Former MLB reliever Dellin Betances is retiring from baseball, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.
Betances spent the majority of his career with the Yankees, beginning as a starter but ultimately becoming a dominant late-innings reliever. From 2014 to ’18, Betances appeared in 349 games for New York, recording 607 strikeouts with a 2.22 ERA, including five-straight seasons with at least 100 strikeouts and four straight all-star games, all as a reliever.
However, injuries and ineffectiveness shortened his career. Betances only threw 2/3 of an inning for the Yankees in 2019 due to shoulder and Achilles injuries.