Padres Select LHP Jose Castillo and LHP Brad Wieck

SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Padres have selected the contracts of left-handed pitchers Jose Castillo and Brad Wieck to their 40-man roster, Executive Vice President/General Manager A.J. Preller announced today. With the additions, the Padres are currently at capacity on their 40-man roster.
 
Castillo, 21, joined the Padres organization on December 19, 2014 as part of a three-team, 11-player trade between the Tampa Bay Rays and Washington Nationals that also brought 1B Wil Myers to San Diego. The 6-4, 200-pound left-hander split the 2017 season between Single-A Lake Elsinore and Double-A San Antonio, pitching to a combined 4-2 record and a 2.88 ERA (18 ER, 56.1 IP) with 59 strikeouts against 26 walks in 47 relief appearances. The Valencia, Venezuela native also participated in the 2017 World Baseball Classic for Team Venezuela. Over parts of five minor league seasons, he has gone 12-8 with a 3.50 ERA (82 ER, 211.0 IP) and a 188-to-80 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 101 appearances (21 starts). Castillo was originally signed by Tampa Bay as an international free agent on July 7, 2012.
 
The 26-year-old Wieck split the 2017 season between Double-A San Antonio and Triple-A El Paso and pitched to a combined 2-1 record with a 4.06 ERA (17 ER, 37.2 IP) with 59 strikeouts against 23 walks in 40 relief appearances. The 6-9, 255-pound left-hander owns a lifetime 14-14 record with a 3.08 ERA (85 ER, 248.0 IP) and 330 strikeouts to 103 walks in 120 appearances (23 starts). Wieck, originally signed by the New York Mets as a seventh-round selection in the 2014 First-Year Player Draft, was acquired by the Padres as a player to be named later along with RHP Cory Mazzoni from the Mets in exchange for LHP Alex Torres. Wieck was also named a 2016 Mid-Season All-Star for Single-A Lake Elsinore.