2025 retirements

[Cowtipper]

The following players have officially retired in calendar year 2025:

Nick Ahmed - 2014-2025; 2x GG

Eddy Alvarez - 2020-2022, 2024

Jake Alu - 2023

Daniel Bard - 2009-2013, 2020-2023

Tucker Barnhart - 2014-2025; 2x GG

Richard Bleier - 2016-2023

Trevor Cahill - 2009-2021; 1x ASG

Matt Carpenter - 2011-2024; 3x ASG, 1x SS, 179 HR

Curt Casali - 2014-2024

Jesse Chavez - 2008-2025; 657 G

Tyler Cyr - 2022-2023

David Dahl - 2016, 2018-2021, 2023-2024; 1x ASG

Jake Diekman - 2012-2024; 705 G

Fraser Ellard - 2024-2025

David Fletcher - 2018-2024

Freddy Galvis - 2012-2021

Stone Garrett - 2022-2024

Kyle Gibson - 2013-2025; 1x ASG, 1,520 Ks

Niko Goodrum - 2017-2024

Josh Harrison - 2011-2023; 2x ASG

Andrew Heaney - 2014-2025

Adeiny Hechavarría - 2012-2020

Kyle Hendricks - 2014-2025

Jae-gyun Hwang - 2017

Jay Jackson - 2015-2024

Travis Jankowski - 2015-2025

Joe Kelly - 2012-2024

Tony Kemp - 2016-2024

Clayton Kershaw - 2008-2025; 3x CYA, 1x MVP, 1x Triple Crown, 11x ASG, 1x ROY, 1x Gold Glove; 223 W, 2.53 ERA, 3052 K

Andrew Knapp - 2017-2024

Jake Lamb - 2014-2023, 1x ASG

Evan Longoria - 2008-2023; ROY, 3x ASG, 3x GG, 1x SS, 342 HR

Arturo Lopez - 2009

Lance Lynn - 2011-2024; 2x ASG, 143 W

Martin Maldonado - 2011-2025; 1x GG

Jose Martinez - 2016-2020

Kyle McGowin - 2018-2021

Whit Merrifield - 2016-2024; 3x ASG, 3x SB champ

Charlie Morton - 2008-2025; 2x ASG, 2196 K

Mike Moustakas - 2011-2023; 3x ASG, 215 HR

Austin Nola - 2019-2023, 2025

Chris Owings - 2013-2023

Brett Phillips - 2017-2023

Kevin Pillar - 2013 - 2025

Kevin Plawecki - 2015-2022

Wilson Ramos - 2010-2021; 2x ASG, 1 SS, 136 HR

JT Riddle - 2017-2022

Stephen Ridings - 2021

Anthony Rizzo - 2011-2024; 3x ASG, 4x GG, 1x SS, 303 HR

Niuman Romero - 2009-2010

Hector Sanchez - 2011-2017

Jean Segura - 2012-2023; 2x ASG, 1545 H

Max Stassi - 2013-2022

Ross Stripling - 2016-2024; 1x ASG

Dan Straily - 2012-2019

Erik Swanson - 2019-2025

Michael A. Taylor - 2014-2025; 1x GG

Bubba Thompson - 2022-2024

Cole Tucker - 2019-2024

Daniel Vogelbach - 2016-2024; 1x ASG

Kolten Wong - 2013-2023; 2x GG

Alex Wood - 2013-2024; 1x ASG

Edited January 4 by Cowtipper

[Frayed Knot]

Jason Heyward just released by San Diego [.176/.223/.271 in 95 PAs].

You wonder if that's it for him after 16 seasons even though still 'only' 35 y/o (36 in Aug)

[Cowtipper]

Tucker Barnhart has retired.

[Cowtipper]

Former Met Kevin Pillar and Freddy Galvis of the terrible Phillies has retired. Arturo Lopez, who pitched briefly in 2009, announced his retirement earlier this year after spending years in Mexico.

[Cowtipper]

Trevor Cahill, who pitched briefly in the Mets system in 2022, and Dan Straily have also retired.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Michael Douglas, 80. Says he doesn't want to be one of those actors who drops dead on a set.

Not baseball, I know, but he played Ant Man! That has to count for something.

[MFS62]

I keep waiting for Paul Goldschmidt to retire.

Later

[Cowtipper]

I hope Goldschmidt doesn't retire anytime soon. He's on the precipice of being a Hall of Famer and I want him to become a shoo-in (I think he's already done enough, but the voters might not).

[Edgy MD]

Michael Douglas, 80. Says he doesn't want to be one of those actors who drops dead on a set.

Not baseball, I know, but he played Ant Man! That has to count for something.

 

Apart from Redd Foxx — who made the mistake of regularly including fake fatal heart attacks as part of his act — how many actors actually drop dead on a set?

[Benjamin Grimm]

I looked it up, and examples were Vic Morrow and Brandon Lee, who died of accidents. Actors on set who died of natural causes include John Ritter and Tyrone Power.

[Edgy MD]

Good answer.

Yeah, apart from accidents in action sequences, I would generally think a professional set is a safer place to be for a veteran actor than at home watching The Price Is Right.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Do you want to reach out to Michael Douglas, or should I?

He's still 23 years younger than his father was when he died.

[Cowtipper]

Kyle Gibson and Daniel Bard have retired.

[Cowtipper]

Nick Ahmed, who somehow forged a 12-year career and won 2 Gold Gloves while remaining largely anonymous, has retired.

So has pitcher Jesse Chavez, who also quietly kept finding work year after year for nearly two decades.

Eddy Alvarez retired in late June.

[Frayed Knot]

No official announcements that I've heard about, but it just occurred to me that Anthony Rizzo isn't playing anywhere this season, major league or minor, after 14 ML seasons and 18 years after being drafted in the 6th round by the Red Sox. The Yanx bought out his option last winter at which point he became a FA. He turns 36 on Friday.

[Cowtipper]

Alex Wood, who had a killer 2017 (16-3, 2.72 ERA) and was a rising star in the early going, has retired.

[Frayed Knot]

No official announcements that I've heard about, but it just occurred to me that Anthony Rizzo isn't playing anywhere this season, major league or minor, after 14 ML seasons and 18 years after being drafted in the 6th round by the Red Sox. The Yanx bought out his option last winter at which point he became a FA. He turns 36 on Friday.

 

And today Anthony Rizzo officially retires.

He will become "an ambassador" for the Cubs.

They didn't say to which country.

(do the Cubs even have foreign embassies?)

[Cowtipper]

Another one who was overhyped and pegged a future Hall of Famer within his first couple years, just to become "very good." That happens a lot these days. Kris Bryant, who can't have much left in the tank, is an even bigger example.

Rizzo won 4 GGs; I didn't realize he was that good defensively.

Also, Kyle McGowin, former Nats pitcher, retired in July.

[Frayed Knot]

I don't remember Rizzo ever being touted as a future Hall of Famer. He was a top-100 prospect prior to his call-up but nothing resembling a can't miss.

Plus anyone who touts anybody as a HoF early in a career should be ignored, or at least made to calm down for a few years. And by 'few' I mean at least eight.

Rizzo: 14 years, 4 Gold Gloves, 3 ASG, 4 years w/MVP votes (including a 4th place), 300+ HRs, 900+ Runs/RBIs, 828/123 career OPS/OPS+, one World Series, cancer survivor.

That's a very nice career with the only possible negative being that it petered out a bit early: done at age 34, last full/good year at 32.

And if some feel disappointed that he didn't live up to the hype then that's on them, not him.

[Cowtipper]

I remember. Maybe its because he got caught up in the Kris Bryant whirlwind, but the hype was intense for a while.

[Edgy MD]

He certainly has had a better career than Bryant. There's probably a better-than-even chance that Bryant has played his last, too.

Rizzo sat in the bleachers in his Cubs jersey after his announcement, publicly announcing his intention to enjoy an some adult beverages and contribute to a cup snake.

Those beverages quickly cost him, though, as he had a Cubs homer hit right to him in the second and he misplayed the ball.

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[Frayed Knot]

Charlie Morton, 42 y/o in November and traded to Detroit at the trade deadline then released after 9 appearances, signed a contract with the Braves for the purpose of retiring with the team that drafted him in the 3rd round* of the 2002 draft out of a HS in Redding, CT. Morton pitched for seven teams over his 18 year career. He was 3rd in the CY race in 2019 for Tampa.

* Brian McCann = 2nd round, Jeff Francouer = 1st round of the same draft. The Mets, that year, drafted Scott Kazmir in Round 1 but lost their 2nd & 3rd round picks by signing FAs Crlos Gomez and David Westhers.

[Gwreck]

Freudian slip there? Roger Cedeno (not Gomez) was the outfielder signed as a free agent ahead of the 2002 season.

[stevejrogers]

Surprised the no doubt member of the HOF Class of 2031, so far, Clayton Kershaw hasn’t been mentioned yet.

Will ride out the Dodger postseason run, then will bid adieu to his playing days.

[Cowtipper]

Michael A. Taylor has called it quits.

[Cowtipper]

Garrett Cooper has retired.

[Cowtipper]

Niuman Romero, who hadn't played in the majors since 2010, has announced his retirement. He'd been bouncing around winter ball this past decade.

Hector Sanchez has also retired.

Adeiny Hechavarria retired.

[Cowtipper]

Curt Casali retired. Stone Garrett retired. JT Riddle retired. Charlie Morton is officially retired.

[Cowtipper]

Brett Phillips retired.

[Cowtipper]

Chris Owings and Martin Maldonado retired.