“I went through that back-and-forth in my head, as far as if I wanted to play for another year,” Alex Avila told reporters, as quoted by MASN’s Mark Zuckerman, in announcing his plan to retire at the end of the 2021 campaign.
“But I’ve been thinking about it for quite a while, even since last year,” the 34-year-old, 13-year veteran said on Sunday afternoon in a scrum in the Washington Nationals’ dugout, “... and just came to the conclusion, after debating it with myself and my wife that this was the right time.”
“When I talk to guys that say that this is going to be their last year, I always ask them, one, ‘Are you really sure?