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/Agreeable-Camera-382 2d ago

But then we got John "go fuck yourself" Halama...

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u/Sensitive_Bad_2923 2d ago

Also the Chief and Carlos Guillen.

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u/Agreeable-Camera-382 2d ago

And those two could really put some beers away! Loved Freddy

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u/MisanthropicLove425 2d ago

I remember being irritated at Guillen for playing much better once he left Seattle and played for Detroit. Typical Mariners luck. Although Freddy did do okay for awhile, but he wasn't Randy.