2023 MLB Season Thread

[NewYorkExpress]

Nationals RHP Stephen Strasburg announces that he'll retire from MLB. Strasburg helped get the Nationals a World Series title in 2019.


MLB.com:

2019 World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg is planning to retire from baseball, a source told MLB.com's Mark Feinsand on Thursday. The news was first reported by The Washington Post. The Nationals have a press conference tentatively scheduled for Sept. 9, according to The Post. The Nationals have not confirmed the report.

Strasburg has not pitched since June 9, 2022, when he made his only appearance of the season for Washington. He underwent surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome in 2021 and has not been able to make a full return from that procedure.

If Strasburg hadn't gotten injured two years ago, we could have been talking about him as a possible hall of famer.

As it is, he's just on the edge of borderline.

[NewYorkExpress]

Angels' Shohei Ohtani has elbow tear, won't pitch again this season

If I were the Angels, I wouldn't let him hit either. You're not going to make the playoffs and he isn't going to resign with you anyways. What's the point of playing him at all? Just put him on the IL and move on.

[NewYorkExpress]

Pat Corrales dead at 82.

Pat Corrales, who managed the Texas Rangers, Cleveland and the Philadelphia Phillies before a long stint on the Atlanta Braves coaching staff under Hall of Fame skipper Bobby Cox, has died at the age of 82.