Albenis Castillo

Albenis Enrique Castillo Gonzalez (born December 24, 1983, in Aguadulce, Cocle, Panama) is a right-handed baseball pitcher 6'5" height and 230 Lbs who is most notable for being on Panama's roster in the 2003 Baseball World Cup and in 2006 World Baseball Classic.

He played professionally from 2001 to 2006 in the Los Angeles Dodgers farm system. He played in Venezuela Summer League in 2001 with the Dominican Summer League Dodgers in Dominican Republic and with the South Georgia Waves in Columbus GA 2002, he went 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA in two games (one start). He pitched for the GCL Dodgers in Vero Beach FL 2003, going 2-1 with a 2.72 ERA in 19 appearances. For the Ogden Raptors in Ogden UT 2004, he went 2-2 with a 5.01 ERA in 12 games. He also appeared in nine games for the Columbus Catfish and went 1-1 with a 5.21 ERA with them. In 2005, he played for Columbus, going 1-5 and 10 saves with a 3.99 ERA in 38 appearances and in 2006 he went 3-5 with a 6.37 ERA in 35 appearances with the Vero Beach Dodgers, in Vero Beach FL 2006 and 2007 he played in the Spring Training Mayor League roster.^[1]

He made one appearance in the 2006 World Baseball Classic, pitching one-third of an inning and walking a batter, allowing a hit and striking out one batter.^[2]

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