Kiermaier reportedly to retire after 2024 seasonKiermaier reportedly to retire after 2024 season

Kiermaier reportedly to retire after 2024 season 12:26 AM UTC Keegan Matheson @KeeganMatheson Share share-square-410134 TORONTO — This is Kevin Kiermaier’s last ride. The 34-year-old Kiermaier told Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times on Wednesday that he will retire following the 2024 season, capping a 12-year MLB career. It’s been a remarkable run for
Kiermaier reportedly to retire after 2024 seasonKiermaier reportedly to retire after 2024 season

Kiermaier reportedly to retire after 2024 season

12:26 AM UTC

TORONTO — This is Kevin Kiermaier’s last ride.

The 34-year-old Kiermaier told Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times on Wednesday that he will retire following the 2024 season, capping a 12-year MLB career.

It’s been a remarkable run for one of the best defenders of this generation, who was originally selected by the Rays in the 31st round of the 2010 Draft out of Parkland College in Illinois.

Kiermaier was a fan favorite in St. Petersburg for a decade, a staple on those Rays teams through some thin seasons before the club evolved into a perennial postseason contender beginning in 2018. He was part of four postseason runs with the Rays, including their World Series run in ’20, when they fell to the Dodgers. Kiermaier appeared in 914 career regular-season games for the Rays, so it’s only fitting that this news came with his former club in town.

His second act has come in Toronto, where he’s been a central piece in the Blue Jays’ efforts to become one of baseball’s best defensive teams. With Kiermaier playing alongside Daulton Varsho, one of the few ballplayers on the planet who can hold a candle to him defensively, the Blue Jays have had one of the best outfields in baseball.

Kiermaier has won four Gold Glove Awards and a Platinum Glove through his career.

First signed to a one-year, $9 million deal for 2023, Kiermaier came back for a second season with the Blue Jays in ’24. Coming off one of the best offensive seasons of his career at 33, Kiermaier’s numbers have dipped noticeably this season, with a .195 average and .552 OPS, but there are still a few blank pages left in Kiermaier’s career.

With the Blue Jays at 45-55 entering Wednesday, clearly positioned as sellers ahead of the July 30 Trade Deadline, Kiermaier is an obvious candidate to be dealt. The Blue Jays placed Kiermaier on waivers earlier this month and he remained with the club after going unclaimed, but there’s still the potential that a contender adds Kiermaier as a reserve outfielder and defensive specialist who can contribute on the bases down the stretch.

Total
0
Shares
Leave a Reply
Related Posts

Ex-NBA player Royce White wins GOP primary, will face Amy Klobuchar for Minnesota Senate seat

Originally Published by: 'Rubber-stamped': Key Dem hit over Biden-Harris support on border, inflation Chris Murphy's Republican challenger revealed after contentious Connecticut Senate GOP primary Amy Klobuchar wins Minnesota primary to fight for fourth Senate term A former professional basketball player has won the Republican primary to take on three-term Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., in the fall. Royce
Great Britain’s Burgess wins canoe slalom silver
Read More

Great Britain’s Burgess wins canoe slalom silver

Great Britain's Burgess wins canoe slalom silver Media caption, GB's Adam Burgess wins silver in men's canoe slalom Katie Stafford BBC Sport journalist Published 29 July 2024, 17:06 BST Comments Updated 19 minutes ago Great Britain's Adam Burgess claimed Olympic silver in the men's canoe singles final at the Vaires-Sur-Marne Nautical Stadium. The 32-year-old qualified
Olympics fans across Britain warned they face a paywall to watch much of the coverage due to limited BBC coverage as Paris 2024 Games gets under way – but rival broadcaster who snapped up rights defends charging viewers extra
Read More

Olympics fans across Britain warned they face a paywall to watch much of the coverage due to limited BBC coverage as Paris 2024 Games gets under way – but rival broadcaster who snapped up rights defends charging viewers extra

The UK boss of Warner Bros. Discovery’s media business has defended the company putting much of the Olympics behind a paywall, saying it represents ‘equally good, if not better’ value than the BBC’s coverage. Andrew Georgiou said given the amount of content from Paris 2024 that would be available on subscription service Discovery+ it was
Kyle Walker’s extraordinary child maintenance battle with Lauryn Goodman laid bare: Ex-lover used footballer like ‘cheque book’ demanding £31k astroturf for daughter ‘to become a Lioness’ and asked neighbour to spy on him and wife Annie to ‘finish’ them
Read More

Kyle Walker’s extraordinary child maintenance battle with Lauryn Goodman laid bare: Ex-lover used footballer like ‘cheque book’ demanding £31k astroturf for daughter ‘to become a Lioness’ and asked neighbour to spy on him and wife Annie to ‘finish’ them

While every second of the jaw-dropping Wagatha Christie trial was played out in front of the world’s media, another WAG war just as ferocious has been raging behind closed doors. Secretly winding through the courts under strict confidentiality orders, the case reached its crescendo two weeks ago, just a stone’s throw from where Coleen Rooney