Adrian Del Castillo #14

Made his Major League debut in August 2024...2024 D-backs Minor League Player of the Year...Recorded his first career hit and RBI (double) in his first Major League at-bat...Became the first D-back ever to hit a walk-off home run for his first career home run on Aug. 9, 2024 vs. Phillies...Recorded his first career grand slam on Aug. 19, 2024 vs. Marlins in front of several of his family and friends in attendance in his native Miami...Selected by the White Sox in the 36th round of the 2018 First-Year Player Draft out of Gulliver Preparatory School (Fla.) but did not sign...elected to attend the University of Miami (2019-21).

2025

Hit .242 (29-for-120)/.682 OPS with six doubles, four homers, 17 RBI and eight walks in 44 games (30 starts) in his second season with Arizona...Made 26 starts at DH and five at catcher...Began the season on the injured list (strained right shoulder) with Triple-A Reno and made his season debut with the Aces on June 10...placed on the IL again on June 20 (back spasms)...In his first game after being recalled on July 18 vs. Cardinals, recorded his third career three-hit game...Came a triple shy of the cycle on Aug. 10 vs. Rockies (3-for-5, 2B, HR, 3 RBI) and recorded a career-high seven total bases...On Aug. 20 vs. Guardians as a pinch-hitter, had his second career walk-off hit (1B to LF)...became the 14th different D-back to have a pinch-hit walk-off (last: Corbin Carroll on July 29, 2024 vs. Nationals), and the second ever to do so on the first pitch (also: Rob Ryan on Sept. 13, 2000)...On Sept. 23 vs. Dodgers, hit his first career pinch-hit homer (2-R in seventh off E. Henriquez)...Recorded at least one pinch-hit RBI in consecutive games on Sept. 23-24 vs. Dodgers...In 14 games with Reno, hit .288 (17-for-59)/.945 OPS with four doubles, four homers, 16 RBI and 10 walks.

2024

Named the D-backs' Minor League Player of the Year after hitting .313 (25-for-80)/.893 OPS with five doubles, four homers, 19 RBI, seven walks and one stolen base in 25 games with the D-backs...Batted .359 (14-for-39)/.995 OPS with three doubles, two homers, nine RBI and three walks over 13 home games, including five multi-hit efforts...Against lefties, hit .444 (8-for-18)/1.000 OPS with two doubles and five RBI...Hit .385 (10-for-26)/1.218 OPS with one double, three homers, 18 RBI and three walks with runners in scoring position...Selected from Triple-A Reno on Aug. 6 and made his MLB debut on Aug. 7 with his start in Game 2 of a doubleheader at Guardians...In his debut on Aug. 7 at Guardians, recorded his first hit and RBI (RBI-2B) in his first at-bat in the second inning…Became the fifth D-back all-time to collect an extra-base hit and one or more RBI in their first career at-bat (last: Seth Beer, solo HR on Sept. 10, 2021)...Had back-to-back three-hit and multi-RBI games in two starts on Aug. 9 and Aug. 11...On Aug. 9 vs. Phillies, became the first player in D-backs history with a walk-off homer for his first career home run...Be came the 11th D-back all-time to hit a walk-off homer on the first pitch (last: David Peralta on Aug. 6, 2018 vs. Phillies)...Also collected his first career multi-hit game (three hits) to become the fifth D-back all-time with a three-plus-hit game in two or fewer career games (first since Chad Tracy, four hits on April 22, 2004)...Recorded his first career stolen base on Aug. 19 at Marlins...Optioned to Reno on Sept. 16, where he finished out the season…Hit .312 (129-for-413)/1.002 OPS with 36 doubles, three triples, 26 homers, 75 RBI and 55 walks over 105 games with the Aces...His seven hits from Aug. 7-11, 2024 set a D-backs record for most hits by a player in the first three games of their career...Also tied franchise highs with five RBI in the span (also: Mitch Haniger, Aug. 16-18, 2016) and 12 total bases (also: Trent Oeltjen, 12, Aug. 6-9, 2009)...In 2024, became just the fourth catcher in MLB history with seven-plus hits in their first three games, joining OAK's Ramón Hernández (seven) from June 29-July 1, 1999, MIN's Wilson Ramos (seven) from May 2-4, 2010 and MIN's Josmil Pinto (seven) from Sept. 1-6, 2013...Hit his first game-tying homer on Aug. 18, 2024 at Rays…Became the third player in MLB since 1961 to have his first two career homers come in the ninth inning and either tie or give his team the lead (also: MIN's Dan Masteller in 1995 and SEA's Jeff Clement in 2007), per Stats Inc...On Aug. 19, 2024 at Marlins, recorded his first career grand slam and had six RBI, becoming just the third MLB catcher ever to record six-plus RBI and one stolen base in a single game (also: KC's Jerry Grote in 1981 and CIN's Johnny Bench in 1974)...His 14 RBI from Aug. 7-19, 2024 tied for the second-most in a player’s first nine career games since RBI became official in 1920 (also: DET's Dale Alexander in 1929), behind OAK's Mitchell Page (15) in 1977.

2023

Started the season at Double-A Amarillo, hitting .273 (60-for-222)/.891 OPS with 13 doubles, one triple, 12 homers and 45 RBI over 63 games...Promoted to Triple-A Reno in mid-July and hit .248 (34-for-137)/340 OBP with six doubles, one triple, two homers and 23 RBI in 37 games with the Aces...Started in 68 games at catcher and 29 at designated hitter between Amarillo and Reno…in 70 games at catcher, posted a 24.1 caught stealing percentage (12-for-87)...Played his first season in the Puerto Rican Winter League with Santurce…hit .204 (10-for-49) with four RBI in 15 games.

2022

In 2022, hit .199 (57-for-286) with 17 doubles, 2 triples, 7 homers and 30 RBI in 77 games with High-A Hillsboro.

2021

Hit .244 (19-for-78) with 6 doubles, 2 triples, 1 homer and 14 RBI in 22 games in at Single-A Visalia in 2021.