Adrian Jose Del Castillo (born September 27, 1999) is an American
professional baseball catcher in the
Arizona Diamondbacks organization.
Amateur career
Del Castillo attended
Gulliver Preparatory School in
Miami,
Florida, where he played
baseball. As a senior in 2018, he hit .527 with 15 home runs and 35 RBIs. He was selected by the
Chicago White Sox in the 36th round of the
2018 Major League Baseball draft
The 2018 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft began on June 4, 2018. The draft assigned amateur baseball players to MLB teams. The draft order was determined based on the reverse order of the 2017 MLB season final standings. In a ...
, but did not sign and instead enrolled at the
University of Miami.
In 2019, Del Castillo's freshman season, he started 61 games and hit .331/.418/.576 with 12 home runs and 72 RBIs. He spent a majority of his time in right field but also spent time at catcher, third base, and designated hitter. He was named to the All-
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the eastern United States. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC's fifteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Associa ...
Freshman Team and Second Team alongside earning Freshman-All American honors from various outlets. That summer, he played in the
Cape Cod Baseball League
The Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL or Cape League) is a collegiate summer baseball wooden bat league located on Cape Cod in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. One of the nation's premier collegiate summer leagues, the league boasts over one thousan ...
for the
Wareham Gatemen. For his sophomore season in 2020, Del Castillo was expected to shift primarily to catching. He hit .358 with two home runs and 15 RBIs over 16 starts before the college baseball season was cut short due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. For the 2021 season, Del Castillo appeared in 54 games in which he batted .275 with three home runs and 37 RBIs.
Professional career
Del Castillo was selected by the
Arizona Diamondbacks in the second round with the 67th overall selection of the
2021 Major League Baseball draft
The 2021 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft took place on July 11–13, 2021. In conjunction with the 2021 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the draft was held in Denver. The draft assigned amateur baseball players to MLB teams. The ...
. He signed with the club for a $1 million
signing bonus
A signing bonus or sign-on bonus is a sum of money paid to a new employee (including a professional sports person) by a company as an incentive to join that company. They are often given as a way of making a compensation package more attractive ...
. To begin his professional career, he was assigned to the
Rookie-level Arizona Complex League Diamondbacks before being promoted to the
Visalia Rawhide of the
Low-A West after two games. Over 24 games for the 2021 season, Del Castillo slashed .265/.367/.422 with one home run, 14 RBIs, and six doubles.
Del Castillo was assigned to the
Hillsboro Hops of the
High-A Northwest League to begin the 2022 season, but also played briefly with the Arizona Complex League Diamondbacks and Visalia. Over 86 games between the three teams, he batted .210 with seven home runs and 31 RBIs.
References
External links
Miami Hurricanes bio
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1999 births
Living people
Baseball players from Miami
Baseball catchers
Miami Hurricanes baseball players
Wareham Gatemen players
Arizona Complex League Diamondbacks players
Visalia Rawhide players