José Castro (baseball)

For other people named José Castro, see José Castro (disambiguation).

José Castro

Castro with the Braves in 2016

Atlanta Braves – No. 59

Infielder / Coach

Born: May 5, 1958
Havana, Cuba

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

Teams

José Castro (born May 5, 1958, at Havana, Cuba) is a coach in Major League Baseball who will spend 2015 as assisting hitting coach of the Atlanta Braves. He was previously the hitting coach of the Seattle Mariners for part of the 2008 season and the quality assurance coach of the 2014 Chicago Cubs. A former minor league infielder who played for 14 seasons (1977–1990) without reaching the Majors, Castro also spent part of the 2010 season as the manager of the Tacoma Rainiers, the Mariners' Triple-A affiliate.

Castro also has served as the hitting coach with the San Diego Padres Triple-A affiliate Portland Beavers from 2005–2006, and the Montreal Expos now-defunct Triple-A affiliate Edmonton Trappers in 2003. He was announced as the roving minor league hitting instructor for the entire Seattle Mariners organization in December 2007.^[1] Following Seattle Mariners manager John McLaren's firing on June 19, 2008, bench coach Jim Riggleman was promoted to the top spot, Lee Elia was moved from hitting coach to bench coach, and Castro became the new hitting coach for the team. On January 13, 2009, he was named the Mariners' minor league hitting coordinator.^[2]

Castro went to Miami Jackson Senior High school where they retired his number, "9". He signed out of high school in 1977, Castro played minor league ball for 14 years, with 10 of these being at the Triple-A level. However, he never played in the majors, and instead went right into coaching, which he's done ever since.

Castro defected from Cuba with his family at a young age in 1965.

On August 9, 2010, Castro was promoted from hitting coach to interim manager of the Tacoma Rainiers, replacing Daren Brown. The Mariners had named Brown their manager after firing Don Wakamatsu earlier that day.

References

↑ Mariners announce 2008 Minor League Coaching and Player Development staff | Mariners.com: Official Info
↑ Jim Street (2009-01-12). "Mariners announce Minors coaches". MLB.com. Retrieved 2009-01-14.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Coach's page from Retrosheet
KOMO radio interview on June 17, 2008
USA Today article November 29, 2008
Venezuelan Winter League

Atlanta Braves current roster

Active roster	2 Dansby Swanson 5 Freddie Freeman 8 Jace Peterson 11 Ender Inciarte 13 Adonis García 17 Mallex Smith 20 Anthony Recker 22 Nick Markakis 23 Chase d'Arnaud 25 Tyler Flowers 26 Mike Foltynewicz 27 Matt Kemp 32 Rio Ruiz 36 Aaron Blair 37 Matt Wisler 38 Arodys Vizcaíno 40 Jose Ramirez 46 Ian Krol 49 Julio Teherán 50 Chaz Roe 53 Jim Johnson 55 Josh Collmenter 58 Daniel Winkler 62 Mauricio Cabrera 66 Akeel Morris 67 Jason Hursh 68 Shae Simmons 75 Paco Rodriguez -- Jesse Biddle -- Johan Camargo -- Bartolo Colón -- R.A. Dickey -- Max Fried -- Jaime García -- Tuffy Gosewisch -- Luke Jackson -- Jacob Lindgren -- Armando Rivero -- Sean Rodriguez -- Lucas Sims

Coaching staff	Manager 43 Brian Snitker Bench 9 Terry Pendleton First base 12 Eddie Pérez Third base -- Ron Washington Hitting 27 Kevin Seitzer Pitching -- Chuck Hernandez Bullpen 58 Marty Reed Assistant hitting 59 José Castro Bullpen catcher 71 José Yepez Bullpen catcher 65 Alan Butts Coaching assistant 70 Buddy Carlyle

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