Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Kervin Castro was born on December 15, 1996, in Buford, Georgia. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

Prior to playing professionally, Bart played college baseball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. In 2018, he led the Atlantic Coast Conference in batting average and won the Johnny Bench Award, which honors college baseball's best catcher. The Giants chose him with the second overall pick of the 2018 MLB draft, and that year he led the Northwest League in slugging percentage. He made his MLB debut in August 2020.

On May 4, 2021, Bart was called back up to the majors from one of the Giants alternate training sites. He had one at bat as a PH in the Giants' second game of the double header against the Rockies. Two days later, Bart was optioned to AAA Sacramento to start the Triple-A season. On July 10, due to the hand injury of Buster Posey, the Giants called Bart up again after he was hitting over .335 with an OPS of over .980. Bart hit seventh and caught Anthony DeSclafani while going 2-5 with two singles and an RBI. The following day, Bart was optioned back down to Triple-A Sacramento due to the MLB All-Star break.

Bart began the 2022 season with San Francisco, but scuffled in his brief look and was optioned down to Triple-A Sacramento on June 8, after the Giants traded for Austin Wynns.