Batting average .237 Role Baseball player Parents Tom Castro Name Jason Castro Spouse Maris Perlman (m. 2012) | Runs batted in 180 Height 1.91 m Home runs 51 Nationality American Salary 4 million USD (2015) | |
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Jason castro highlights
Jason Michael Castro (born June 18, 1987) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Houston Astros. Castro played college baseball at Stanford University. He was selected by the Astros in the first round of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft and made his MLB debut with them in 2010. Castro was a reserve catcher for the 2013 All-Star Game. He is of Mexican and Portuguese ancestry on his fathers side and English, Swedish and Scottish on his mothers side.
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- Jason castro highlights
- Jason castro highlights 2013 hd
- Early life
- Minor leagues
- Houston Astros
- Minnesota Twins
- Personal
- References
Jason castro highlights 2013 hd
Early life
Castro was born in Castro Valley, California. He played high school baseball at Castro Valley High School.He played Junior Varsity Basketball at Castro Valley High School for the legendary Coach Burns.
He played college baseball at Stanford University, where he was initiated into the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and was named the club's most valuable player his junior year. He played in the Cape Cod League during the summer of 2007.
Castro was selected by the Astros in the first round (tenth overall) of the 2008 Major League Baseball draft.
Minor leagues
Castro started in Single-A for the Tri-City ValleyCats in 2008. He was promoted to play for the Class AA Corpus Christi Hooks on June 7, 2009 after playing in Advanced-A for the Lancaster JetHawks and played his first game for the team on June 10. He also played for the U.S. team in the Baseball World Cup in Nettuno, Italy.
Castro was selected to play for the United States team in the 2009 All-Star Futures Game in St. Louis. In the game, he threw out a runner and hit a three-run home run. He was ranked 53rd on Baseball America's list of "Top 100 Prospects" in 2009. Shortly after the Futures Game, the Astros sent Castro home early from the Arizona Fall League so that he could rest for the 2010 season.
Houston Astros
On June 20, 2010, the Astros promoted Castro to the major leagues from the Class AAA Round Rock Express. Castro made his MLB debut on June 22, 2010, at Minute Maid Park against the San Francisco Giants. He singled off Tim Lincecum in his first career at-bat. Castro hit his first major league home run on June 24, 2010, against Matt Cain.
On March 2, 2011, while playing in a spring training game against the Detroit Tigers, Castro suffered a knee injury while running to first base. Castro underwent surgery two days later on March 4 to repair his torn anterior cruciate ligament and a damaged meniscus. As a result, he missed the entire 2011 season.
On June 13, 2012, while pinch-hitting for Xavier Cedeño, Castro grounded out to Joaquin Arias to record the last out for Matt Cain's perfect game. He played 87 games in the 2012 season, finishing the year with a .257 batting average, 6 home runs and 29 RBI.
On May 20, 2013, Castro was awarded the honor of being American League Player of the Week. He earned his first All-Star Game selection that season as a reserve catcher. He led the Astros with a .350 OBP. He set club catcher records with 63 runs, 18 home runs, and a .485 slugging percentage. In September, Castro had surgery to remove a cyst from his knee and missed the rest of the season. He played 120 games that year.
After the 2013 season, Castro completed the degree that he had started at Stanford. When he was drafted, he was 25 credits shy of the degree. He had returned to Stanford in the 2010 offseason to begin taking the rest of the courses, but he was delayed somewhat by rehabilitation from his 2011 injury.
Before the 2014 season, Castro signed a one-year contract with the Astros worth $2.45 million. Before the 2015 season, he signed another one-year contract with the Astros, worth $4 million.
Minnesota Twins
On November 30, 2016, Castro signed a three-year contract worth $24.5 million with the Minnesota Twins.
Personal
Castro married the former Maris Perlman in late 2012. They met at Stanford, where Perlman played lacrosse. The couple has founded Castro's Kids, a Houston-area literacy program.