Blas Castaño
| Blas Castaño | |
|---|---|
| Colorado Rockies – No. 63 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: September 8, 1998 Espaillat, Dominican Republic | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| May 28, 2025, for the Seattle Mariners | |
| MLB statistics (through June 16, 2026) | |
| Win–loss record | 1–0 |
| Earned run average | 4.56 |
| Strikeouts | 18 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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Blas Castaño (born September 8, 1998) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2025 with the Seattle Mariners.
Career
[edit]New York Yankees
[edit]Castaño signed with the New York Yankees on June 1, 2018 and joined the Dominican Summer League Yankees that summer. He made his stateside debut in 2019 with the rookie-level Gulf Coast League Yankees. Castaño did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
Castaño returned to action in 2021 with the rookie-level Florida Complex League Yankees and Single-A Tampa Tarpons. In 10 appearances (eight starts) split between the two affiliates, he accumulated a 6/2 record and 4.17 ERA with 55 strikeouts across 45+1⁄3 innings pitched.[2] Castaño split the 2022 campaign between the High-A Hudson Valley Renegades and Double-A Somerset Patriots, pitching to a cumulative 5-9 record and 3.86 ERA with 103 strikeouts over 22 appearances (21 starts).[3]
Castaño spent the majority of the 2023 season with the Double-A Somerset Patriots, also making two appearances for the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders; in 17 outings for Somerset, he logged a 4-3 record and 4.76 ERA with 42 strikeouts.[4] Castaño was released by the Yankees organization on August 8, 2023.
Seattle Mariners
[edit]On August 11, 2023, Castaño signed a minor league contract with the Seattle Mariners and spent the rest of the season with the Double-A Arkansas Travelers.[5] Castaño split the 2024 campaign between Double-A Arkansas and the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers. In 29 games (26 starts) for the two affiliates, he accumulated a 5–8 record and 4.38 ERA with 108 strikeouts across 125+1⁄3 innings pitched.[6] On November 4, 2024, the Mariners added Castaño to their 40-man roster to prevent him from reaching minor league free agency.[7]
Castaño was optioned to Triple-A Tacoma to begin the 2025 season.[8] In 10 appearances (7 starts), he logged a 2-1 record and 3.43 ERA with 28 strikeouts across 44+2⁄3 innings pitched. On May 23, Castaño was promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[9][10] He pitched in one MLB game, allowing three runs, including Robert Hassell III's first MLB home run, in the final three innings of a loss to the Washington Nationals on May 28. Castaño returned to Tacoma, where he pitched the rest of the season.[11][12]
Castaño was optioned to Triple-A Tacoma to begin the 2026 season.[13] He made six appearances for the Rainiers, logging a 3-1 record and 1.42 ERA with four strikeouts across 6+1⁄3 innings pitched. On April 14, 2026, Castaño was designated for assignment by the Mariners.[14]
Colorado Rockies
[edit]On April 21, 2026, the Colorado Rockies claimed Castaño off waivers.[15]
References
[edit]- ↑ "2020 Minor League Baseball season cancelled". mlb.com. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
- ↑ "Blas Castaño - Stats - Pitching". fangraphs.com. Retrieved September 20, 2025.
- ↑ "Blas Castano Stats & Scouting Report". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved September 20, 2025.
- ↑ "Blas Castano - Baseball Statistics". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved September 20, 2025.
- ↑ "Blas Castano Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy & News". Minor League Baseball. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ↑ "Mariners Select Blas Castano". mlbtraderumors.com. November 4, 2024. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
- ↑ "Mariners Select RHP Blas Castano From Triple-A Tacoma". marinersblogs.mlblogs.com. November 4, 2024. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
- ↑ "Mariners' Blas Castano: Optioned to Triple-A". CBS Sports. 2025-03-07. Retrieved 2025-12-24.
- ↑ Adams, Steve (May 23, 2025). "Mariners Designate Jesse Hahn For Assignment". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
- ↑ Stecker, Brent (2025-05-23). "Seattle Mariners Moves: Rookie RHP gets the call, Hahn DFA'd". Seattle Sports. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
- ↑ "Hassell's homer sign of 'swinging with some intent' in latest stint with Nats". MLB.com. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
- ↑ "Blas Castano 2025 Minor & Winter Leagues Game Logs & Splits". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
- ↑ "Mariners' Spring Cuts Offer a Sobering Reminder for Lazaro Montes". si.com. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
- ↑ "Mariners Select Patrick Wisdom". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved April 27, 2026.
- ↑ "Rockies Claim Blas Castaño, Designate Luis Peralta For Assignment". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from MLB · Baseball Reference · Baseball Reference (Minors) · Baseball Almanac
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Albuquerque Isotopes players
- Arkansas Travelers players
- Colorado Rockies players
- Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Dominican Summer League Yankees players
- Florida Complex League Yankees players
- Gigantes del Cibao players
- Gulf Coast Yankees players
- Hudson Valley Renegades players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic
- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders players
- Seattle Mariners players
- Somerset Patriots players
- Sportspeople from Espaillat Province
- Tacoma Rainiers players
- Tampa Tarpons players