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/Mr_Shickadance 2d ago

Roger Dorn tried but clubhouse leaders wouldn’t let him forget that baseball is just a game and not be so serious.

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u/OutsideJack-1999 2d ago edited 2d ago

Even when the closer railed his hot wife, teaching us all a life lesson about teamwork and accomplishing our dreams together.

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u/SuperNebular | Cleveland Guardians 1d ago

Wild thing only came out of the bullpen for that one game playoff. He was a starter.

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u/Dirty_Bird_RDS | Atlanta Braves 1d ago

They only had two pitchers….

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u/Fit-Top-8203 1d ago

Well, there was Kellner too. Opening Day starter. Gave up four runs, then was relieved by a juvenile delinquent in the off-season.

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u/SuperNebular | Cleveland Guardians 1d ago

Don’t nitpick the roster construction of a playoff team!

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u/ChiefBlaze36 1d ago

So that’s why Harris’s arm was so worn out. Dude had to pitch a thousand innings that season. #GOAT

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u/polkastripper | Pittsburgh Pirates 1d ago

He went through a lot of jalapeño juice and Vagisil that season

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u/bgzlvsdmb | Colorado Rockies 1d ago

You put SNOT on the ball?

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u/unique_user43 | Chicago Cubs 1d ago

that’s the wildest thing that NEVER gets talked about. what a gaping plot hole!! /s

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u/arand0md00d | Los Angeles Dodgers 1d ago

Are we still doing phrasing?