Martin
Castro

Martin Castro, Ridgeview High (CA), 2027
Positional Profile: RHP/3B Four pitch mix RHP with starter potential and interesting present stuff.
Body: 5-11, 228-pounds. Sturdy build with strength in lower half and room to improve
Delivery: Controlled load in delivery, sits deep into back hip after reaching balance point, front hip leads down, balanced at foot strike with hip rotation through delivery, blocks well over front leg, maintains direction well, lower effort operation with strength
Arm Action: RH. Full clean arm path with depth below belt, stays behind the body working up to 3/4 arm slot, quickness in arm speed with looseness through release, does have recoil, repeats release height consistently
FB: T87, 85-87 mph. Shows high quality present shape with solid present velocity, flashes spin with ride on four seam and run on two seam T2223, 2144 average rpm.
CB: 72-74 mph. Quality shape with quality spin, shows depth with two plane shape, feel to throw for strikes, has power potential T2416, 2276 average rpm.
SL: 72-74 mph. Aggressive sweeper shape with life to glove side, sound spin traits, flashes potential T2434, 2311 average rpm.
CH: 78-80 mph. Kick CHG offering with aggressive vertical separation off FB shape, shows whiff potential T984, 921 average rpm.

Castro hails from a Ridgeview High program that is coming off a strong 2025 spring season where they won a pair of CIF championships, bringing home the Central Section D2 and South Region D3 titles. We've had the pleasure of getting eyes on several of his teammates and Castro's turn on the Prep Baseball California ID stage was reminiscent of those previous standouts. Checking in at 5'11 228 lbs. he is solidly built with room to improve as he keeps maturing looking the part of a durable long term arm with the strength to handle innings. Once on the rubber the righthander showed off a strong four pitch mix that is fronted by his FB - kick CHG combo while flashing two interesting breaking balls with different shapes. The FB for Castro came in lively in the 85-87 MPH range through his bullpen with solid present spin at 2200+ RPMs while generating life to his arm side averaging 13+" of horizontal movement. The kick CHG he featured caught eyes for the action it generates out of his looking like a potential whiff weapon in the 77.7-80.3 MPH range while averaging -7.7" of IVB and 11.4" of horizontal movement. Both of the breaking balls for Castro flashes strong potential while still showing some development for his feel to consistently spin each offering. Castro threw the CB at 71.9-74 MPH with 2400+ RPMs of spin generating -13.8" of average IVB. His SLD came in at 71.7-73.6 MPH with a sweeper like shape producing -20.8" of average horizontal break with spin rates north of 2400 RPMs on the offering. Castro controls his body well working down the mound with the ability to repeat his mechanics/arm slot from both the windup and stretch. The overall operation for Castro looks the part of a next level starting pitcher profile and is a name for college programs to be keeping close tabs on in the 2027 class.