"Still just 26 years old (27 in May), Castro played in parts of three big league seasons from 2021-23, with most of that time coming in Pittsburgh. He hit .233/.299/.427 with 11 homers in 278 plate appearances back in '22, but he's an overall .219/.282/.380 hitter in 627 turns at the plate. The switch-hitting Castro has walked in 8.1% of his major league plate appearances and gone down on strikes at a 27.9% clip."
"Castro spent the 2025 season with the Phillies' Triple-A club, hitting .235/.324/.421 with 19 home runs and 18 steals in 133 games. He's a career .236/.320/.434 hitter in parts of five seasons at the Triple-A level. Defensively, he has at least 1899 innings of professional experience at each of third base, shortstop and second base. Castro has posted sub-par grades in the middle infield but notched strong grades in his 315 big league innings at the hot corner."
"That'll be the role for which Castro vies next spring. The Blue Jays technically have some infield openings right now, but they'll attempt to bring Bo Bichette back in free agency and plug him into one of the two middle infield slots alongside Andres Gimenez. Addison Barger could play third base or right field, depending on how the rest of the offseason moves shake out. Ernie Clement is an option at any of second base, shortstop or third base."
The Blue Jays signed infielder Rodolfo Castro to a minor-league contract and invited him to major-league spring camp as a non-roster player. Castro, 26, has MLB experience from 2021–23, primarily with Pittsburgh, and owns a .219/.282/.380 career major-league line in 627 plate appearances. He produced a .233/.299/.427 line with 11 homers in 278 plate appearances in 2022 and shows a stark platoon split, hitting much better right-handed (.264/.331/.528) than left-handed (.191/.268/.286). In 2025 he hit .235/.324/.421 with 19 homers and 18 steals for the Phillies' Triple-A team and has professional innings at third base, shortstop and second.
Read at MLB Trade Rumors
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]