Fabio Castillo

Castillo began his professional career as a starting pitcher in 2006, playing for the Dominican Summer Rangers and AZL Rangers, going a combined 1-4 with a 3.10 ERA in eight games (seven starts). That year, he struck out 41 batters in 29 innings. In 2007, Castillo went 3-5 with a 5.92 ERA in 14 starts for the Spokane Indians, allowing 73 hits in 62 1/3 innings.[1]

He converted to relief pitching in 2008, going 2-5 with a 5.28 ERA in 36 games (seven starts) for the Clinton LumberKings. In 2009, he went 3-6 with a 4.05 ERA in 40 games (two starts) for the Hickory Crawdads. He split 2010 between the Bakersfield Blaze and Frisco RoughRiders, going a combined 1-3 with a 2.11 ERA in 39 relief appearances. He struck out 67 batters in 55 1/3 innings. In 2011, he was 3-6 with a 6.36 ERA in 42 games for Frisco and in 2012, he was 4-1 with a 3.54 ERA in 35 games for Frisco and the Round Rock Express.

He pitched in the San Francisco Giants system in 2013 and went 6-7 with a 5.34 ERA in 37 games between the Richmond Flying Squirrels and Fresno Grizzlies.

In 2014, he latched on with the Baltimore Orioles—and later pitched in the Cincinnati Reds system—and went 2-2 with a 3.84 ERA in 40 games between the Bowie Baysox, Pensacola Blue Wahoos and Triple-A Louisville Bats.[1]

He began 2015 with the Vaqueros Laguna in the Mexican League and had a 3.55 ERA in 30 games with the club.[1]

Castillo signed with the Hanwha Eagles of the KBO League for the 2016 season. On June 25, 2016, he made his KBO debut.[1]

Castillo signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the 2017 season and was assigned to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers.[2] He was added to the 40-man roster on June 8 but remained in Oklahoma City.[3] In 22 appearances (16 starts) for Oklahoma City he was 4–8 with a 4.27 ERA.[1]

Castillo was called up to the majors by the Dodgers on September 1, 2017.[4] He made his major league debut the following night against the San Diego Padres, pitching ​1 ¹⁄₃ innings without allowing a run. He struck out two batters, including the first batter he faced, Jabari Blash.[5] He was designated for assignment on September 6 after appearing in just two games, the second of which he allowed two runs to score without recording an out.[6][7]

Castillo signed with the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball. The Lions released him on August 7, 2019.[8]