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Maximo Alberto Castillo (born May 4, 1999) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays, for whom he made his debut in 2022.

Max Castillo
Castillo with the Omaha Storm Chasers in 2022
Kansas City Royals – No. 60
Pitcher
Born: (1999-05-04) May 4, 1999 (age 23) Caracas, Venezuela
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
June 19, 2022, for the Toronto Blue Jays
MLB statistics (through 2022 season)
Win–loss record	0–2
Earned run average	5.95
Strikeouts	37
Teams
Toronto Blue Jays (2022) Kansas City Royals (2022–present)

Career

Toronto Blue Jays

Castillo was signed by the Toronto Blue Jays in 2015, and was assigned to the DSL Blue Jays for the 2016 season. Later that season, he was promoted to the GCL Blue Jays. Castillo began the 2017 season with the GCL Blue Jays, before being promoted to the Bluefield Blue Jays later that season. After he finished the 2017 season with them, he was promoted to the Lansing Lugnuts to start the 2018 season. After spending the whole season with the team, he started the 2019 season with the Dunedin Blue Jays before being promoted to the Buffalo Bisons. After the cancelled 2020 minor league season, he played the 2021 season with the Vancouver Canadians and the New Hampshire Fisher Cats.[1]

Castillo started the 2022 season with the Buffalo Bisons, before being called up on June 19, 2022.[2] He made his debut that day, allowing two home runs and striking out one in one inning pitched.[3] He was in the majors for a couple days before being optioned back down to Buffalo, but he was recalled on July 7, after Blue Jays starting pitchers Yusei Kikuchi and Kevin Gausman came down with injuries.[4] Castillo made his first MLB career start on July 10, 2022.[5]

Kansas City Royals

On August 2, 2022, the Blue Jays traded Castillo and Samad Taylor to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for Whit Merrifield.[6]

On August 18, 2022, Castillo was recalled from the Omaha Storm Chasers. [7] Castillo pitched 5 innings, allowing 3 hits and 1 run, while striking out 3 batters in his Royals debut. [8]

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

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