Veteran MLB Pitcher Announces His Retirement Today after what transpired within the Team.
Atlanta Braves right-hander Collin McHugh announced that his time as an MLB pitcher has come to an end.
He will be retiring as a player, and is ready for what comes next.
“Collin McHugh announces his retirement from baseball. #Braves,” Atlanta sports anchor/host Maria Martin tweeted.
She shared McHugh’s Instagram post, a heartfelt collection of thoughts about baseball and what it meant to be a major leaguer.
He said he was drafted “likely as a favor” to his college coach and that he “wasn’t supposed to make it out of A-ball.”
He looked back at the journey, thanked the six MLB franchises that employed him, and announced that after 16 years, “it’s time to hang ’em up.”
Oh, and he also stated that he will likely remain around the game in some capacity, which is fantastic: baseball could really use a story of unlikely success like his.
McHugh did manage to complete a fantastic career.
With a 3.72 ERA in 992.2 innings, he was certainly more than a roster filler: during his prime, he was a jack-of-all-trades pitching weapon who could thrive in any role, from starter to middle reliever to multi-inning arm.
He peaked as a starter between 2014 and 2017 with the Houston Astros, then became a dominant reliever in Houston (2018-19), Tampa Bay, and Atlanta, where he finished his career.
After posting a 2.60 ERA with the Braves in 2022, it became clear that he just didn’t have it last year (4.30 ERA, 70 hits allowed in 58.2 innings).
The baseball universe is excited to learn what’s next for the solid right-hander.
Spencer Strider barely pitched when the Atlanta Braves won the World Series in 2021.
He logged 2.1 regular-season innings that year and didn’t pitch in the playoffs.
It was in 2022 where he shocked the world and posted a 2.67 ERA and 202 strikeouts in 131.2 frames.
Strider knows about individual and collective regular-season success.
He has thoroughly enjoyed both in his short career: the Braves won the NL East in 2022 and 2023 (and 2021, for that matter) and he has, to this point, a solid 3.37 ERA in 320.2 MLB frames.
But after consecutive Division Series eliminations at the hands of the Philadelphia Phillies, fans want more.
Strider knows this, so he said a shocking, yet honest statement.
“Spencer Strider believes anything less than a World Series for the Braves is an underachievement,” Chris Rose Sports tweeted, with a video showing Strider saying exactly that.
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