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<p><em>If you walk into any baseball clubhouse or locker room at any level &#8212; professional, college or even high school &#8212; there&#8217;s a good chance music will be blasting out of someone&#8217;s speakers. It could be country, rock, hip-hop and rap, R&amp;B, reggae or Latin music.</em></p><p><em>The same can be said as teams go through their pre-game workouts or players walk up to the plate or out of the bullpen. Music is everywhere in baseball and it&#8217;s extremely diverse.</em></p><p><em>Each week we&#8217;ll take a look at how music influences each player&#8217;s game.</em></p><p><strong>Wilkin Castillo</strong></p><p><strong>C</strong></p><p><strong>Bani, Dominican Republic</strong></p><p><strong>Who plays the best music?</strong> Mason (Williams). I think he&#8217;s one of the best. He always has old-school music. I like old-school music. Every time some new song&#8217;s coming out, he already has it. For me, I think it&#8217;s him.</p><p><strong>What&#8217;s your pregame playlist?</strong> I like hip-hop. Hip-hop is the kind of music I like to pump up. Early, before BP, something like that. Maybe Latin music.</p><p><strong>What&#8217;s your walk-up song?</strong> I don&#8217;t have a walk-up song yet. I&#8217;m going to pick one. I like trap music. I might use some Latin music.</p><p><strong>What is it about music that makes it so integral to the baseball experience?</strong> I think music&#8217;s not the (most important) thing in baseball, but it&#8217;s one of them for playing baseball. Baseball&#8217;s kind of hard. You try to have fun.</p><style>
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RailRiders Playlist: Wilkin Castillo looking to get pumped up