A Rising Star-ling Castro

Starlin Dejesus Castro was born on March 24, 1990, making him 21 years old, one of the youngest players in Major League Baseball. He is from the Dominican Republic and signed with the Cubs in 2006 when he was only 16 years old. Cubs fan’s have seen him grow before our eyes and we only can expect him to get better.


In 2009, Castro was named to the Florida State League All-Star team and he won MVP honors by going 4-for-4 with an inside-the-park home run. That same year, he was named Futures All-Star Game for the World Team. After that season he was name as the best prospect in the Cubs Organization by Baseball America.

Castro busted on the season when he made his major league debut in 2010. On May 7, 2010, he became the first major league player born in the 1990s to play in the MLB. In that game, in his first a bat against the Reds, he hit a three-run homer off of Homer Bailey and finished the game with a MLB record of 6 RBI’s in a major league debut.  He finished the season with a .300 batting average, 3 homeruns, and 41 RBIs in 125 games. Also in 2010, he was elected to the 2010 Topps Major League Rookie All-Star Team and finished tied for 5th for Rookie of the Year.

Starling Castro has the word “star” in his name, so you know that he is going to be a good player. In 2011, through 72 games, Castro is batting .318 with 2 HR and 35 RBIs. Castro still has his ups-and-downs as his fielding must improves, but he is working hard to fix that . He has all the tools and the Cubs expect him to be a star for years to come.


Check out Castro's stats on Baseball Reference