Former Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners pitcher Erik Swanson has retired from MLB after seven seasons, he announced Thursday.

Swanson, 32, played four seasons for the Mariners from 2019-22, and two-plus with the Blue Jays before being released by Toronto in June of this year. The righty relief pitcher finishes his MLB career with an 11-16 record, 4.20 ERA, 1.14 WHIP and 281 strikeouts in 266 innings pitched.

“As I sit here trying to figure out where to even begin, typing this for what feels like the 100th time… The one word I keep coming back to is GRATEFUL!,” Swanson wrote in an Instagram post announcing his retirement. “I am so incredibly grateful for my family, my agents, my teammates, coaches, medical staff, clubhouse managers, and everyone else in between who made my life ea

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