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- Tigers
- Updated: Jan. 05, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
- Published: Jan. 05, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
DETROIT -- Longtime Detroit Tigers inferior man Harold Castro is headed to play successful Asia for nan first clip successful his career.
Castro agreed to a woody pinch nan Kia Tigers of Korea past month.
The 32-year-old autochthonal of Venezuela spent nan 2025 play successful nan Kansas City Royals strategy aft playing nan 2024 play successful Mexico.
Castro spent much than a decade successful nan Tigers’ statement and played successful nan large leagues from 2018-2022. When nan Tigers non-tendered Castro aft nan 2022 season, he was nan longest-tenured subordinate successful nan statement aft Miguel Cabrera.
Castro went from minor-league obscurity to a fan-favorite arsenic a super-utility subordinate pinch nan Tigers. Known arsenic “Hittin’ Harold,” Castro was ever bully for a clutch single, moreover if he seldom walked and his powerfulness was limited.
He made his Major League debut successful 2018 erstwhile he was summoned backmost to nan United States precocious successful nan play aft having already gone location to Venezuela. The pursuing twelvemonth he became an improbable regular while playing a assortment of positions. In 2022, Castro posted a .681 OPS (98+) successful 443 sheet appearances, which made him among nan Tigers’ apical hitters successful a struggling lineup.
Former Tigers Daz Cameron, Victor Reyes, Wilkel Hernandez, Elvin Rodriguez, Drew VerHagen and Matt Manning will besides beryllium playing successful Korea successful 2026.
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Evan Woodbery has covered nan Detroit Tigers and Major League Baseball for MLive.com since 2016. He has antecedently covered nan Saints/NFL for The Times-Picayune/NOLA.com; University of Tennessee athletics for...
