Mets minor league pitcher Aaron Laffey began Wednesday night as the starting pitcher for the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s. By the end of the evening, he had given up 14 runs and quit baseball altogether.
Hours after allowing 12 earned runs in a 16-4 loss to the New Orleans Baby Cakes, Laffey pulled the plug on a career that spanned over 10 big-league seasons and more than 50 major league starts.
“He just felt it from inside that he gave it everything he had after 16 years,” manager Tony DeFrancesco told the Las Vegas Review-Journal after the game about the 2003 draft pick.