After a 15-season career in the big league that included three Gold Gloves and more recorded appearances on the right field than all but seven players in the game’s history, former Baltimore Orioles and Atlanta Braves baseball team Nick Markakis told the The Athletic who is officially retiring from baseball.
In his typically discreet style, 37-year-old Markakis made up his mind shortly after the end of the 2020 postseason with Braves and therefore the pending free agent did not seek any chance of play this winter, although some teams have expressed any interest. He just didn’t tell anyone other than the people closest to him that he was retiring. So far.
“I just think it’s my time,” said Markakis. “My # 1 decision and my primary focus is, of course, my children and my family. I have been fortunate to do this for a long time and few people are able to do what I have been through.