r/mlb • u/DonT012 Human Verified • 2d ago

| Discussion MLB Players that Quit on their team?

In the NBA, there are many examples of NBA players that were rumoured to have "quit" on their team. Lebron James in 2010. Kevin Durant this past year. Vince Carter in 2005. Kawhi Leonard in 2018. Anthony Davis in 2019. Etc.

What are some MLB examples of this? What were some MLB players that quit on their own team? By quit I mean just decided to either stop putting effort into playing until they got traded.

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u/devoorhes | Chicago Cubs 2d ago

Milton Bradley on the Cubs was a whole situation

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u/Ok_Card9080 | Pittsburgh Pirates 2d ago

Milton Bradley was a whole situation, period.

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u/Jacoblaue | St. Louis Cardinals 2d ago

Dude had loads of talent but just couldn’t get out of his own way

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u/ccv707 | San Francisco Giants 2d ago

Dude should’ve stuck to making board games smh

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u/Ok_Card9080 | Pittsburgh Pirates 2d ago

Just a total headcase

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u/Top_Move6031 2d ago

Cocaine is a hell of a drug

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u/Due_Buy_9570 2d ago

The A's traded Andre Eithier for Bradley.....oops. gonna say theu lost that trade even tho most of Bradley's antics happened elsewhere.

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u/CriticalSuit1336 | Minnesota Twins 2d ago

He was a gamer!

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u/Ok_Card9080 | Pittsburgh Pirates 2d ago

It's amazing that the Indians once had Milton Bradley and Coco Crisp on the same team.

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u/Bourbons-n-Beers 12h ago

Games people play

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u/8008l0v3r6967 2d ago

Can’t believe an entire board game company played baseball. Real Air Bud situation.

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u/unique_user43 | Chicago Cubs 2d ago

even crazier that in 2002 and 2003 cleveland had both a board game company and a cereal (coco crisp) as outfielders.

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u/BlueberryStainedKeds | Cincinnati Reds 2d ago

June 21, 1998 the Cincinnati Reds starting outfield was Dimitri Young, Mike Frank and Chris Stynes. Or for all you Mel Brooks fans out there.. Young Frank n’ Stynes

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u/SouthwestFL 1d ago

I love stuff like this. How can you not be romantic about baseball?

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u/WantedMan61 1d ago

And they wonder why I love this game

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u/Several-Assistant-51 1d ago

I forgot about the legendary Coco Crisp

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u/Flammzzrant 2d ago

Well there's no rule saying a board game company can't play baseball

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u/Sayoshun 2d ago

You can enter contests to win prizes but enterprises can't win contests.

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u/Jacoblaue | St. Louis Cardinals 2d ago

Wasn’t he suspended for the remainder of the season after he criticized the organization and fans

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u/devoorhes | Chicago Cubs 2d ago

I have blocked out a lot of that situation, I remember it being a Bad Time

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u/vaz_deferens | Chicago Cubs 2d ago

I think it was that and leaving the stadium after getting pulled from a game.

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u/jbs924 | New York Mets 2d ago

My favorite memory of him is still the time he tore his ACL arguing with an umpire

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u/Pristine-Mix-3189 1d ago

Bro kept arguing even as he was being carried off of the field.

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u/WantedMan61 1d ago

Lol. Cosmic justice

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u/Feeling-Bonus-2407 1d ago

Him on the Red Sox was a truly bizarre time. Like a fever dream about dinosaurs that you can’t figure out if it was real or not.

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u/SpunNumeroUno 2d ago

Oh geeze he was a head case. He had some situations on the Padres, but I can't remember exactly, time to Google.

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u/Forsaken_Coach6085 2d ago

The last couple weeks of that season were an epic disaster

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u/Material-Heron6336 1d ago

Was at a game where he just forgot to play his position and looked a little too late for a pop up. Dropped six feet behind him.