Left-handed pitcher Daniel Castano revealed his retirement through a post on his individual Instagram account. “After 25 Baseball seasons, 9 years pro, 3 in college, 4 in HS, and 10 years of little league, I’m finally hanging up the cleats and for my more important career in life,” the post checks out. “To be a loving Husband, father, friend, churchman and employee.” He goes on to thank the lots of individuals who assisted him on his journey and discusses he will be rotating to a function with Entrusted Contracting.

As Castano himself pointed out, his baseball journey had lots of stops. He pitched at Lake Travis High School in Austin, Texas, which then led him to Baylor University. He pitched 3 seasons for the Bears before the Cardinals picked him in the 19th round of the 2016 draft.

Just over a year later on, Castano was turned to the Marlins. Zac Gallen, Sandy Alcántara, Magneuris Sierra and Castano were sent out to Miami in the December 2017 trade that sent out Marcell Ozuna to St. Louis. Castano made it to the major leagues with the Fish in 2020, the very first of 4 straight big league projects in which he appeared. He logged 88 2/3 frames over those 4 seasons, enabling 4.47 made runs per 9. His 12.4% strikeout rate wasn’t particularly strong however he restricted strolls to a 7.9% clip and kept 45.2% of balls in play on the ground.

The Marlins mixed Castano on and off their lineup in 2023 however he wasn’t holding a 40-man area at the end of the season and ended up being a totally free representative. In December, he landed a handle the NC Dinos of the Korea Baseball Organization. He made 19 starts for the Dinos this year, publishing a 4.35 age in 111 2/3 innings. At completion of July, the Dinos signed Eric Jokisch and rubbed out Castano, as a KBO group can just have 2 non-Korean pitchers on its lineup.

Now it appears Castano has actually chosen it’s time to proceed from baseball and move towards, as he puts it, his “more important career in life.” We at MLBTR salute him on taking a major league profession and we want him the very best for the upcoming chapters of his life.