“Was a heck of a run” – Veteran MLB pitcher Andrew Miller announces retirement
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Veteran reliever Andrew Miller has announced his retirement from the Major League Baseball (MLB) after 16 seasons. The southpaw, who spent the last three seasons with the St Louis Cardinals, was a free agent his offseason.
He sent a text to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, who reported this news.
“The list of people who took me aside, put their arm around me, made me laugh when I needed to, or taught me something is endless,” Miller wrote in a text message. “It’s safe to say I would have been faced with the next chapter much earlier on if it weren’t for them. As someone who thought their career was practically over in 2010, to be able to experience everything I did along the way is incredible. You shouldn’t ever hear complaints from me. It was a heck of a run.”
“Miller changed the game” – Adam Wainwright
Miller had made exceptionally valuable postseason runs with the Orioles, Yankees, Guardians, and Cardinals. In all, he ended up working 38 2/3 playoff innings across 29 appearances and struck out 54 batters against just 11 unintentional walks with a 0.93 ERA.
Reacting to this decision by the 34-year-old Miller, the Cardinals’ veteran starter Adam Wainwright leapt massive praises for the former’s glorious career.
“He changed the game and he kind of took that relief role back to when it first started, guys who could do two, three innings – and he was the guy who did it in the postseason,” said Adam Wainwright. “I have an appreciation for what he did for the entire game of baseball. As many hours as that guy put in for the union over these past few years is kind of staggering. He may retire and that means this whole offseason he still spent 16 hours on the phone a day, for us, for who’s next – that means a lot.”
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