José Castillo | |||
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San Diego Padres | |||
Pitcher | |||
Born: Valencia, Venezuela |
January 10, 1996 |||
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José Gregorio (Tovar) Castillo (born January 10, 1996) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres organization. He was signed by the Tampa Bay Rays as a non-drafted free agent on July 7, 2012 and then traded to the San Diego Padres (along with Wil Myers, Ryan Hanigan and Geraldo Reyes) in exchange for René Rivera, Burch Smith and Jake Bauers on December 19, 2014.
Castillo was selected as a member of the Venezuela national baseball team at the 2017 World Baseball Classic.