Former Cubs, Orioles Pitcher Dan Straily Broadcasts Sudden Retirement

[ad_1] Dan Straily, a veteran of eight main league seasons, and 17 seasons total in 4 completely different nations, has introduced his retirement.

Straily, 36, final pitched within the majors for the Baltimore Orioles in 2019, and had appeared in eight Mexican League video games within the 2025 season.

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"After 17 unforgettable years in skilled baseball, I've determined it is time to formally retire from the sport I've cherished since I used to be a child," Straily wrote in an Instagram publish Saturday.

Straily retires with a 44-40 report on the main league stage for the Oakland A's (2012-14), Chicago Cubs (2014), Houston Astros (2015), Cincinnati Reds (2016), Miami Marlins (2017-18), and Orioles (2019). He additionally frolicked within the San Diego Padres (2016), Philadelphia Phillies (2019), and Arizona Diamondbacks (2022) organizations.

Pitcher Straily Dan #58 of Lotte Giants throws within the backside of the primary inning in the course of the KBO League sport between SSG Landers and Lotte Giants at SSG Landers Discipline on April 4, 2021 in... Pitcher Straily Dan #58 of Lotte Giants throws within the backside of the primary inning in the course of the KBO League sport between SSG Landers and Lotte Giants at SSG Landers Discipline on April 4, 2021 in Incheon, South Korea. Extra Han Myung-Gu/Getty Photographs Straily's final stint in affiliated baseball got here with the Cubs in 2024. He made 17 appearances with Triple-A Iowa, going 1-7 with a 5.49 ERA earlier than he was launched in August.

With the Diablos Rojos of the impartial Mexican League, Straily was 1-2 with a 9.00 ERA in 32 innings this season.

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A Twenty fourth-round draft choose by the A's out of Marshall in 2009, Straily debuted three years later with Oakland. In his first full season, 2013, Straily went 10-8 with a 3.96 ERA in 27 begins.

Straily was traded to the Cubs together with Addison Russell within the deal that despatched Jason Hammel and Jeff Samardzija to Oakland in July 2014. Russell would go on to develop into a part of the Cubs' 2016 World Collection title crew, together with Dexter Fowler — whom the Cubs acquired for Straily in a January 2015 commerce with the Houston Astros.

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After spending many of the 2015 season with the Astros' Triple-A affiliate, Straily was traded once more — this time to the San Diego Padres, in March 2016, for catcher Erik Kratz.

Straily was waived by the Padres and claimed by the Reds three days later. Simply when his profession seemed to be wavering, Straily turned in the perfect season of his profession: a stunning 14-8 marketing campaign with a 3.76 ERA (113 ERA+) for Cincinnati.

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Along with the perfect ERA and won-loss report of his profession, Straily's 2016 season additionally noticed him notch career-highs in innings (191.1), video games (34), begins (31) and a career-low 1.186 WHIP.

In January 2017, Straily discovered himself traded for yet one more future All-Star; the Marlins despatched right-hander Luis Castillo, together with pitcher Austin Brice and a low-level minor leaguer, to Cincinnati in a very regrettable commerce.

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Straily went 15-15 with a 4.20 ERA (93 ERA+) in two seasons with the Marlins. He went 2-4 with a 9.82 ERA in 2019 with the Orioles, in what in the end proved to be his ultimate large league season.

"After I was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in 2009, I by no means may have imagined the journey baseball would take me on," Straily wrote on Instagram. "From making my Main League debut with the A's in 2012, to pitching for the Cubs, Astros, Reds, Marlins, and Orioles - each uniform I placed on represented one other step in a dream come true. I am proud to have thrown over 800 innings within the large leagues, confronted a number of the greatest hitters on the earth, and competed on the highest stage for elements of 8 seasons."