#15

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Full Name:
 

Jason Michael Castro​

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Nicknames:

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Not available

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Born:  
 

June 18, 1987
Castro Valley, California

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Family:  

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Spouse: Maris Perlman 
Father: Tom 
Mother: Lori
Brother: Ryan
Sister-in-law: Lacie
Grandmother: Pearl
Dog: Rollie (named after Rollie Fingers) (Labradoodle)

 

He met his wife while at Stanford. She played for the lacrosse and is from Rhode Island. After Stanford she attended Emory University in Atlanta to earn her master’s degree in public health and management. Twitter would suggest she is friends with a person named Lauren Hicks from Atlanta. The couples' wedding was in Belle Mer in Newport, Rhode Island (close to where Maris grew up). She now works outside of Houston as a grant writer for a nonprofit in Cranston, R. I.

His father is a retired firefighter (Alameda County Fire Department) and was a highschool baseball coach (1 year at Hayward High School and 3 years at San Leandro High School).

His brother is a firefighter just like their father and their grandfather.

 

Friends:  

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Wedding party:   

Bridesmaids - Maris' sisters Leah and Sarah Perlman, childhood friend Bari Krauss and college friend Bess Siegfried.

Groomsmen - Childhood friends Jason Badarello, Chris Cobb and Chris Steele,  brother Ryan Castro and college friend Jeff Whitlow.

Honeymoon was in South Africa and Mauritius

 

Friends (from baseball): J.A. Happ, Brett Wallace, Brian Bogusevic, Chris Hicks, David Duncan
 

School:  

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Castro Valley High School
Mascot: Trojans
Coach: Jon Lavine

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Stanford University 
Mascot:    Cardinals
Coach: Mark Marquess

Fraternity: Sigma Alpha Epsilon 

Returned to Stanford to complete his Sociology degree

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Baseball Related:

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2007 - Played in the Cape Cod League. 

 

2008 - Drafted by the Houston Astros (10th overall).

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2010 - June 22nd - Major League debut with the Houston Astros.

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2016 - Signed a 3-year contract with the Minnesota Twins ($24.5 million)
 

Extra:

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He was drafted by and came up in the Astros organization. The year after he left (2017) the Astros won the World Series.

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Other Jason Castro: There is a American singer-song writer with the same name (American Idol contestant).
 

Sample Heckles:

 

"​The Astros got rid of you then won a World Series."

 

"You didn't want to honor your family and work for the Alameda County Fire Department?"

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"Jason Badarello and Chris Cobb both don't like your company."

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Heckle him on twitter:

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@J_Castro15

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