The Minnesota Twins held a press conference Friday afternoon to announce the signing and retirement of relief pitcher Joe Nathan. Nathan chose to sign with the team in order to retire as a Twin after a long career.
Nathan’s career
Originally drafted in 1995 out of Stony Brook University as a shortstop, Nathan spent one season as a shortstop before transitioning to the mound, upon which, he immediately left the Giants and went back to Stony Brook to finish his degree in protest of the idea of pitching. However, he eventually thought better of it and chose to come back to the Giants on the mound.