Luis Miguel Castillo is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball. He previously played for the Cincinnati Reds. He made his MLB debut in 2017. Castillo is a two-time All-Star.
Luis Castillo: Trade Marlins| Astros| Contract| Wife
Trade Marlins:
The Mariners just landed probably the best pitcher who’ll change teams this month, sending four prospects, including their top two at the moment, to Cincinnati for right-hander Luis Castillo.
Castillo is an above-average starter who’s been very durable for the Reds. He works mostly off his fastball, averaging 97 mph on the pitch and getting more whiffs on the four-seamer (as classified by Statcast) this year than on anything else he throws.
Astros:
His changeup has been his best off-speed pitch over his tenure with the Reds, ranking among the best in baseball in 2018-19, although it has been less effective this year as it’s been harder and more true.
He has a slider that has always outplayed its quality, as it’s not a high spin pitch and has a very short break, but before this year he would miss a lot of bats with it anyway.
Contract:
Luis Castillo signed a 1 year / $7,350,000 contract with the Cincinnati Reds, including $7,350,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $7,350,000.
In 2022, Castillo will earn a base salary of $7,350,000, while carrying a total salary of $7,350,000.
It’s just very deceptive, with spin direction opposite that of his other pitches, and without much horizontal movement it probably looks to a lot of hitters like a changeup or even a fastball until it starts to drop.
Wife:
Cincinnati Reds Pitcher Luis Castillo has a beautiful wife, Bella.
They are happily married and have two beautiful daughters. Luis welcomed his youngest daughter back in March 2018. They have been together for a long time and are a match for each other.
Bella supported Luis way before he made his MLB debut, and they were together since then. She has been Luis’s backbone, and part of his success belongs to her as well. He was named to his first All-Star Game in 2019.
