Winter 2013/14 Retirements

[nymr83]

G-Fafif wrote: Actually, all Jeter did was announce he'd be out in the winter of 2014/15. So the hell with him.

Did you actually think he would just retire without a victory lap? No way

[ashie62]

Jake Westbrook retires at 36...

[Frayed Knot]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: NOT Mark Mulder. At least, not yet. "I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am," Mulder said by phone Tuesday. "To be honest with you, I never anticipated this five or six weeks ago. It was just a flat-out fluke that came from me trying to imitate Paco Rodriguez in my living room." No, seriously.

Torn achilles tendon. Career re-boot over before it starts.

[G-Fafif]

Ryan Dempster not pitching this year, Ken Rosenthal reports, due to "physical reasons" and a desire to spend time with a politician's family (or his own). Will be 37 in May.

But not exactly retired.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

That's weird. Ryan Dempster's weird.

[G-Fafif]

The "no" in Carl Pavano is for the news that Carl Pavano will no longer be playing professional baseball.

[Frayed Knot]

Many MFY fans believe that Pavano retired about the second year of his contract with them.

[G-Fafif]

Cross-referencing the retirement of Guillermo Mota here. He won't be missed.

[G-Fafif]

Say goodbye to Rick Ankiel, say goodbye my baby.

[G-Fafif]

Livan Hernandez, who looked done on the back end of his 2009 Met stay but kept at it for a few more years, officially packs it in.

[G-Fafif]

Bill Bray Tweets his goodbye.

[Edgy MD]

Not familiar with this Bray fellow.

Looks like a lefty, though. Perhaps that means a job just opened up somewhere for Tim Byrdak.

[G-Fafif]

Former pesky Nat & Redleg.

[Frayed Knot]

He was originally a 1st round/13th overall draft pick (OMAR!!) by the Expos in 2004 (one fewer of those around now) although I remember him mostly as being big bait in part of a multi-player* trade.

** July 13, 2006: Traded by the Washington Nationals with Royce Clayton, Brendan Harris, Gary Majewski and Daryl Thompson to the Cincinnati Reds for Austin Kearns, Felipe Lopez and Ryan Wagner.

[Guest cooby]

G-Fafif wrote: Rod Barajas hangs 'em up, prepares lateral move into continuing careers thread as mgr in Padre system.

Dang, I always loved his name. I hear the woodpeckers out back saying his name all the time.

[G-Fafif]

Dan Wheeler always swore he'd step aside if another Wheeler rolled in to the big leagues.