daniel bard has had enough
Bard would appear in just 13 innings over that four-year span, allowing 35 earned runs while walking 46 and hitting 16 batters. Yet he continued to motor on, trying anything and everything to get back to the big leagues.
https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/1/4/16797700/daniel-bard-retirement
― mookieproof, Thursday, 4 January 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link
I remember seeing him at NYY in a late sept/early october game when we first came up and the air went out of the stadium when his name was announced.
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 January 2018 00:25 (five years ago) link
rolling unretirees
Good to be back in the cage again. The comeback is real. pic.twitter.com/uA8FMjyTjv— Rafael Palmeiro (@Rafael_Palmeiro) January 5, 2018
― mookieproof, Friday, 5 January 2018 22:45 (five years ago) link
former pirate great justin morneau
https://www.twincities.com/2018/01/08/report-justin-morneau-set-to-retire-rejoin-twins-as-special-assistant
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 15:21 (five years ago) link
minnesota native and 12-year twin glen perkins
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 16:27 (five years ago) link
mark appel, the top pick in the 2013 draft
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2757009-why-mark-appel-perhaps-the-biggest-bust-in-mlb-history-is-retiring-at-26
― mookieproof, Thursday, 1 February 2018 15:04 (five years ago) link
backup catcher eric fryer
― mookieproof, Monday, 12 February 2018 15:19 (four years ago) link
xp long way down from the #1 pick
He's excited to play Settlers of Catan or one of his 30 other board games with John, with whom he shares a one-floor home
― johnny crunch, Monday, 12 February 2018 16:00 (four years ago) link
Ex-A’s ace Jarrod Parker tells the @sfchronicle he is officially retiring; a look at his life after promising career derailed by injuries: https://t.co/SFb6gVc6K7 via @sfchronicle— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) February 13, 2018
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 13 February 2018 22:32 (four years ago) link
2009 AL ROY Andrew Bailey
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 February 2018 15:23 (four years ago) link
former mets great mike pelfrey
12 seasons, 68-103, 4.68 ERA, 1.510 WHIP, 4.8 bWAR, $41m in salary
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 20:53 (four years ago) link
nice work if you can get it
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 20:54 (four years ago) link
about all you can say is that he didn't give up many homers
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 20:55 (four years ago) link
stephen drew
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 3 April 2018 15:15 (four years ago) link
wes wilson, a backup catcher who hit .207/.260/.259 in 226 games over seven seasons in the yankee system
― mookieproof, Thursday, 5 April 2018 16:53 (four years ago) link
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 (four years ago) link
batting average, feh
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 8 April 2018 21:51 (four 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 (four 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 (four 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 (four 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 (four 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 (four 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 (four 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 (four 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 (four 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 (four 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 (four years ago) link
ryan howard
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 14:56 (four years ago) link
Had no idea he wasn't already retired.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 09:32 (four years ago) link
maybe he was hoping to pull a matt holliday but no one called
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 14:11 (four years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dm_RhIrU4AAMM3k.jpg:small
― mookieproof, Thursday, 13 September 2018 16:49 (four years ago) link
They said it could never be done
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 13 September 2018 17:22 (four 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 (four years ago) link
david wright, after one final home series
― mookieproof, Thursday, 13 September 2018 18:02 (four 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 (four years ago) link
actually, not technically retiring but being medically sidelined a la prince fielder
― mookieproof, Thursday, 13 September 2018 18:24 (four 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 (four years ago) link
reliever brad ziegler
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 16:36 (four 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 (four 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 (four 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 (four years ago) link
Utley.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 10 November 2018 04:56 (four 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 (four years ago) link
they still might be
― mookieproof, Saturday, 10 November 2018 06:23 (four 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 (four years ago) link
our beloved adrian beltre
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 November 2018 15:03 (four years ago) link
:( :( :(
― na (NA), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 15:38 (four years ago) link
nooooooo
― omar little, Tuesday, 20 November 2018 15:44 (four 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 (four years ago) link
huh.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 16:40 (four years ago) link
as an aside, i think players that were suspended for recreational drug use should get bonus points for the hall of fame. that's like playing on Nightmare difficulty in doom
― snarl self own (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 18:20 (eleven months ago) link
LHP and union man andrew miller
― mookieproof, Thursday, 24 March 2022 21:47 (ten months ago) link
Fun player for a guy who’s super square
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 24 March 2022 23:49 (ten months ago) link
when he was good, his arm release was 16 feet to the side of the mound, a slider would miss a leftie's hip by a quarter inch and then catch the very opposite edge of the strike zone as they weren't sure whether to get out of the way, swing, or take
― Karl Malone, Friday, 25 March 2022 00:07 (ten months ago) link
todd frazier
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 5 April 2022 14:37 (ten months ago) link
jake arrieta
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 19 April 2022 03:52 (nine months ago) link
most famous guy born in my hometown (even as an infant, he had the instincts to move far away a few months later)
his 2014-15 run was amazing, and of course being part of the 2016 cubs team
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 19 April 2022 15:38 (nine months ago) link
his career arch was a weird one...BAL (4 yrs): hot garbageCHC (6 yrs): absolute godPHI (3 yrs): averageSD (1 yr): disaster
i guess it follows a typical trend – but that bad-to-good-to-bad line was so incredibly extreme
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 19 April 2022 16:29 (nine months ago) link
he was tapering off his last couple of seasons in chicago. but yeah he was amazing in the mid-2010s.
i was trying to find when he tweeted the picture of himself naked wearing an apron (?) but all my searches are dominated by when he was naked in the ESPN body issue.
― na (NA), Tuesday, 19 April 2022 16:33 (nine months ago) link
Yeah when i think of jake arietta i think of sam miller sheepishly describing him as “built”
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 19 April 2022 16:42 (nine months ago) link
when i think of jake arrieta -- perhaps even more so than when i think of anthony recker -- i think of dr morbius
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 19 April 2022 21:18 (nine months ago) link
David Wright was the ultimate Morbs player
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 19 April 2022 22:27 (nine months ago) link
joe panik
― mookieproof, Friday, 20 May 2022 14:19 (eight months ago) link
Hang the DJ.
― clemenza, Friday, 20 May 2022 16:53 (eight months ago) link
That double pay in Game 7 of the 2014 World Series will live for infinity for us Giant fans. Good luck in life Joe.
― Bee OK, Friday, 20 May 2022 22:32 (eight months ago) link
Panik on the street's of London...
I was a pretty big Smiths fan and even saw them three times but always hated that song. Yes, they were bonkers live, an experience of a lifetime.
― Bee OK, Friday, 20 May 2022 23:24 (eight months ago) link
this remains one of the better fielding plays i've ever seen
ICYMI, this is what Joe Panik did last night in Sacramento. #SFGiants pic.twitter.com/ZtIonPMvUP— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) September 4, 2015
― mookieproof, Friday, 20 May 2022 23:27 (eight months ago) link
That was an outstanding play, I have never seen that before. He's was a great second baseman but his bat only lasted like rwo seasons. The Giants had to move on.
― Bee OK, Friday, 20 May 2022 23:48 (eight months ago) link
The only Smiths song I love!
― clemenza, Saturday, 21 May 2022 00:54 (eight months ago) link
(I believe he played in Toronto for six or seven minutes.)
Ya they got a decent return for him too iirc - Dickerson and Cimber
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 21 May 2022 00:59 (eight months ago) link
i've been watching a dickerson this year. he got yepez'd
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Saturday, 21 May 2022 01:01 (eight months ago) link
Tastes, huh. To me it was the first song where it was the Smiths by the numbers. No originality to it and he is being a huge dick (with those lyrics). This was the same band that did brilliant songs like "Still Ill" and "The Queen is Dead?" No wonder they broke up, garbage.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 21 May 2022 01:25 (eight months ago) link
retire, morrissey
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Saturday, 21 May 2022 01:28 (eight months ago) link
he played about 20 miles away from me last weekend in Pasadena for two nights via Cruel World. Yes, he needs to go away.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 21 May 2022 01:32 (eight months ago) link
he got yepez'd
I do not know what this means.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 21 May 2022 02:11 (eight months ago) link
yeah, as soon as i posted that i felt dumb, because why would you! there's just some rookie on the cardinals, juan yepez, whose performance so far means that dickerson loses his DH platoon spot with Pujols (who has been alright so far this season but is going to play often no matter what, because march to 700)
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Saturday, 21 May 2022 02:14 (eight months ago) link
russell martin, officially
really good player; put up 5.7 bWAR in just 111 games with the pirates in 2014 and has to be among the best free agent signings they ever made (which is admittedly a low bar to clear)
fourth all-time in bWAR by a canadian
― mookieproof, Sunday, 29 May 2022 02:52 (eight months ago) link
I’m like 99% sure I know who the top three are.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 29 May 2022 06:36 (eight months ago) link
j.a. (pronounced ‘jay’) happ
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 31 May 2022 15:53 (eight months ago) link
Martin caught 30 out of Happ's 33 starts the year he went 20-4.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 31 May 2022 22:45 (eight months ago) link
have to assume that rick porcello is done; he hasn’t pitched since being garbage for the mets in 2020. still only 33!
has to be among the least impressive guys to win 150 games and a cy young
― mookieproof, Thursday, 25 August 2022 14:41 (five months ago) link
edwin jackson, officially
14 teams in 17 seasons , 4.78 ERA, 88 ERA+, 8.9 bWAR, $79 million in salary!
― mookieproof, Saturday, 10 September 2022 14:04 (four months ago) link
A’s C Stephen Vogt will retire after 10 big league seasons, leaving a lasting mark from Tampa Bay to the Bay Area, beyond. Grateful to cover him for a decade and to share his story. On Tuesday it was Vogt w/emotional message to team after beating Mariners.https://t.co/aFoyr5VgQG— Janie McCauley (@JanieMcCAP) September 22, 2022
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 22 September 2022 15:11 (four months ago) link
This is really for an un-retiree thread, but none exists:
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35220178/lhp-cole-hamels-feels-healthy-surgeries-eyes-comeback
He pitched pretty well in 2019, but this sounds a little sketchy.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 02:29 (one month ago) link
rick porcello has, in fact, announced his retirement
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 13 December 2022 03:15 (one month ago) link
Dude won a Cy young - never made an all star game.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 13 December 2022 04:23 (one month ago) link
Melky Cabrera!
https://www.mlb.com/news/melky-cabrera-retires-from-mlb#:~:text=Melky%20Cabrera%2C%20an%20outfielder%20in,'09%2C%20when%20he%20hit%20.
― clemenza, Thursday, 19 January 2023 02:34 (two weeks ago) link
He was damn good his one full season in Toronto.
― clemenza, Thursday, 19 January 2023 02:35 (two weeks ago) link
His second full season, I should say--and great for the 2012 Giants WS team.
― clemenza, Thursday, 19 January 2023 02:37 (two weeks ago) link
David Phelps!!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 19 January 2023 02:45 (two weeks ago) link
One of Cabrera's associates purchased a website for $10,000 and falsified its contents in a way that would have allowed Cabrera to challenge his suspension by claiming that the positive test was caused by a substance sold through that website, but MLB officials and federal investigators used forensics to trace the website back to Cabrera.
― can you still hit dinngers (gyac), Thursday, 19 January 2023 07:05 (two weeks ago) link
Forgot all about the PEDs...Now I remember all the raised eyebrows at Melky Cabrera suddenly hitting .350.
― clemenza, Thursday, 19 January 2023 15:41 (two weeks ago) link
I will never forget. The jays got a great deal on him for two seasons and he wasn’t bad!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 19 January 2023 23:40 (two weeks ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/5ydj20Hz/6-B70-A601-90-E5-4603-825-A-19-B8-C086-B01-C.jpg
― here you go, muttonchops Yaz (gyac), Tuesday, 31 January 2023 18:23 (one week ago) link
aw i liked him on the cubs, he was a good leadoff guy. i remember after 2015 everyone thought he was going to the orioles but then he came back to the cubs on a surprise one-year contract, which ended up being a good move for him and the team
― na (NA), Tuesday, 31 January 2023 18:38 (one week ago) link
i didn't realize how much of a surprise that was, when he returned to the cubs for 2016! here's footage:
A little more footage from #Cubs SURPRISE this morning at camp. pic.twitter.com/7X1skZmOSD— Kelly Crull (@Kelly_Crull) February 25, 2016
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 18:50 (one week ago) link
his surprise signing/spring training appearance was very crucial, like he had to come back for A Reason. v symbolic of that whole 2016 for me. after 2015 being a shockingly good year, it felt like a stepping-it-up moment.
― omar little, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 18:51 (one week ago) link
darren o'day announced his retirement. pretty solid career, great run w/ the o's on their early-mid teens playoff teams (6th in career appearances). loved that sidearm motion.
― j.q higgins, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 01:07 (one week ago) link
last active player drafted by the expos . . . tom brady
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 14:55 (one week ago) link