Curt Casali, who retired after being released by the Atlanta Braves in spring training, has joined the San Francisco Giants as an advisor to their baseball operations department.

Casali, 37, ended his 11-year playing career in Major League Baseball when he joined the Cincinnati Reds' front office earlier this year in an unannounced hire .

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Coincidentally, Casali was the backup catcher to current Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey before Posey retired following the 2021 season.

The 2021 Giants team ended the Los Angeles' Dodgers run of division titles by going 107-55. They then lost to the Dodgers in a five-game NL Division Series.

Casali, the Detroit Tigers' 10th-round pick in 2011, played for

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