Castillo, Keith Named Top Prospects for 2021
3/31/2020 3:44:00 PM | Baseball
RIVERSIDE – California Baptist University's Chad Castillo and Damon Keith were both listed on Perfect Game's NCAA Top-200 for the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft.
Castillo and Keith were the only two players in the Western Athletic Conference to make the list. Castillo is ranked at 139, while Keith checks in at No 165 on the list.
For 10 years in a row, at least one CBU player has been selected in the MLB First-Year Player Draft under Coach Gary Adcock. A total of 24 players have been drafted over the last 14 years to give CBU 35 draft picks over the past 37 years.
Castillo has been a hot prospect ever since his phenomenal freshman season at CBU. He was voted to the 2020 Preseason All-Western Athletic Conference Team by the league's coaches and by Perfect Game back in February.
Castillo played in 54 of 55 games and made 48 starts and ranked second for CBU with a .335 batting average; third with 65 hits; fifth in runs scored (32), runs batted in (27) and slugging percentage (.423) as a freshman.
This year, Castillo hit .350 (21-for-for 60) in a shortened season. He also drove in nine runs and maintained a .500 slugging and .451 on-base percentage with five stolen bases and nine runs batted in through 15 games.
Keith hit .273 (12-for-44), slugged .455 and had an OBP of .418 this year. He also had nine RBI and a team-high 11 walks through 15 games.
Castillo and Keith were the only two players in the Western Athletic Conference to make the list. Castillo is ranked at 139, while Keith checks in at No 165 on the list.
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— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) March 31, 2020
Chad Castillo and Damon Keith are both ranked in @PerfectGameUSA's NCAA Top-200 for the 2021 @MLBDraft. They're the only two players in the @WACsports on the list.
🔗 https://t.co/znJoRF3rlk#LanceUp⚔️ | @PGCollegeBall pic.twitter.com/0xTua298Gy
For 10 years in a row, at least one CBU player has been selected in the MLB First-Year Player Draft under Coach Gary Adcock. A total of 24 players have been drafted over the last 14 years to give CBU 35 draft picks over the past 37 years.
Castillo has been a hot prospect ever since his phenomenal freshman season at CBU. He was voted to the 2020 Preseason All-Western Athletic Conference Team by the league's coaches and by Perfect Game back in February.
The left fielder reaped Collegiate Baseball Newspaper NCAA Division I Freshman All-American, All-WAC second team and All-Freshman awards in 2019. He was the only freshman to make the conference's first or second team.📢 AMAZING CATCH 📢
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAACWS) May 12, 2019
Chad Castillo of @CBUbaseball runs down a foul ball before flipping over the fence 😱pic.twitter.com/OF26EXE05e
Castillo played in 54 of 55 games and made 48 starts and ranked second for CBU with a .335 batting average; third with 65 hits; fifth in runs scored (32), runs batted in (27) and slugging percentage (.423) as a freshman.
This year, Castillo hit .350 (21-for-for 60) in a shortened season. He also drove in nine runs and maintained a .500 slugging and .451 on-base percentage with five stolen bases and nine runs batted in through 15 games.
Keith hit .273 (12-for-44), slugged .455 and had an OBP of .418 this year. He also had nine RBI and a team-high 11 walks through 15 games.
Damon Keith's career day continues, with a three-run 💣
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) March 1, 2020
It traveled an estimated 409 feet on a 106 exit velocity.#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/ZA8ANdDWBl
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