Detroit — He held up pretty good for the first 12 minutes or so, but then came the question about his time in Detroit and he lost it.
Jordan Zimmermann, in a Zoom conference Tuesday with reporters from his three big-league stops (Washington, Detroit and Milwaukee), announced his retirement from baseball after 13 seasons in the big leagues, including five star-crossed years with the Tigers.
“I wish I would have stayed healthy,” he said through tears. “I wish I could have gave more, but my body wasn’t holding up.”
Coming off a dominating five-year stretch with the Nationals, where he made two All-Star teams, pitched a no-hitter and helped them back to the postseason, Zimmermann signed a five-year, $110 million contract with the Tigers in 2016.