{"id":1967534,"date":"2025-08-18T22:36:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T22:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1967534"},"modified":"2025-08-18T22:36:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T22:36:16","slug":"former-big-leaguer-receives-overdue-praise-amid-stellar-triple-a-season-with-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/former-big-leaguer-receives-overdue-praise-amid-stellar-triple-a-season-with-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"Former big leaguer receives overdue praise amid stellar Triple-A season with Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Omaha Storm Chasers, Kansas City’s Triple-A affiliate, have had a season defined my major league talent, whether it be high profile prospects stopping through<\/a> on their way to the majors or minor league veterans using Omaha as a means to attempt a potential big league comeback<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Royals may be better known of late for their midseason veteran depth acquisitions, however one of their offseason veteran signings has been making a major impact in Triple-A all season and now he finally has some league-wide recognition to show for it.<\/p>\n

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Infielder Harold Castro was named International League Player of the Week<\/a> on Monday, off the back of an incredibly impressive series last week against St. Paul.<\/p>\n

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INF Harold Castro is the International League Player of the Week! <\/p>\n

In our series against St. Paul he hit .529 with 4 homers, 7 RBI and a 1.814 OPS.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcf0: https:\/\/t.co\/sB7oO6eG4b<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/HUZFG2YRal<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Omaha Storm Chasers (@OMAStormChasers) August 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

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Harold Castro’s monster week at the plate earns him some long-overdue recognition<\/h2>\n

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Castro was on tear this past week<\/a>, hitting .529 with four homers, seven RBI and a 1.814 OPS in 19 plate appearances across four games.<\/p>\n

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However, last week was merely a microcosm of what’s been an all around excellent season for the 31-year-old infielder in his first year within the Royals organization.<\/p>\n

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In 290 plate appearances across 73 games in Omaha, he’s hitting .280 with 14 HR, 41 RBI, a .792 OPS and a 102 wRC+.<\/p>\n

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This has certainly been a welcome sight for a Royals team that took a bit of a gamble on a player that hadn’t played affiliated baseball, let alone at the MLB level, since 2023.<\/p>\n

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His last taste of big league baseball came with the Colorado Rockies in 2023, where he only mustered a .589 OPS and 45 wRC+. This was following two additional below average seasons in 2021 and 2022 with the Detroit Tigers – where he posted an 83 wRC+ and 93 wRC+ respectively, failing to come close to the 137 wRC+ he posted during the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign.<\/p>\n

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The fact he’s still not on Kansas City’s 40-man roster at this late stage of the season could mean he may not get a shot in the majors in 2025.<\/p>\n

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However, given his versatility to play multiple positions and hitting ability this year, perhaps he could provide a bit of a breath of fresh air from a hitting standpoint if called upon, one that other current Royals utility bench options are lacking at the moment in Tyler Tolbert (60 wRC+) and Nick Loftin (68 wRC+). The possibility of a September call-up doesn’t seem all that far-fetched when you really think about it, as Castro has certainly lived up to his end of the bargain.<\/p>\n

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