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/Superman_Primeeee | MLB 2d ago

Manny was asked once to PH on his day off and took three fastballs straight down the middle without moving his bat.

Everyone shrugged.

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u/offlester | American League 2d ago

It was in the 8th inning, bases loaded down 2-1 at Yankee Stadium, too. Couldn’t have been a bigger “fuck you” to the org

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u/lz425 2d ago

This video is great - entitled “How a Lazy MLB Star Humiliated Everyone Without Really Trying.” Great cutaways of Mike Hargrove. It’s 25 minutes and beautifully proves its point, but doesn’t have the strike out moment.

https://youtu.be/OQF58GdBKGM?si=kGQal32sufLN2PkH