hadn’t really thought about it, but i guess matt holliday is probably done. good career; too bad he pulled a mantle and slipped under .300
― mookieproof, Sunday, 8 April 2018 15:01 (six years ago) link
batting average, feh
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 8 April 2018 21:51 (six years ago) link
Aaron Laffey retired after Wednesday night's game. He had an 18.00 ERA in three starts with the 51s.— Betsy Helfand (@betsyhelfand) June 7, 2018
MLB career K/9: 4.5
― mookieproof, Thursday, 7 June 2018 14:22 (six years ago) link
1,262,200 in career earnings if fangraphs is right
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 7 June 2018 14:24 (six years ago) link
After suffering two concussions in the last eight months while playing in the Detroit Tigers organization, Blaise Salter has voluntarily retired from professional baseball because he fears the long-term risks that could come from brain injuries.He’s afraid of ending up like his grandfather, Tigers great Bill Freehan, who has Alzheimer’s disease. Salter's only 24 years old. While this close, loving family is fiercely private and sensitive about Freehan’s condition, Salter acknowledges his grandfather’s condition played a direct role in his decision.“We are so close,” Salter said. “Seeing him the way his health has been, it’s definitely been an eye opener for me. I saw it firsthand how concussions have affected his life. Obviously, he had way more than I did, with the lack of equipment back in the day. To see that, I really thought about my life. I wanted to do anything I could, to prevent that from happening.”There is evidence linking brain injuries to a higher risk of developing brain conditions like Alzheimer’s disease, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.It is not clear how many concussions Freehan suffered during his 15-year Tigers' career, but his family suspects concussions played a role in his condition.And it was enough for Salter to walk away from baseball.
He’s afraid of ending up like his grandfather, Tigers great Bill Freehan, who has Alzheimer’s disease. Salter's only 24 years old.
While this close, loving family is fiercely private and sensitive about Freehan’s condition, Salter acknowledges his grandfather’s condition played a direct role in his decision.
“We are so close,” Salter said. “Seeing him the way his health has been, it’s definitely been an eye opener for me. I saw it firsthand how concussions have affected his life. Obviously, he had way more than I did, with the lack of equipment back in the day. To see that, I really thought about my life. I wanted to do anything I could, to prevent that from happening.”
There is evidence linking brain injuries to a higher risk of developing brain conditions like Alzheimer’s disease, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.
It is not clear how many concussions Freehan suffered during his 15-year Tigers' career, but his family suspects concussions played a role in his condition.
And it was enough for Salter to walk away from baseball.
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/columnists/jeff-seidel/2018/06/07/detroit-tigers-bill-freehan-alzheimers-blaise-salter/682734002/
― Andy K, Friday, 8 June 2018 00:28 (six years ago) link
http://larrybrownsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Jayson-Werth-hairy-bobblehead.jpg
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23927548/jayson-werth-says-done-playing-pro-baseball
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 20:28 (six years ago) link
presumably Chase Utley
https://sports.yahoo.com/chase-utley-hold-press-conference-171946434.html
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 July 2018 17:53 (six years ago) link
the first overall pick in the 2006 draft, luke hochevar
not a great career, but at least better than mark appel's
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 14 August 2018 15:34 (six years ago) link
i don't know much about him, but why did the royals push him through their minor league system so quickly despite him never putting up good numbers?
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 14 August 2018 15:43 (six years ago) link
there was some weird shit surrounding his drafting -- dodgers took him in the first round in '05, he agreed to sign then changed his mind, then played indy ball in early '06. he didn't sign with the royals until he was almost 23. high-end college pitchers are *supposed* to move quickly, and he made his big league debut a week short of turning 24, but . . . yeah i dunno. probably some combination of the royals being terrible at player development + the fact that hochevar insisted on an MLB contract and was therefore already on the 40-man roster
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 14 August 2018 16:12 (six years ago) link
sometimes when a guy like that retires i like to see how much money he raked in for his career.
answer: just shy of 25 million
― omar little, Tuesday, 14 August 2018 17:01 (six years ago) link
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24380190/brandon-mccarthy-atlanta-braves-retire-end-season
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 August 2018 14:49 (six years ago) link
ryan howard
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 14:56 (six years ago) link
Had no idea he wasn't already retired.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 09:32 (six years ago) link
maybe he was hoping to pull a matt holliday but no one called
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 14:11 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dm_RhIrU4AAMM3k.jpg:small
― mookieproof, Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:49 (six years ago) link
They said it could never be done
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 13 September 2018 17:22 (six years ago) link
a 6.66 K/9 would have been the icing on the cake but I shouldn’t quibble
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 13 September 2018 17:23 (six years ago) link
david wright, after one final home series
― mookieproof, Thursday, 13 September 2018 18:02 (six years ago) link
Online prices for his presumed last start on 9/29 have skyrocketed in the last few minutes. (I already am going to the NY Film Festival that night.)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 September 2018 18:20 (six years ago) link
actually, not technically retiring but being medically sidelined a la prince fielder
― mookieproof, Thursday, 13 September 2018 18:24 (six years ago) link
Gulp.
https://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2018/09/victor_martinez_retirement_1.html
― Andy K, Sunday, 23 September 2018 01:10 (six years ago) link
reliever brad ziegler
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 16:36 (five years ago) link
a little surprising as he was still doing alright and getting saves this year.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 11 October 2018 23:26 (five years ago) link
Ike Davis has retired https://t.co/ciETMhLWTd— HardballTalk (@HardballTalk) November 6, 2018
noted former pirate
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 20:39 (five years ago) link
Joe Mauer
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/25228494/joe-mauer-retire-15-seasons-minnesota-twins
― omar little, Saturday, 10 November 2018 00:29 (five years ago) link
Utley.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 10 November 2018 04:56 (five years ago) link
At one point I would have thought both those guys were headed for the hall.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 10 November 2018 06:12 (five years ago) link
they still might be
― mookieproof, Saturday, 10 November 2018 06:23 (five years ago) link
It's really too bad that the Twins never won anything with Mauer, they had some good teams but seemed to choke against the Yankees every year. Even with all his injuries he had a hell of a career.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 10 November 2018 08:32 (five years ago) link
our beloved adrian beltre
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 November 2018 15:03 (five years ago) link
:( :( :(
― na (NA), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 15:38 (five years ago) link
nooooooo
― omar little, Tuesday, 20 November 2018 15:44 (five years ago) link
bartolo : is now the last active* player who played in the majors in the 20th century
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 November 2018 15:58 (five years ago) link
huh.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 16:40 (five years ago) link
P sure Armando Benitez is playing in Mexico still
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 16:41 (five years ago) link
catcher dan butler, after 768 minor league games
played in seven games for the red sox in 2014 and two more this year, going 5-for-25 with three doubles and throwing out three of eight attempted base stealers. he was never drafted
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 19:27 (five years ago) link
THANK YOU... pic.twitter.com/CzhaoU9YUH— Mike Napoli (@MikeNapoli25) December 8, 2018
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 8 December 2018 22:33 (five years ago) link
Only reached 140 games twice--I don't know if he was the most productive long-term part-time hitter of the past couple of decades, but he must be close (including one monster season in 2011: .320/.414/.631, 30 HR and 5.5 WAR in 113 games).
― clemenza, Sunday, 9 December 2018 14:14 (five years ago) link
I really wish the Jays had hung onto him after the Wells deal, instead of flipping him for a reliever who’s name time has forgotten.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 9 December 2018 14:35 (five years ago) link
reliever tom wilhelmsen, officially
outfielder colby rasmus, unofficially
― mookieproof, Monday, 10 December 2018 20:48 (five years ago) link
Alfredo Amezaga (who will join Atlanta as a coach)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 4 January 2019 15:18 (five years ago) link
awesome
http://mlb.mlb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l135&t=p_pbp&pid=150119
― mookieproof, Friday, 4 January 2019 15:42 (five years ago) link
Jaime Garcia, 32 years old
https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/news/jaime-garcia-expected-to-retire-from-mlb/c-302541372
you wouldn't know from looking at his stats, but he really did have some exceptional stuff. sometimes it really seemed like he was throwing a wiffle ball out there. alas, he was almost always injured or recovering from an injury.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 10 January 2019 04:51 (five years ago) link
i just learned that he and Fernando Valenzuela were the only two pitchers born in Mexico to start in a world series.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 10 January 2019 04:52 (five years ago) link
former red sox third baseman of the future will middlebrooks
― mookieproof, Friday, 11 January 2019 16:25 (five years ago) link
Willie Midds was basically a nicer, crappier Shea Hillenbrand
― omar little, Friday, 11 January 2019 17:02 (five years ago) link
I didn't know Ricky Romero had been out there the past five years, trying to make it back.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/toronto-blue-jays-ricky-romero-retirement/
― clemenza, Saturday, 19 January 2019 18:24 (five years ago) link
also shawn tolleson -- spent the last two years trying to come back from TJ but decided it wasn't going to work out
― mookieproof, Saturday, 19 January 2019 20:04 (five years ago) link
Dillon Gee, who spent the 2018 season with the Chunichi Dragons
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 16:00 (five years ago) link
Here's the non-catch from 2011 (scored a triple for Freese). Hard to say--a lot of guys would have caught it, but not everyone by any means. I don't feel like going back into the thread, but the joke is that I said it would be remembered for a long time, something that would stay with Cruz for his career. At the time, Nelson Cruz was 31 years old and had hit 106 career home runs.
He went on to hit 358 more. And no one talks about the play anymore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEEOZpdp9bo
― clemenza, Friday, 3 November 2023 01:21 (eleven months ago) link
Fantasy mainstay Michael Brantley.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 5 January 2024 18:13 (eight months ago) link
Two-time Cy Young winner Corey Kluber announces his retirement. Klubot had an exceptional career.— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) February 9, 2024
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Friday, 9 February 2024 15:38 (seven months ago) link
Definitely a great pitcher, for half a decade he was arguably the best in the American League (Verlander was his main competition.) He got a pretty late start, had his breakthrough first full season / Cy Young award-winning year at age 28. He started three games in the world series against the Cubs, he was great in the first two and the Cubs were lucky to beat him up a bit in game 7. Definitely a Hall of Fame talent, if not a Hall of Fame career.
― omar little, Friday, 9 February 2024 16:46 (seven months ago) link
If he'd won a third Cy, would have been very interesting re the HOF.
― clemenza, Friday, 9 February 2024 17:16 (seven months ago) link
During Corey Kluber's peak of 2013-2018:He threw his Kluberball (or whatever we're calling his breaker) 3,690 times, including playoffs..120/.134/.193 against44% swing-and-miss rate49 XBH, or one every 75 times he threw it+113 run valuejust a legendary pitch pic.twitter.com/p4knrk4z8c— Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) February 9, 2024
― mookieproof, Saturday, 10 February 2024 00:18 (seven months ago) link
One of the first pitchers I actually watched/registered the name of when getting into baseball as an adult. Was very confused as I got back into the sport why everyone didn't just throw the weird sinking ball that he did, looked so effective you know? What a stretch he had
― H.P, Saturday, 10 February 2024 02:37 (seven months ago) link
Rob Manfred (in 2029).
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 17 February 2024 06:10 (seven months ago) link
Manfred bristles whenever people suggest he doesn't like baseball and that he's hostile to fans but then he drops shit like "hey, Oakland fans aren't losing baseball; the Giants are still in the Bay Area" and it's clear that the criticisms of him are vastly understated.— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) February 16, 2024
tbf manfred's job is, and always has been, explicitly to make more money for the owners. (as are the jobs of roger goodell, adam silver and gary bettman.) none of them 'care about the game' beyond weighing short-term profits for the owners vs long-term profits for the owners
north american pro sports are awfully lucrative so it's hard to imagine such a scenario, but these commissioners/owners would absolutely pull a coyote vs. acme deal if it made them money tomorrow
― mookieproof, Saturday, 17 February 2024 07:09 (seven months ago) link
Hosmer out
Eric Hosmer has announced his retirement from baseball pic.twitter.com/xAt5nSkgnr— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) February 21, 2024
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Wednesday, 21 February 2024 15:55 (seven months ago) link
The rain has stopped
Josh Donaldson announced his retirement from Major League Baseball. pic.twitter.com/oRPtkz8si1— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) March 4, 2024
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:11 (seven months ago) link
I forget and can not be assed to look up if he had a dead cat bounce at the end of last year
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:16 (seven months ago) link
he was cooked all season
― omar little, Monday, 4 March 2024 20:20 (seven months ago) link
You ask I answerhttps://i.postimg.cc/MGgkBPHM/IMG-6381.jpg
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:23 (seven months ago) link
Don’t forget the Yankees putting him on the phantom 60-day IL in July only for him to be working out as normal in front of reporters and then he ended up playing in the playoffs for the Brewers?
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 4 March 2024 20:26 (seven months ago) link
Definition of the guy you love when he's on your team and playing well, then realize how really unlikeable he is the minute he goes somewhere else.
― clemenza, Monday, 4 March 2024 20:32 (seven months ago) link
Objectively, he's 18th for third basemen in WAR/162 games (5.5)--tied with Chipper Jones, ahead of Brett, Beltre, and Santo, and well ahead of Brooks Robinson. (Also, Edgar and Molitor, if you want to count them as third basemen.) Which means only so much--he missed a lot of time because he couldn't stay healthy, and because he wore out his welcome everywhere he went.
― clemenza, Monday, 4 March 2024 20:45 (seven months ago) link
also got a late start -- wasn't full-time unti he was 27
― mookieproof, Monday, 4 March 2024 20:58 (seven months ago) link
Glovework just posted a video of his time as a catcher, which is objectively the funniest thing they could do
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Monday, 4 March 2024 21:39 (seven months ago) link
Will never forgive JDon's calf which in my estimation was responsible for >50% of his total IL duration...
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 4 March 2024 22:40 (seven months ago) link
my first memories of him are as a catcher, when the A’s called him up to cover for Kurt Suzuki. He raked iirc
― brimstead, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 01:27 (six months ago) link
Hosmer retired with two years left on his contract? I think that means he gives up the salary owed to him in 2024-25?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 09:53 (six months ago) link
Yeah, $26m over the two years
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 10:30 (six months ago) link
mike zunino
― mookieproof, Thursday, 7 March 2024 20:08 (six months ago) link
i guess we all knew this, but
MLB officially lists pitcher Stephen Strasburg as retired
― mookieproof, Sunday, 7 April 2024 00:56 (five months ago) link
Get paid young man
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 7 April 2024 04:13 (five months ago) link
- won his team a title- apparently lacks full use of his right arm?
he earned it
― mookieproof, Sunday, 7 April 2024 04:26 (five months ago) link
Didn't realize Kiermaier announced the other day:
https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/when-you-know-you-know-blue-jays-kiermaier-says-this-season-will-be-last/
There were two or three seasons where it was fun arguing about him vs. Pillar for the Gold Glove--KK won them all.
― clemenza, Friday, 26 July 2024 19:34 (two months ago) link
Would not have guessed this: he's got a good chance to retire with 5.0+ WAR/162 games (5.2 right now).
― clemenza, Friday, 26 July 2024 20:32 (two months ago) link
James Paxton is retiring after this season
― Romy Gonzalez’s utility infusion (gyac), Sunday, 15 September 2024 10:30 (two weeks ago) link
charlie culberson. not much of a player, but he had some moments
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 September 2024 17:53 (two weeks ago) link
Wasn’t he trying to become a reliever?
― Romy Gonzalez’s utility infusion (gyac), Thursday, 19 September 2024 19:03 (two weeks ago) link
A career Rockie for Immaculate Grid--I need all the help I can get with that outfit.
https://www.mlb.com/news/charlie-blackmon-retiring-after-14-seasons-with-rockies
― clemenza, Tuesday, 24 September 2024 01:06 (one week ago) link
will leave 40yo charlie morton as our only active charlie
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 24 September 2024 01:11 (one week ago) link
post baseball career gonna hit like thunder pic.twitter.com/WGQvZq1mnS— Nude Austria (@vodkasnowflake) September 23, 2024
― gyac, Tuesday, 24 September 2024 01:12 (one week ago) link