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Ryan Zimmerman officially announces his retirement: Nationals’ first 1st round pick calls it a career...

Ryan Zimmerman is done. Talking to reporters after what will now be his final game in a 16-year major league career this past October, Zimmerman, 37, said he would probably make his decision whether to return for a 17th run in the majors around the time he would usually have to start ramping up for Spring Training.

With MLB and the MLBPA still trying to hammer out a new CBA and the players locked out, however, the 2005 1st Round pick officially announced that his playing days were done this afternoon.

“Dear D.C.,” Zimmerman wrote in a Twitter note sent out by his agents at CAA Baseball, “.