Player Profiles
HIGH SCHOOL Helped Russell County High School compile a 41-12 record in 2012 ... posted a 6-2 record with a 0.73 ERA in 57.2 innings as a senior ... held opponents to a .135 batting average in 2012 while striking out 85 batters and walking only 14 ... did not allow an earned run in his final seven appearances of that 2012 season ... was a 2012 preseason Southeast All-Region second team selection by Perfect Game USA ... named to the Louisville Slugger Preseason High School All-American first team prior to his senior season ... ranked as the No. 18 prospect in Alabama and No. 364 nationally by Perfect Game USA ... named to the 2012 Alabama Top-100 players list ... a 2011 class 5A honorable mention allstate selection, by the Alabama Sports Writers Association ... posted a 10-1 record and a 2.01 ERA in 2011 ... finished that junior season with 66.1 innings pitched, 115 strikeouts, seven complete games, three shutouts and a .180 opponent batting average ... selected as a Perfect
Game USA Honorable Mention Preseason HS Underclassmen All-American in 2011 ... his high school head coach was Tony Ramus. PERSONAL Selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 27th round of the 2012 MLB Draft ... born Raymond Orlando Castillo on March 23, 1994 ... son of Raymond and Kelly Castillo ... has two sisters, Sara and Samantha ... participated in student government and Fellowship of Christian Athletes ... majoring in human performance exercise science.
field and finished the year with 22 starts in the outfield plus two as the designated hitter ‌ turned in three multi-hit games and a three-RBI game against Mississippi Valley State (5.7) ‌ drove in the game-winning run in two games and scored the winning run once ‌ had a four-game hitting streak to open the season and ultimately reached base safely in the first seven games ‌ did not commit an error for the duration of the season, on 29 total outfield putouts ‌ scored as a pinch-runner in the series opener versus Missouri (5.10) ... had a big day in the win over Mississippi Valley State (5.7), blasting his first career home run, a three-run shot, while adding a single and a pair of runs scored ... earned the start as the designated hitter in the series opener at No. 15 Mississippi State (5.4) ... had a single in two plate appearances versus UAB (4.16) ... drew a walk in his only plate appearance against Samford (3.19) ... notched his second multi-hit game of the season in the final game of the Tennessee series (3.17), going 2-for-2 with two runs scored and an RBI ... contributed a hit and was hit by a pitch in the Memphis series ... posted the first multihit game of his career at No. 5 Louisville (3.8), adding an RBI and a stolen base ... reached base safely in all three games of the Florida Atlantic series, also scoring two runs against the Owls ... had a double, walk, run scored and RBI in the victory versus No. 21 Southern Mississippi (2.19) ... starting left fielder in all three games of the season-opening VMI series, batting 3-for-8 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored ‌ had one hit in all three games of that VMI series, with two stolen bases in the season opener. FRESHMAN (2012) Redshirted the season. HIGH SCHOOL Named an all-area and all-region 4-4A player his senior year ... helped lead Dutch Fork High School to the district finals in 2011.
En route to a pair of All-American honors, Ray Castillo set an Alabama freshman record with 12 saves in 2013.
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the bullpen ‌ finished the year with 43 strikeouts in 42.2 innings pitched, while holding opponents to a .220 batting average ‌ appeared in 13 conference games, posting a 0-2 record with a 2.66 ERA and seven saves ‌ had 19 strikeouts in 20.1 innings pitched against SEC foes ‌ made three appearances in the postseason, recording a save in the SEC Tournament and the NCAA Tallahassee Regional, also took a loss in the NCAA Regional against No. 26 Troy ‌ earned his 10th save after allowing a base hit in the final inning of the extra-innings victory over No. 1 Vanderbilt ... after allowing two walks, he struck out the final three batters to earn the save in the opener against Missouri (5.10) ... picked up the save in the second game of the Texas A&M series (4.27), allowing one walk in one scoreless, hitless inning with one strikeout ... struck out five batters in four scoreless innings versus No. 2 LSU (4.20) when he allowed two hits and walked four ... was charged with the tough-luck loss in his longest relief performance of the year at No. 18 Mississippi (4.14), when he struck out three in 4.1 innings and allowed two runs on six hits and three walks ... pitched the final inning in the 5-0 victory over No. 9 Arkansas (4.6), allowing no runs or hits in the process ... threw the final inning of the Southeastern Louisiana (4.2) game, allowing one hit and striking out three ... struck out the final batter of the series opener at Auburn (3.28) to record his team-leading fifth save ... threw two scoreless innings in relief of Spencer Turnbull at Georgia (3.24) to record his fourth save of the season and secure the Tide’s first shutout of the year, allowing two hits with four strikeouts as the Tide swept the Bulldogs ... also had the save in the series opener against Georgia (3.22), throwing 1.1 scoreless innings without allowing a hit ... earned his second save of the year against Jacksonville State (3.20), after pitching one scoreless inning and striking out one ... went for one inning of work in the Saturday game versus Tennessee (3.16), allowing one walk with a strikeout ... threw 2.1 scoreless innings of relief in the series opener at No. 5 Louisville, allowing one a hit, two walks, two hits by pitch, while striking out one ... earned his second career win after throwing 4.1 innings versus Tulane (3.3), allowing his only run on a solo home run and struck out a career-high six batters. ... threw the final three innings against Florida Atlantic on Feb. 23, to pick up his first career save, when he allowed one earned run in the ninth inning ... threw 1.2 innings in a relief appearance in the win over No. 21 Southern Mississippi, allowing two runs on two hits and a walk ... got the win in his Alabama debut when he threw 3.1 innings of one-hit baseball in the season opener against VMI (2.15).
PERSONAL Born Ryan Franklin Blanchard on Oct. 10, 1992, in Irmo, S.C. ... son of Harvey and Sami Blanchard ... majoring in consumer sciences.
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RYAN BLANCHARD Irmo, S.C. (Dutch Fork HS) REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2013) Appeared in 35 games with 24 as a starter ‌ finished the season with 14 hits, one home run, two doubles, nine RBI and eight runs scored ‌ started the first 17 games of the season in left
Ryan Blanchard appeared in 35 games, including 24 starts during his redshirt freshman campaign.
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