San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Jeremy Affeldt is set to announce his retirement from baseball Thursday after a 14-year career in the major leagues.
Alex Pavlovic of CSN Bay Area noted the Giants confirmed the decision. Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle states there's an 11:15 a.m. PT (2:15 p.m. ET) press conference scheduled to make it official.
Affeldt, 36, played for the Kansas City Royals, the Colorado Rockies, the Cincinnati Reds and, most recently, the Giants throughout his career. He worked almost exclusively out of the bullpen with 730 of his 772 appearances coming in relief.