Left-handed pitcher Daniel Castano introduced his retirement through a publish on his private Instagram account. “After 25 Baseball seasons, 9 years professional, 3 in school, 4 in HS, and 10 years of little league, I’m lastly hanging up the cleats and for my extra essential profession in life,” the publish reads. “To be a loving Husband, father, good friend, churchman and worker.” He goes on to thank the many individuals who helped him on his journey and mentions he can be pivoting to a job with Entrusted Contracting.
As Castano himself talked about, his baseball journey had many stops. He pitched at Lake Travis Excessive College in Austin, Texas, which then led him to Baylor College. He pitched three seasons for the Bears earlier than the Cardinals chosen him within the nineteenth spherical of the 2016 draft.
Simply over a yr later, Castano was flipped to the Marlins. Zac Gallen, Sandy Alcántara, Magneuris Sierra and Castano have been despatched to Miami within the December 2017 commerce that despatched Marcell Ozuna to St. Louis. Castano made it to the massive leagues with the Fish in 2020, the primary of 4 straight main league campaigns wherein he appeared. He logged 88 2/3 frames over these 4 seasons, permitting 4.47 earned runs per 9. His 12.4% strikeout fee wasn’t particularly sturdy however he restricted walks to a 7.9% clip and stored 45.2% of balls in play on the bottom.
The Marlins shuffled Castano on and off their roster in 2023 however he wasn’t holding a 40-man spot on the finish of the season and have become a free agent. In December, he landed a cope with the NC Dinos of the Korea Baseball Group. He made 19 begins for the Dinos this yr, posting a 4.35 ERA in 111 2/3 innings. On the finish of July, the Dinos signed Eric Jokisch and got rid of Castano, as a KBO group can solely have two non-Korean pitchers on its roster.
Now it appears Castano has determined it’s time to maneuver on from baseball and transfer in direction of, as he places it, his “extra essential profession in life.” We at MLBTR salute him on carving out a giant league profession and we want him the most effective for the upcoming chapters of his life.
