
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessValue Picks: Second, Short, and Catcher for 9/10/12Josh Shepardson2012-09-10
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for August 27Larry Granillo2012-08-28
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This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessValue Picks: Second, Short, and Catcher for 8/20/12Josh Shepardson2012-08-20
Resident Fantasy Genius: A Summer Success StoryDerek Carty2012-08-16
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessValue Picks: Second, Short, and Catcher for 8/13/12Josh Shepardson2012-08-13
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for August 5Larry Granillo2012-08-06
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessValue Picks: Second, Short, and Catcher for 8/6/12Josh Shepardson2012-08-06
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for August 1Larry Granillo2012-08-02
This article requires BP Fantasy or Premium accessResident Fantasy Genius: Rating the Fantasy Impact of the Trade DeadlineDerek Carty2012-08-02
Tater Trot Tracker: Trot Times for May 17Larry Granillo2012-05-18
This article requires BP Premium accessPebble Hunting: Sizing up the DiSar CandidatesSam Miller2012-05-07
This article requires BP Premium accessThe Call-Up: Mike Trout and Welington CastilloKevin Goldstein2012-04-28
This article requires BP Premium accessFuture Shock: NL Central Prospect PreviewKevin Goldstein2012-04-02
Transaction Analysis Blog: Playing Catch-up with the CubsR.J. Anderson2011-05-30
BP Unfiltered: Catcher Interference LeadersMike Fast2011-05-23
This article requires BP Premium accessTeam Injury Projection: Chicago CubsCorey Dawkins2011-03-18
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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Phillies, Nationals, CubsChristina Kahrl2010-09-22
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: NL Central RoundupChristina Kahrl2010-08-12
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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: National LeagueChristina Kahrl2010-03-19
This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Action: Fill'er Up!Christina Kahrl2009-11-23
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This article requires BP Premium accessTransaction Analysis: NL Central NRI ReviewChristina Kahrl2008-03-02
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