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Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Frayed Knot Oct 07 2014 10:02 PM

A list of guys we WON'T be seeing next season Josh Beckett announces his right after the Dodgers were eliminated. Still only 34 y/o but with a hip surgery upcoming that he doesn’t want to rehab from. 14 seasons and 138 wins under his belt. A 2nd & 9th place CY placements, plus a WS MVP Paul Konerko - 18 seasons, all but two partial ones with the ChiSox. He got a nice sendoff in the season's final week 439 HRs; .279/.354/.486 Admittedly contemplating it but not announced as such: Torii Hunter Will turn 40 next summer, has several kids in college already. 331 career HRs.279/.334/.465 Plus I heard something about some Yanqui infielder retiring. If only that one had received some publicity I might be able to recall his name. And I'm sure this list will grow over the winter and then on into the spring as guys find themselves unwillingly retired by being able to find jobs.

sharpie Oct 08 2014 07:09 AM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Adam Dunn is dunn.

seawolf17 Oct 08 2014 07:46 AM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

And Bobby Abreu, as already noted elsewhere here.

MFS62 Oct 08 2014 07:58 AM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Frayed Knot wrote: Plus I heard something about some Yanqui infielder retiring. If only that one had received some publicity I might be able to recall his name. Roberts? Later

G-Fafif Oct 31 2014 02:53 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Kevin Youkillis says goodbye.

Frayed Knot Nov 05 2014 06:42 AM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Alfonso Soriano - 38 16 seasons, 412 HRs, 481 2Bs, .270/.319/.500 3rd RoY, 7 ASG, 2 Silver Sluggers, twice top-10 MVP (3rd in 2002 w/MFY; 6th in 2006 w/Nats)

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 05 2014 07:54 AM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Wouldn't have guessed but Soriano 50th all time in hrs.

Edgy MD Nov 05 2014 08:07 AM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

I can think of no better way to mark that retirement than you singing that love song to Ambler in your underwear.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 05 2014 12:09 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Edgy MD wrote: I can think of no better way to mark that retirement than you singing that love song to Ambler in your underwear. I don;t remember this (?) I do recall Ambler loved the guy.

Edgy MD Nov 05 2014 12:29 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Wows, it was a home run. Surprised you could forget. Ambler was arguing the triumphalism of the Yankees' second baseman over that of the Mets, and you came back with, "The day Alfonso Soriano has a full season of .300/.400./.500 while playing Gold Glove defense, I'll sing a love song to Ambler in my underwear in Times Square."

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 05 2014 12:42 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Oh yeah, that. I thought you referring to a particular song I wrote or something.

sharpie Nov 05 2014 01:45 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

We need a catcher retirement for the all retired team. 1B - Konerko 2B - Roberts SS - Jeter 3B - Youkilis LF - Soriano CF - Hunter (assuming he retires) RF - Abreu DH - Dunn P - Beckett

Edgy MD Nov 05 2014 02:36 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

I was thinking of the All Last Lap Team: Guys with long and prosperous careers who had no association with the Mets but joined them for their last season or less, inexplicably crossing the finish line in a uniform that would never otherwise look familiar on them. C: Sandy Alomar, Jr. 1B: Jeff Conine 2B: Willie Randolph 3B: Jay Bell?? SS: Larry Bowa LF: Bobby Abreu CF: Richie Ashburn RF: Gary Sheffield SP: Bob Friend?? SP: Jose Lima?? RP: Mike Marshall RP: Jose Valverde??

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 05 2014 02:43 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Mickey Lolich has to pitch for that club.

dinosaur jesus Nov 05 2014 03:22 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Mickey Lolich has to pitch for that club. Except Lolich took a year off and ended up pitching a couple more seasons for the Padres. Must have needed the money.

Frayed Knot Nov 05 2014 03:41 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Dunn, Konerko, and Soriano make it three 400+ HR guys retiring in the same off-season. Bet that's a first. Dunn & Konerko played their final game on the same day, Sept 28th (Dunn didn't get into the WC play-in game for Oakland despite it being the only post-season "appearance" of his career). Soriano's last game came on July 5th; the Yanx released him the next day.

Ashie62 Nov 05 2014 04:04 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

sharpie wrote: We need a catcher retirement for the all retired team. 1B - Konerko 2B - Roberts SS - Jeter 3B - Youkilis LF - Soriano CF - Hunter (assuming he retires) RF - Abreu DH - Dunn P - Beckett Your catcher is Matt Treanor. I didn't realize Octavio Dotel retired. He was a star in the grand slam single game. [url]http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/retirement/page/2

seawolf17 Nov 05 2014 05:43 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Ashie62 wrote: I didn't realize Octavio Dotel retired. He was a star in the grand slam single game. That's too bad. I wanted him to keep adding teams to his resume. Retires at "only" 13.

Edgy MD Nov 05 2014 06:07 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Frayed Knot wrote: Dunn, Konerko, and Soriano make it three 400+ HR guys retiring in the same off-season. Bet that's a first. I think I'll take that bet. But... I won't take it when Giambi jumps on board the bye-bye bandwagon and makes it four.

Ashie62 Nov 05 2014 06:35 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Jason Giambi has 440. All but for steroids a borderline MVP type.

Centerfield Nov 05 2014 07:28 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Orel Hershiser makes that team. No?

G-Fafif Nov 05 2014 07:53 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Centerfield wrote: Orel Hershiser makes that team. No? Orel went back to L.A. Before retiring.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 05 2014 08:06 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

dinosaur jesus wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Mickey Lolich has to pitch for that club. Except Lolich took a year off and ended up pitching a couple more seasons for the Padres. Must have needed the money. That fat fuck.

Frayed Knot Nov 07 2014 06:58 AM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

JJ Putz stays on with the DBacks - but will do so in the front office as a "special assistant" to the team Pres/CEO Derrick Hall. He was with the Snakes in 2014 but hadn't pitched since mid-June. Wound up pitching 11 seasons in the majors, eight of which were quite good. His three bad ones?: his first season, his last season, and his Mets season.

seawolf17 Nov 07 2014 07:20 AM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

JJ Putz stays on with the DBacks - but will do so in the front office as a "special assistant" to the team Pres/CEO Derrick Hall. He was with the Snakes in 2014 but hadn't pitched since mid-June. Wound up pitching 11 seasons in the majors, eight of which were quite good. His three bad ones?: his first season, his last season, and his Mets season. I loved that trade so much at the time.

Edgy MD Nov 07 2014 07:35 AM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Dunn, Konerko, and Soriano make it three 400+ HR guys retiring in the same off-season. Bet that's a first. I think I'll take that bet. But... I won't take it when Giambi jumps on board the bye-bye bandwagon and makes it four. Damn, nobody laying their money down. [list]Finishing Up in 2012 Jim Thome: 612 HR Chipper Jones: 468 HR His brother Andruw: 434 HR[/list:u]

Frayed Knot Nov 09 2014 08:12 AM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Ichiro Suzuki called to insist that he will NOT be appearing in this thread (oops) as he says he has every intention of playing in 2015. Of course that's not entirely up to him as, having turned 41 a few weeks ago, even the Yanx have apparently decided that he's too old for them and so he now needs to convince some other team to give him a job. Ichiro appeared in 143 games in 2014, starting 95 of them. He hit a decent .284 but 86 of his 102 hits were singles and nearly 1/3 of those (26) never left the infield

Edgy MD Nov 09 2014 12:32 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Itchy is a counter, and no doubt would love to somehow chalk up the final 156 hits to get to 3,000 stateside. But with who? Colorady? Arizona? Toronto? Would the Padres pay tribute to Tony Gwynn by signing the Tony Gwynn of Japan as their Outfielder Emeritus?

Frayed Knot Nov 09 2014 02:28 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Edgy MD wrote: Itchy is a counter, and no doubt would love to somehow chalk up the final 156 hits to get to 3,000 stateside. But with who? Colorady? Arizona? Toronto? Would the Padres pay tribute to Tony Gwynn by signing the Tony Gwynn of Japan as their Outfielder Emeritus? He'll almost certainly need two seasons to get those 156 more hits (that's 50% more than he got in 2014) and at this point he's a singles hitter who doesn't run or play defense as well as he used to. I'm not so sure he'll get a deal for next year much less for two.

Mets Guy in Michigan Nov 10 2014 07:22 AM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Maybe an AL team would want him for the box office draw that the march to 3,000 would be. I think AL because he can DH. Maybe a return to Seattle? What about a dreadful team, like the Astros, who I keep forgetting are in the AL now.

seawolf17 Nov 10 2014 07:23 AM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Maybe an AL team would want him for the box office draw that the march to 3,000 would be. I think AL because he can DH. Maybe a return to Seattle? What about a dreadful team, like the Astros, who I keep forgetting are in the AL now. Yes, this. I think he'll get a deal with an option or something along those lines.

Frayed Knot Nov 10 2014 07:30 AM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Except for Seattle, I can't see him as being much of an attendance draw. Plus, even if some fan base does embrace his chase to 3K as an act to follow despite his having no history with their franchise for 2,850 of them, I don't see him earning enough PT get to the 3K mark in just one season. I suspect he'll latch on somewhere, but I doubt it'll be as a full-time player.

sharpie Nov 24 2014 12:22 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Josh Willilngham hangs it up. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/11930 ... gue-career

G-Fafif Nov 24 2014 01:38 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Willingham shares a distinction with Joe Torre, Glenn Beckert, Chico Walker, Lance Parrish, Dmitri Young and Keith Lockhart -- made the last out of a Mets postseason-berth clincher.

Edgy MD Jan 19 2015 09:14 AM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Itchy is a counter, and no doubt would love to somehow chalk up the final 156 hits to get to 3,000 stateside. But with who? Colorady? Arizona? Toronto? Would the Padres pay tribute to Tony Gwynn by signing the Tony Gwynn of Japan as their Outfielder Emeritus? He'll almost certainly need two seasons to get those 156 more hits (that's 50% more than he got in 2014) and at this point he's a singles hitter who doesn't run or play defense as well as he used to. I'm not so sure he'll get a deal for next year much less for two. Buzz is a-buzzin' about Ichiro possibly getting a two-year offer from Miami.

Edgy MD Feb 16 2015 03:13 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Dunn, Konerko, and Soriano make it three 400+ HR guys retiring in the same off-season. Bet that's a first. I think I'll take that bet. But... I won't take it when Giambi jumps on board the bye-bye bandwagon and makes it four. Damn, nobody laying their money down. [list]Finishing Up in 2012 Jim Thome: 612 HR Chipper Jones: 468 HR His brother Andruw: 434 HR[/list:u] Bam, Jason Giambi turns in his cleats, about five years later than expected. 440 homers. Retires as the active walk leader, a mantle that now falls to A-Rod.

Frayed Knot Feb 16 2015 05:18 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Andruw, btw, is NOT officially retired (has been playing in Japan the last two years) and has been talking to MLB teams this winter about a stateside job. If he lands one he'll still be only 38 y/o on Opening Day.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 16 2015 06:29 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Hated it the minute it was made!

Edgy MD Feb 16 2015 07:00 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

I'll need clarification on that one.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 16 2015 09:29 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Well the evidence isn't too strong. Looks like I was trying to convince myself we stole away a few better bets than we gave away, indicating to me I felt like the deal worked if Jeremy Reed was better than Endy Chavez and Sean Greene better than Joe Smith. I was wrong on all of that.

Edgy MD Feb 16 2015 09:38 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

I just wasn't clear on what your post was in response to regarding the thread of the thread. Now I see you were picking up on the Putz trade discussed at the bottom of page one.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 16 2015 09:46 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

d'oh. Damn Putz trade. And while we're at it, eff Sean Green.

Frayed Knot Feb 17 2015 07:48 AM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

I'm not dead yet!! -- Barry Zito, last pitched in MLB in 2013, inks a minor league deal back where it all started for him with Oakland.

G-Fafif Feb 27 2015 11:33 AM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Don't know that it wasn't all but official given his MLB absence in 2014, but Juan Pierre has made retirement official. And while I was typing that, he just stole second and took third on Thole's throw.

Edgy MD Mar 26 2015 10:35 AM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

John Buck, going .320 / .452 / .600 // 1.052, apparently got the word from the team that he nonetheless wasn't going north, and announces his retirement. I guess one small and shameful part of me was hoping he'd catch on with Florida and give one more vicious pie-ing to Jordany Valdespin.

d'Kong76 Mar 26 2015 11:35 AM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

I don't remember the pie-face thing, but it doesn't look terribly playful.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 26 2015 11:42 AM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

That was like an assault. I'm surprised Jordany's nose didn't break. And, Buck. Worthless from about May 15th till the end of the year.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 26 2015 11:53 AM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

d'Kong76 wrote: I don't remember the pie-face thing, but it doesn't look terribly playful. Hell, give or take an Opening Day grand slam, Lagares catch or Byrd walkoff, that may be the ONLY thing I remember about that season. OE: Apologies, Matt Harvey and the All-Star Game.

Edgy MD Mar 26 2015 12:08 PM Re: Hello they must be going - Retirements in 2015

Remember it? Hell, I still feel it. I think Jordanny would have went after him but he was too stunned. His English was hard to decipher in that interview before the pie-ing. Afterward, it was little more than gibberish.