With an update on the Nationals.com Transactions page, news of Stephen Strasburg’s official retirement became public, less than a year after a rumored ceremony ended up getting scrapped when negotiations on how exactly he’d end his career hit a snag.
The status update for the now-35-year-old, 2009 No. 1 overall pick comes 667 days after the 2019 World Series MVP threw his last pitch in a Nationals uniform on June 9th of ‘22.
Strasburg never fully recovered from a Thoracic Outlet Surgery in 2021 which the club and pitcher both hoped would get him back on the mound following a series of injuries, nerve issues and health concerns the starter suffered through in the years after he’d helped their club win the Fall Classic in ‘19.