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Welington Castillo
Chicago Cubs [ Team Audit ] [ Depth Chart ]
Catcher
Bats R
Age 22
6'
200 lbs.

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Historical Stats | 2009 Forecast | Diagnostics | Seven-Year Forecast | Valuation | Most Comparable Players | Player Comments

Historical Stats

-- Equivalents --
Year Tm Lg PA R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS EqBRR AVG OBP SLG MLVr AVG OBP SLG EqA VORP Defense WARP
2006 CUB Rk 28 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0.1 .192 .250 .192 -.878 .111 .143 .111 .000 -15.6 -0.8
2007 PEO A 353 41 11 2 11 44 23 77 1 3 -3.9 .271 .334 .423 -.308 .217 .265 .336 .207 -20.0 82-C -1 -0.7
2008 DAY A+ 127 15 8 0 0 12 4 23 1 0 -2.8 .273 .299 .339 -.463 .213 .236 .262 .166 -13.7 28-C -5 -1.3
2008 TEN AA 220 25 11 0 4 24 14 50 0 0 -1.5 .298 .362 .414 -.228 .244 .292 .346 .222 -6.9 48-C -4 -0.5


EQA Distribution

Seven-Year WARP

2009 Forecast

(projection generated 3/7/09 1:17 PM)
-- Equivalents --
Percentile PA R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS EqBRR AVG OBP SLG MLVr AVG OBP SLG EqA VORP Defense WARP
90o 426 41 20 1 10 45 25 104 1 1 -1.6 .255 .307 .385 -.150 .252 .304 .385 .237 1.8 101-C -4 1.2
75o 402 34 18 1 8 41 23 100 1 1 -1.5 .243 .293 .362 -.213 .240 .290 .362 .224 -4.2 96-C -4 0.7
60o 375 28 16 1 7 37 20 94 1 1 -1.3 .230 .279 .336 -.281 .227 .276 .336 .209 -9.8 90-C -3 0.1
50o 364 26 15 1 6 35 19 92 1 1 -1.3 .225 .273 .326 -.308 .222 .270 .326 .203 -11.8 87-C -3 0.0
40o 349 23 14 1 5 32 18 89 1 1 -1.2 .218 .265 .314 -.342 .216 .263 .314 .195 -14.1 84-C -3 -0.4
25o 330 20 13 1 4 30 17 85 1 1 -1.1 .210 .257 .299 -.382 .208 .254 .299 .185 -16.4 80-C -3 -0.6
10o 277 13 10 0 3 23 13 74 1 1 -0.9 .191 .234 .262 -.482 .189 .232 .262 .156 -20.2 68-C -2 -1.1
Weighted Mean 384 28 16 1 6 37 21 97 1 1 -1.3 .227 .276 .331 -.272 .224 .273 .331 .205 -8.4 92-C -3 0.1

Diagnostics

Breakout Rate Improve Rate Collapse Rate Attrition Rate Beta

39%

59%

20%

20%

1.09

Seven-Year Forecast

-- Equivalents --
Year PA R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS EqBRR AVG OBP SLG MLVr AVG OBP SLG EqA VORP Defense WARP
2009 (age 22) 384 28 16 1 6 37 21 97 1 1 -1.3 .227 .276 .331 -.272 .224 .273 .331 .205 -8.4 92-C -3 0.1
2010 (age 23) 377 29 17 1 7 37 20 92 1 1 -1.1 .232 .281 .347 -.278 .226 .274 .342 .212 -6.7 90-C -3 0.4
2011 (age 24) 330 25 14 1 7 36 19 77 1 1 -0.9 .235 .286 .355 -.256 .229 .279 .350 .218 -4.2 80-C -4 0.3
2012 (age 25) 311 24 13 1 7 34 18 73 1 1 -0.6 .234 .287 .359 -.249 .228 .280 .354 .219 -2.9 75-C -2 0.4
2013 (age 26) 341 26 15 1 8 37 19 83 1 1 -0.6 .230 .282 .356 -.265 .224 .275 .351 .216 -3.6 82-C -4 0.2
2014 (age 27) 301 22 12 1 6 30 18 70 1 1 -0.4 .234 .284 .349 -.268 .228 .277 .344 .215 -2.8 73-C -3 0.2
2015 (age 28) 276 18 13 0 5 28 15 59 1 1 -0.3 .221 .271 .332 -.320 .216 .265 .328 .203 -3.7 68-C -3 0.1

Platoon

Platoon AVG OBP SLG
vs LHP .245 .297 .364
vs RHP .222 .268 .316
Split +.023 +.030 +.048
LgAvg +.020 +.024 +.038

Valuation

Year BRAA FRAA Tot WARP MORP SuperVORP Upside
2009 -11.9 -3.0 0.1 $400,000 -11.9 0.1
2010 -9.2 -3.0 0.4 $400,000 -9.5 0.7
2011 -6.4 -4.0 0.3 $400,000 -7.4 1.6
2012 -5.6 -2.0 0.4 $550,000 -4.3 1.9
2013 -7.2 -4.0 0.2 $400,000 -5.9 0.4
2014 -6.7 -3.0 0.2 $500,000 -3.8 0.4
2015 -9.2 -3.0 0.1 $400,000 -4.4 0.3
Peak 1.7 $1,350,000 -3.6 5.2


Stars & Scrubs Chart

Career Path Analysis


Seven-Year Performance
Year 75% 50% 25% Weighted Mean
2009 .224 .203 .185 .205
2010 .233 .214 .187 .212
2011 .236 .217 .201 .218
2012 .251 .214 .198 .219
2013 .240 .221 .196 .216
2014 .239 .211 .195 .215
2015 .224 .206 .168 .203


Seven-Year Attrition
Year Attrition Rate Drop Rate Breakout
2009 20% 0% 39%
2010 27% 13% 48%
2011 38% 21% 47%
2012 56% 37% 36%
2013 58% 37% 41%
2014 69% 51% 35%
2015 77% 56% 31%

Most Comparable Players

Similarity Index

64

Rank Hitter Year Score Trend Rank Hitter Year Score Trend
1 Robert Machado 1995 60 11 Eliezer Alfonzo 2001 52
2 Yorvit Torrealba 2000 59 12 Carlos Hernandez 1989 52
3 Jose Pena 1987 57 13 Luis Oliveros 2005 51
4 Gilberto Reyes 1986 57 14 Kelly Mann 1989 48
5 Ruben Rodriguez 1986 57 15 Fred Torres 2002 48
6 Wilfredo Tejada 1985 57 16 Andy Stewart 1993 47
7 Raul Santana 1994 56 17 Edgar Martinez 2003 46
8 Javier Cardona 1997 55 18 Yamid Haad 1999 46
9 Humberto Cota 2001 54 19 Sergio Mendez 1995 45
10 Carlos Zayas 1988 54 20 Juan Apodaca 2008 45

Player Comments

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2008

Welington Castillo was perhaps the best defensive catcher in the Midwest League last year. He's not going to be a stud, but he may have just enough line-drive power to become something interesting.


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