#13

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Full Name:
 

Starlin DeJesus Castro ​

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His father named him after Stan Javier who was his favorite baseball player.
 

Nicknames:

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"All-Starlin", "Zancudo" 

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Born:  
   

March 24, 1990 

Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic

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Family:  

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Father: Diógenes Castro
Mother: Ana Francisca Tatis
Uncle: Manuel
Partner: Yoselin

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His father was a fisherman in Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic.

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Friends:  

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Alfonso Soriano, is his son's godfather. The two used to live together.

 

Close with Didi Gregorius (former teammate).

 

School:  

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Not available

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Baseball Related:

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Scouted by Jose Serra.

2006 - Signed by the Chicago Cubs ($45,000).

2010 - May 7th - Major League debut with the Chicago Cubs.

2015 - Traded from the Chicago Cubs to the New York Yankees for Adam Warren and a player to be named later.

2017 - After the season Castro was traded from the Yankees (with Jorge Guzmán and José Devers) to the Miami Marlins for Giancarlo Stanton and cash considerations.

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Extra:

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Favorite player growing up: Miguel Tejada

After being traded to the Marlins he said that he wanted to be traded again and did not want to be part of the team's re-building process.

 

2011 - Chicago Police questioned him over an alleged sexual assault. A woman claimed she met him at River North nightclub (Chicago) on Sepetember 29, 2011. She said they went to his apartment on State Street where she was assaulted. Cook County prosecutors declined to charge him.

2013 - He had $3.6 million seized from his bank accounts for refusing to pay a portion of his contract to a baseball school in the Dominican Republic. His father signed an agreement with 'Mi Futuro Biliguer' when Starlin was 15. Manuel Nunez sued him. 

2014 - He was detained and questioned about a shooting in a Dominican Republic nightclub (Ocean Club, in Montecristi). He was not charged however police raided his home.
 

Sample Heckles:

 

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Heckle him on twitter:

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