Kyle Brostowitz, the Nationals’ Director of Communications, sent the following tweet out on Thursday afternoon, celebrating Sean Doolittle reaching 10 years of service time in the big leagues:
Considering, as the MLBPA notes, “... [f]ewer than 10% in baseball history have played for a decade or more,” it’s really a notable achievement, and one Doolittle, a 2007 1st Round pick by the Oakland A’s, who’s now pitched for the Nationals, Reds, and Mariners as well, worked hard to earn.
“It’s great when you hit that 10-year mark,” manager Davey Martinez (a 16-year veteran in the majors) said before the series opener with Colorado last night in D.