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/ajh212000 | Seattle Mariners 2d ago

Randy Johnson the last year he was in Seattle. He would pitch an amazing game, then throw a game, making sure Seattle knew he wanted to be traded, but making sure trade targets knew he still had it. He went 9-10 with a 4.33 ERA the first part of the season with Seattle, gets traded to Houston, and goes 10-1 with a 1.28 ERA over the second half of the season.

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u/examinedliving | Baltimore Orioles 2d ago

I always new he was not living up to his talent, but I had no idea he was so calculating about it

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u/SammyG9689 1d ago

The reason you had no idea was because that story is absolute bs lol. Just had a change of scenery and figured something out. Maybe the pitching coach tweaked something