Baseball careers don’t always end with an amazing farewell tour or a packed stadium giving that one last standing ovation. Sometimes, it’s a low-key, quiet end to the MLB journey. This time, it’s the end of a journey for a player—but the real pain point is that it’s come sooner than anyone would have thought. The player retiring is just 29 years old, Stone Garrett.

Sure, he is not a household name like Mike Trout, Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani, or so. But regardless, if you followed the Arizona Diamondbacks or the Washington Nationals baseball, you’d know exactly who he was. He officially announced his retirement from professional baseball over on Instagram. Garrett put his emotions into words-

“My time as a baseball player has come to an end. I am forever grateful for the journey the game

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