Humberto Castellanos
| Humberto Castellanos | |||||||||||||||
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| Free agent | |||||||||||||||
| Pitcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: April 3, 1998 Tepatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| August 4, 2020, for the Houston Astros | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics (through 2024 season) | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 5–5 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 5.43 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 80 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Humberto Castellanos (born April 3, 1998) is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros and Arizona Diamondbacks.
Career
[edit]Houston Astros
[edit]On July 2, 2015, Castellanos signed a minor league contract with Houston Astros. He made his professional debut in 2016 for the Dominican Summer League Astros. In 2017, he split the year between the rookie-level Gulf Coast Astros and Greenville Astros, and the Low-A Tri-City ValleyCats. In 14 games between the three affiliates, Castellanos posted a 6–1 record and 2.35 ERA with 40 strikeouts in 46 innings pitched.
Castellanos appeared in 23 games split between Tri-City and the Single-A Quad Cities River Bandits in 2018, working to a 3–2 record and 2.00 ERA with 50 strikeouts in 45 innings of work. In 2019, he split the season between Quad Cities, High-A Fayetteville Woodpeckers, and Triple-A Round Rock Express. Appearing in 34 contests for the three teams, Castellanos recorded a 4–2 record and 2.89 ERA with 83 strikeouts and 7 saves in 74+2⁄3 innings pitched. He was not immediately assigned to an affiliate to begin the 2020 season after the minor league season was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
On August 2, 2020, Castellanos was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[2] On August 4, he made his MLB debut against the Arizona Diamondbacks and pitched a scoreless ninth inning.[3] He made 8 appearances for Houston in his rookie campaign, posting a 6.75 ERA with 12 strikeouts in 10+2⁄3 innings of work. On January 22, 2021, Castellanos was designated for assignment by the Astros.
Arizona Diamondbacks
[edit]On January 29, 2021, Castellanos was claimed off waivers by the Arizona Diamondbacks.[4] He earned his first win and career hit in his second career start on August 18, against the Philadelphia Phillies.[5] He made 14 appearances for Arizona in 2021, posting a 2–2 record and 4.93 ERA with 29 strikeouts in 45+2⁄3 innings of work.
On June 1, 2022, Castellanos was placed on the injured list with a right elbow strain. On August 9, Castellanos underwent Tommy John surgery, ending his season.[6] On the year, he had appeared in 11 games (9 of them starts), and recorded a 3–2 record and 5.68 ERA with 32 strikeouts in 44+1⁄3 innings pitched. On November 9, Castellanos was designated for assignment. He cleared waivers and was sent outright to the Triple-A Reno Aces on November 11.[7]
After missing all of 2023 in rehabilitation, Castellanos began the 2024 campaign with Triple–A Reno, recording a 4.57 ERA across 10 games (9 starts). On June 6, the Diamondbacks selected Castellanos' contract, adding him to their active roster.[8] In 7 games for Arizona, he logged a 5.23 ERA with 7 strikeouts and 1 save across 10+1⁄3 innings pitched. Castellanos was designated for assignment by the Diamondbacks on August 11.[9] He cleared waivers and was sent outright to Reno on August 16.[10] Castellanos elected free agency on October 14.[11]
International career
[edit]October 7, 2019, Castellanos was selected for Mexico national baseball team at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "2020 Minor League Baseball season cancelled". mlb.com. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
- ^ "Roberto Osuna Leaves Game, Will Undergo MRI". MLB Trade Rumors. August 2, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ^ "Altuve, Correa homer, Astros tag Bumgarner, Diamondbacks 8-2". ESPN. August 5, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
- ^ "@Dbacks". Twitter.com. January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- ^ "D-backs reliever Humberto Castellanos gets 1st win of his career". Arizona Sports. August 18, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
- ^ "Diamondbacks' Humberto Castellanos: Undergoes surgery". cbssports.com. August 9, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
- ^ "Diamondbacks' Humberto Castellanos: Outrighted to Triple-A". cbssports.com. November 11, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ "Diamondbacks Select Humberto Castellanos". mlbtraderumors.com. June 6, 2024. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
- ^ "Diamondbacks Reinstate Merrill Kelly From 60-Day IL, DFA Humberto Castellanos". mlbtraderumors.com. August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
- ^ "Transactions". MLB.com.
- ^ https://www.milb.com/transactions/2024-10-14
- ^ "Roster de México para la Serie Gigantes de Latinoamérica". MiLB.com (in Spanish). October 7, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Arizona Diamondbacks players
- Baseball players from Jalisco
- Charros de Jalisco players
- Dominican Summer League Astros players
- Mexican expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic
- Fayetteville Woodpeckers players
- Greeneville Astros players
- Gulf Coast Astros players
- Houston Astros players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Major League Baseball players from Mexico
- Mexican expatriate baseball players in the United States
- National baseball team players
- People from Tepatitlán
- Reno Aces players
- Round Rock Express players
- Quad Cities River Bandits players
- Tri-City ValleyCats players
- 2019 WBSC Premier12 players