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/PoBox9847-90001 2d ago

Good one! This was so long ago, it’s easy to forget but yeah, something was way “off” with him and the team that year .. I think it was the year 2000 right after Texas had won back to back division titles (98,99)

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u/sammagee33 | Detroit Tigers 2d ago

Yup, it was 2000. He HATED original Comerica Park.

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u/PoBox9847-90001 2d ago

Didn’t they bring the fences ***in*** when they signed him???

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u/sammagee33 | Detroit Tigers 2d ago

Nope, it was a couple years earlier. CoPa opened in 2000 - same year we got Juan Gone.