Jerry Blevins Retires

[G-Fafif]

The lefty announced his hung-em-up on Twitter tonight.

[Frayed Knot]

So he went from retiring a bunch of lefties to being a lefty retiring

[MFS62]

He did well when called upon, and that was all we could have asked.

Wishing him well.

Later

[Edgy MD]

Booooo.

[duan]

Yeah sad to see that he didn't get to give it one last whirl. 3 batter rule probably skewered him, though I am disappointed that he didn't get to have a go this season.

[Edgy MD]

I got the idea that he would have. Tarpley got picked for a quick-turnaround callup because he has options. If a longer-term opportunity had popped up, I was thinking Blevinstone would have gotten the call.

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Edited April 28, 2021 by Guest

[G-Fafif]

Jerry with a nice message from Citi Field.

[Frayed Knot]

Pretty nice specialist's career: 13 seasons, 609 appearances (1 start for NYM in 2018), 495.1 IP, 2,098 batters faced

3.54 ERA, 114 ERA+, 1.236 WHIP, 7.6 H/9, 9.2 K, 3.5 BB, 0.9 HR, 30 W - 13 L

7 Post-Season innings pitched (OAK + WAS) 0 Runs / 1 Hit



219 of those games and 139 of those innings came w/the Mets and his NYM numbers were right in line with his career stats.

[Chad ochoseis]

Pitched about twice as many innings for the A's as he did for the Mets. Glad he made the right choice and threw his allegiance to our side as a fan.

[Edgy MD]

Thanks for the pitching, Jerry, but I wouldn't describe our relationship as one of ... "adulation," you know?



I like you, but let's not get crazy.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Shoving his acuistion up Washington's ass was one of my favorite pleasures of 2015. But that was a long time ago.

[Edgy MD]

And it was delayed by a year because, after five perfect innings, he failed to negotiate a curb and busted his wing.

[G-Fafif]

Jerry describing his lone big league hit is a highlight of this conversation.

[Edgy MD]

That's not the voice I would have ever put to Rob Neyer.