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Simon Castro

Athletics Career team 2017
Number #67
Position Starting Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 38
Height 6' 5"
Weight 242 lbs
Birth Place San Jose de los Llanos, Dominican Republic
Born Apr 9, 1988

Key Insights

2017
Runners on base do not change how he is hit

32.3% of the contact against Castro with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 51.6% with the bases empty.

127 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 468 with the bases empty.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard

Hitters average 90.7 mph off the bat against Castro, 8th percentile.

595 pitches in 2017. 8th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 648th in MLB.
Both sides hit him about the same

41.1% of the contact right-handers make against Castro is hit hard, against 51.4% of what left-handers make.

305 pitches to right-handed hitters, 290 to left-handed hitters.
Too much of the contact against him is loud

45.2% of the contact Castro gives up is hit hard, 11th percentile.

595 pitches in 2017. 11th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 627th in MLB.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field

50% of the balls put in play against Castro have gone to centre field.

50 of 100 located batted balls allowed.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him

Castro lives in the strike zone: 48.4% of his pitches are in it, 87th percentile.

595 pitches in 2017. 87th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2017, 89th in MLB.

Contextual Splits

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Vs All Pitchers
Player Bio Data
DOB Apr 9, 1988
Birth Place San Jose de los Llanos, Dominican Republic
Height 6' 5"
Weight 242 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right