Photo credit: Rich Storry-Imagn Images
The Blue Jays are signing infielder Rodolfo Castro to a minor league contract, reports Ari Alexander of 7News. He’ll be in major league camp next spring as a non-roster invitee.
Source: The Blue Jays are signing IF Rodolfo Castro to a minor league deal with a spring training invite. Castro spent 2025 in Triple-A with the Phillies. He has 194 games of MLB experience between the Pirates and Phillies from 2021-23.
Still just 26 years old (27 in May), Castro played in parts of three big league seasons from 2021-23, with most of that time coming in Pittsburgh.
He hit .233/.299/.427 with 11 homers in 278 plate appearances back in ’22, but he’s an overall .219/.282/.380 hitter in 627 turns at the plate.
The switch-hitting Castro has walked in 8.1% of his major league plate appearances and gone down on strikes at a 27.9% clip.
He’s been considerably better as a right-handed hitter (.264/.331/.528) than as a left-handed hitter (.191/.268/.286).
Castro spent the 2025 season at Triple-A Lehigh Valley
Castro spent the 2025 season with the Phillies’ Triple-A club, hitting .235/.324/.421 with 19 home runs and 18 steals in 133 games.
He’s a career .236/.320/.434 hitter in parts of five seasons at the Triple-A level.
Defensively, he has at least 1899 innings of professional experience at each of third base, shortstop and second base.
Castro has posted sub-par grades in the middle infield but notched strong grades in his 315 big league innings at the hot corner.
During his prospect days, Baseball America labeled him a serviceable defender at all three positions and profiled him as a future bench piece.
Previously on Blue Jays Central