For Immediate Release

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

MARINERS ACQUIRE CATCHER WELINGTON CASTILLO FROM CHICAGO CUBS IN

EXCHANGE FOR RHP YOERVIS MEDINA
Castillo has appeared in 24 games with the Chicago Cubs this season.
BALTIMORE Seattle Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations Jack Zduriencik
announced today the club has acquired catcher Welington Castillo from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for right-handed
pitcher Yoervis Medina.
The Mariners will make a corresponding 25-man roster move when Castillo reports to the Mariners.
Castillo, 28, has appeared in 24 games (8 starts) with the Cubs this season hitting 2 home runs and recording 5 RBI.
Behind the plate he has allowed just one stolen base in 64.0 innings.
In parts of 6 Major League seasons with the Cubs (debuted in 2010), Castillo has appeared in 310 games and combined
for a .252 (254x1006) batting average with 29 home runs and 110 RBI. From 2013-14, Castillo combined to bat .255 with
42 doubles, 21 home runs, 78 RBI and a .716 OPS in 223 games. He has thrown out 58 of 220 attempted base stealers in
his career (26.4%), including 47 of 171 in 2013-14 (27.5%), the 8th-best percentage in MLB during this two-year stretch.
Castillo has spent all 11 of his professional seasons in the Cubs organization after signing as a non-drafted free agent on
December 8, 2004.
Medina, 26, was 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA (4 ER, 12.0 IP, 7 BB, 9 SO) in 12 appearances with the Mariners prior to being
optioned to AAA Tacoma on May 3 (post-game). In three seasons with the Mariners posted a 10-9 record with 2 saves and
a 2.82 ERA in 141 relief appearances.
CASTILLOs PLAYING RECORD
YEAR
2005
2006

CLUB
DSL Cubs
Boise
AZL Cubs
2007
Peoria
2008
Daytona
Tennessee
Iowa
2009
Tennessee
2010
Iowa
CHICAGO (NL)
2011
Daytona
Iowa
CHICAGO (NL)
AZL Cubs
2012
Iowa
CHICAGO (NL)
Tennessee #
2013
CHICAGO (NL)
2014
CHICAGO (NL)
Iowa #
2015
CHICAGO (NL)
Minor Lg Totals
ML Totals

AVG
.289
.167
.192
.271
.273
.298
.200
.232
.255
.300
.238
.286
.154
.667
.260
.265
.364
.274
.237
.375
.163
.268
.252

G
60
3
7
98
33
57
1
95
69
7
12
61
4
2
44
52
5
113
110
2
24
549
310

AB
204
6
26
317
121
198
5
319
239
20
42
227
13
6
146
170
11
380
380
8
43
1875
1006

R
29
1
4
41
15
25
0
27
35
3
6
38
0
2
22
16
3
41
28
0
5
248
93

H
59
1
5
86
33
59
1
74
61
6
10
65
2
4
38
45
4
104
90
3
7
503
254

TB
76
1
5
134
41
82
1
123
119
13
16
119
2
7
62
71
10
151
148
3
15
799
400

2B
14
0
0
11
8
11
0
16
17
4
3
9
0
3
6
11
0
23
19
0
2
98
59

3B
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0

HR
1
0
0
11
0
4
0
11
13
1
1
15
0
0
6
5
2
8
13
0
2
64
29

RBI
28
0
0
44
12
24
1
39
59
5
7
35
0
0
22
22
6
32
46
1
5
278
110

SH
1
1
0
3
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
9
3

SF
5
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
7
0
1
1
0
0
2
1
0
2
2
0
0
19
5

HB
10
0
1
8
1
6
0
4
6
0
0
3
0
0
5
2
1
11
7
0
1
45
21

BB
19
1
1
23
4
14
0
15
19
1
6
20
0
3
23
17
5
34
26
2
3
155
81

SO
28
0
6
77
23
50
1
71
58
7
9
57
4
0
37
51
3
97
102
0
12
420
273

SB
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
5
2

CS
2
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
0

SLG
.373
.167
.192
.423
.339
.414
.200
.386
.498
.650
.381
.524
.154
1.167
.425
.418
.909
.397
.389
.375
.349
.426
.398

OBP
.370
.286
.250
.334
.299
.362
.200
.275
.317
.333
.327
.351
.154
.778
.375
.337
.588
.349
.296
.500
.234
.336
.320

WP
6
1
5
3
3
0
3
5
1
2
2
2
8
8
1
0
33
17

BK
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
5
0

# MLB rehab assignment

MEDINAs PLAYING RECORD

YEAR
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010

CLUB
VSL Mariners
VSL Mariners
VSL Mariners
VSL Mariners
Everett
Tacoma
Clinton
2011
High Desert
AZL Mariners
Jackson
2012
Jackson
2013
Tacoma
SEATTLE
2014
SEATTLE
2015
SEATTLE
Tacoma
Minor Lg Totals
ML Totals

W-L
3-4
4-2
4-3
3-4
3-2
1-0
5-0
1-13
0-0
0-1
5-5
0-1
4-6
5-3
1-0
1-0
30-35
10-9

ERA
3.60
3.42
1.79
2.65
4.20
0.00
2.50
6.50
7.20
4.68
3.25
1.50
2.91
2.68
3.00
1.59
3.81
2.82

G
17
16
17
15
8
1
6
20
1
4
46
4
63
66
12
4
159
141

GS
4
6
1
13
8
1
6
19
1
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
64
0

CG
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0

SHO
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

SV
1
2
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
1
0
1
1
15
2

IP
50.0
50.0
40.1
68.0
40.2
5.2
36.0
101.0
5.0
25.0
69.1
6.0
68.0
57.0
12.0
5.2
502.2
137.0

H
56
64
32
46
49
3
30
139
7
23
63
2
49
48
11
1
515
108

R
28
23
12
22
30
0
10
90
4
13
25
1
22
18
5
1
259
45

ER
20
19
8
20
19
0
10
73
4
13
25
1
22
17
4
1
213
43

HR
3
1
1
1
4
0
3
19
1
5
5
0
5
3
1
1
44
9

HB
9
4
3
4
2
0
2
5
0
2
5
0
4
5
0
0
36
9

BB
14
19
12
23
15
4
12
38
1
9
35
3
40
28
7
1
186
75

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SO
22
36
36
62
48
4
42
73
9
17
77
7
71
60
9
4
437
140