2015 rolling retirees

if that's an accurate report of the situation

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CdsdBvRUUAAN49w.jpg

Andy is probably trying to overcompensate for not being allowed to hang around the clubhouse with his dad. I'm sure club house with the Yanks in the early 80s would have been a great daily education for children.

adam laroche posted -1.4 fWAR at age 35 last year. if he wants to give up $13m because his kid doesn't have adequate clubhouse access, i'm sure the white sox are more than happy to oblige

maybe that was the white sox's plan

https://twitter.com/PabloOzuna38/status/710196112502689792

This sure has turned into a colossal, stupid mess.

@Ken_Rosenthal
Sale told Williams, unequivocally, to get out of the clubhouse and stay out, per a source. Williams acknowledges meeting was passionate. 2/2

now rumored that kid access was part of laroche's contract?

that would make sense given that they didn't tell him he couldn't bring him, but instead asked him if maybe they could "dial it back"

accommodating the player or players who complained, taking the fall, and lucking into the gift of $13MM of dead weight walking away, I'd say Williams should be an early candidate for GM of the Year.

@craigcalcaterra
.@OzzieGuillen -- they need you in Chicago to restore order, my friend.

@RBRNet12
No they don't. Bitter Racists, Supremacists & Black Sellouts married to Non-Blacks couldn't' break Obama. @craigcalcaterra @OzzieGuillen ~RB

@RBRNet12
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#Twitter

http://www.si.com/mlb/2016/03/17/adam-laroche-chicago-white-sox-son-controversy

never really liked laroche but if spanky's on his side then ok

@BillShaikin
Drake LaRoche's uniform hanging by Chris Sale's locker.

so Sox done for this year

Yes, how will they recover from the loss of Adam LaRoche

what a weird puberty this kid is having so far

rafael soriano

Figgins

jamey wright

philip humber

i mixed up jamey wright and jamey carroll and i was like oh noooo another expooooo (and one of the spookiest faces in all of baseball history)

david murphy

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/05/clint-barmes-retires.html

jonny gomes

guess no one will win the world series this year

José Contreras se retira del beisbol

occasional mets great josh satin has retired

80-grade eyebrows can only take a player so far

weepy tex

@Ken_Rosenthal
Sources: Prince Fielder’s career appears over. #Rangers expected to hold press conference tomorrow.

he and his dad are both at 319 career homers

wau

319 Cecil Fielder
319 Prince Fielder

xposts

@Ken_Rosenthal
To be clear: Prince Fielder is not retiring. He is medically disabled and doctors will not clear him to play, sources say.

When a player retires, he effectively renounces the rest of his contract. Fielder is not doing that. Again, the money is guaranteed.

is it me or does it seem like a whole generation of dudes is leaving this year

Wonder if Fielder's bellyflop slides contributed to his condition. Each one looked painful.

That is pretty a pretty weird happenstance that the Fielder's both ended up at 319 homers.

god it's like no one pays attention to the ancient baseball prophecies anymore

http://www.hardballtimes.com/goodbye-to-all-them-players-who-quietly-retired-in-2016

oh man I thought Chone Figgins retired 4 years ago

That's what happens when you go to play for the Mariners.

@jcrasnick
Jonny Gomes is planning to play in 2017. "I've got some more pull homers in the tank," he says. He turned 36 in November.

never mind!

Jonathan Paul Arencibia

The Arencibiarans were the best one-single Factory band.

the stars that shine the brightest...

MLB seasons of 20+ HR, OBP under .250

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2ea09qWIAEGRLR.jpg

MLB careers with 80+ HR, OBP under .275

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2ebc_tXAAANf33.jpg

outfielder alex hassan, a 20th-round pick by the red sox in 2009

.284/.383/.411 in 725 minor league games over eight seasons

played three games for boston in 2014, going 1-for-8 with a walk, a run and five strikeouts. this was his lone major league hit: http://atmlb.com/2iUjDH3

23yo phillies prospect matt imhof, who lost his right eye in a freak training-room accident last june

cj wilson

future "oh yeah that guy"

i'll miss watching him play, he always seemed like a good guy.

andre is fading into the ethier

Not that they all don't make a lot o fmoney, but Ethier made a ton of dough for an ok player.