Yeliar Castro

Yeliar Elias Castro (born December 3, 1987 in Panama City, Panama) is a minor league baseball pitcher who also played for Panama in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.

Minor league career

Castro was signed by the Atlanta Braves in 2004, and began his professional career in 2005 with the GCL Braves. He went 0-2 with a 9.82 ERA that season. In 2006, he again pitched for the GCL Braves, improving to 1-2 with a 5.32 ERA. He split the 2007 season between the Danville Braves and GCL Braves, going a combined 2-2 with a 3.82 ERA. In 2008, he pitched for the Rome Braves, going 5-6 with a 4.98 ERA. He began 2009 with Rome as well.^[1]

World Baseball Classic

In the 2009 World Baseball Classic, Castro appeared in one game, allowing three earned runs in two innings of work.^[2] All three runs came off of a home runs Miguel Olivo.^[3]

References

Panama 2009 World Baseball Classic roster

2 Rubén Tejada 4 Earl Agnoly 6 Kevin Ramos 8 Damaso Espino 10 Javier Castillo 12 Manuel Campos 14 Yeliar Castro 15 Rafael Medina 16 Abraham Atencio 17 Arquimedes Nieto 19 César Quintero 20 Concepcion Rodriguez 21 Paolo Espino 22 Ángel Chávez 25 Jorge Cortéz 26 Audes De Leon 27 Bruce Chen 28 Rubén Rivera 30 Eliecer Navarro 35 Avelino Asprilla 36 Manny Corpas 40 Angel Cuan 42 Julio Zuleta 45 Carlos Lee 51 Carlos Ruiz 55 Ramiro Mendoza 63 Luis Durango 81 Gilberto Mendez

Manager 11 Héctor López Coach 53 Ricardo Medina Coach 56 Len Picota Coach 24 Allan Lewis Coach 43 Luis Ortiz Coach 5 Luis Molina

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