Cleveland — Guys like Harold Castro aren’t supposed to get to the big leagues, let alone get here at age 25 and perform like a seasoned vet.
No, for guys like Castro, signed at age 16 out of a gong show-like tryout in Venezuela, and assigned to the Tigers' Venezuelan Baseball Academy for a year or so until he was old enough to obtain a work visa — the chances of getting to the big leagues are probably less than 10 percent.
And the percentage dwindles when you consider he spent three seasons at High-A Lakeland, four seasons at Double-A Erie and didn’t get to Triple-A Toledo until he was 24.