MLB MVP Josh Donaldson Has Announced His Retirement After 13 Seasons
It’s always tough to say goodbye. Guys sacrifice, give up their youth, practice and leave it all out there season after season. However, there always comes a day when they decide, “that’s it.” In baseball today, we have yet another great athlete with departure news. Former MLB MVP Josh Donaldson has announced his retirement after 13 seasons in the show.
Donaldson announced his retirement during an appearance on “The Mayors Office” podcast hosted by Sean Casey. While on air he discussed his feelings about the matter. What he will of course miss; but also what he looks forward to doing with his time in the future. Josh states,
“‘It’s sad because I’ll be not able to go out there and play the game that I love anymore, but it’s also a very happy time that I get to be around the family and kind of take that next chapter in life,’ said Donaldson, who also revealed hat he got married during the offseason.
‘As things kind of kept transpiring, I just really felt it had to be a perfect situation for me to go back and play. There were a couple of opportunities out there, but at the end of the day, things weren’t really clicking and meshing for myself to be ready and go into a season mentally and physically ready to play.’”
As one can see, this was no light decision. Also, Donaldson clearly had more to offer the game; being that various organizations were still displaying interest. Nevertheless, at the end of the day, nothing seemed to line up and Josh answers the retirement call.
MLB MVP Josh Donaldson Has Announced His Retirement After 13 Seasons
Furthermore, Donaldson is leaving quite the mark on Major League Baseball. Josh was one of the top 3rd basemen in baseball between 2013-2017 when he played for the A’s and Blue Jays. Winning the AL MVP award in 2015 by hitting .297 with 41 homers and an AL-leading 123 RBIs and leading the Blue Jays to the ALCS where they were defeated by the eventual champion Kansas City Royals.
Donaldson finishes with a .261 batting average, .358 on-base percentage, 279 homers and 816 RBIs in 1,383 regular-season games with Oakland (2010, 2012-14), Toronto (2015-18), Cleveland (2018), Atlanta (2019), Minnesota (2020-21), New York (2022-23) and Milwaukee (2023)
What a guy, but more so, what a player. Congratulations on an outstanding career Josh Donaldson and on your marriage!
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