Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Rodolfo Castro was born May 21, 1999, in El Llano, Dominican Republic. He is an infielder in the MLB.

Castro signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates as an international free agent in 2015. He made his professional debut in 2016 with the Dominican Summer League Pirates, batting .271 with two home runs and 29 RBIs over 56 games. In 2017, he played with the Gulf Coast League Pirates, slashing .277/.344/.479 with six home runs and 32 RBIs, and in 2018, he played for the West Virginia Power, hitting .231 with 12 home runs and fifty RBIs. Castro split the 2019 season with both the Greensboro Grasshoppers (with whom he was named a South Atlantic League All-Star) and the Bradenton Marauders, slashing a combined .242/.298/.456 with 19 home runs and 73 RBIs.

On July 28, 2021, Castro hit two home runs against the Milwaukee Brewers. These were both his fourth and fifth major league home runs and his fourth and fifth major league hits, making him the first major league player since at least 1901 whose first five major league hits were all home runs.

On August 1, 2023, Castro was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for pitcher Bailey Falter.