Canadian baseball star Joey Votto, seen during spring training with the Toronto Blue Jays in March, announced his retirement from baseball on Wednesday following 17 MLB seasons.
Canadian baseball star Joey Votto is retiring. The 40-year-old first baseman announced his retirement in an Instagram post Wednesday evening. The 40-year-old first baseman announced in an Instagram post Wednesday evening that he's hanging up his cleats.Votto played 17 MLB seasons, earning six all-star selections, one Gold Glove and a 2010 National League MVP award.
Votto homered off Philadelphia's Zack Wheeler in his only spring training at-bat on March 17 for the Blue Jays before he stepped on a bat in the dugout later in that game and was sidelined for the next three months. "Toronto + Canada, I wanted to play in front of you. Sigh, I tried with all my heart to play for my people. I'm just not good anymore," Votto wrote in his post, thanking his parents, brother and former teammates and coaches.Toronto hosted Cincinnati in the finale of a three-game series Wednesday night.
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