Today, former Tigers’ closer Joe Nathan announced his retirement from baseball.
The decision isn’t a shock, given Nathan is now 42 years old, and had been an unsigned free agent for the bulk of the 2017 season.
Joe Nathan had a tremendous major league career. It’s hard to argue that he accomplished incredible things as a relief pitcher over the course of his sixteen years in the MLB. The bulk of his time was spent between the San Francisco Giants and the Minnesota Twins, but he was with the Tigers from 2014-15.