When Justin Verlander threw his first major-league pitch on July 4, 2005, Buster Posey was a shortstop who had yet to play his first game at Florida State University. When Justin Verlander throws his first major-league pitch for the San Francisco Giants, Buster Posey will be in his first season as the team’s president of baseball operations.

Justin Verlander, the three-time Cy Young winner who's said he wants to pitch until he's 45, will continue that quest with the San Francisco Giants.