Ryan Zimmerman opted out of playing in 2020’s 60-game COVID campaign out of concern for the health of his family, but the Washington Nationals’ first first round pick (in 2005) said this summer he didn’t think that he wanted his career to end just yet, after 15 seasons in the nation’s capital and one World Series championship in 2019.
“I fully plan on being back,” Zimmerman said in a Zoom conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci last July. ”I’ve told my family and a bunch of close friends that I can’t go out like this.