Dustin Pedroia Announces Retirement After 14 Years With Red Sox
After 1,512 games and a 14-year career spanning 2006-2019, Dustin Pedroia has officially retired from the Boston Red Sox.
Pedroia announced his decision on Monday morning, ending a 17-year run with the organization after being selected in the 2nd round of the 2004 MLB Amateur Draft.
“Dustin is so much more than his American League Most Valuable Player award, his All-Star Game selections, and the Gold Gloves he amassed throughout his impressive 17-year career in our organization,” Red Sox principal owner John Henry said in a statement.
Pedroia spent three seasons in the minors before debuting with the Red Sox in a cup of coffee stint at the end of the 2006 season. Pedroia earned the full-time job as the team s second baseman for the 2007 season and hit .317 with eight homeruns and 50 runs batted in, and was named the AL Rookie of the Year during Boston s championship run.
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Red Sox 2nd baseman Dustin Pedroia announces retirement Share Updated: 12:14 PM EST Feb 1, 2021
Red Sox 2nd baseman Dustin Pedroia announces retirement Share Updated: 12:14 PM EST Feb 1, 2021
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Show Transcript TO OPEN ON WEDNESDAY IN A TEMPORARY OFFICE INSIDE THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.. SOME BREAKING NEWS- RED SOX SECOND BASEMAN DUSTIN PEDROIA IS CALLING IT A CAREER. PEDROIA ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT THIS MORNING. HERE HE IS WHILE HE WAS COMING UP IN THE RED SOX FARM SYSTEM AS A MEMBER OF THE PORTLAND SEA DOGS. PEDROIA SPENT ALL 17 YEARS OF HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER WITH THE RED SOX ORGANIZATION, BUT HASN T PLAYED SINCE 2019 DUE TO INJURI
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Dustin Pedroia, long time Boston Red Sox second baseman and 2008 American League Most Valuable Player, announced his retirement today.
Pedroia, 37, was, along with Robinson Cano, Chase Utley and Ian Kinsler, part of a crop of star-caliber second basemen who came into the league around the same time in the mid-aughts. Pedroia was a second round pick in 2004 out of Arizona State his beating out Ian Kinsler for the shortstop job there led Kinsler to transfer to the University of Missouri and after a cup of coffee in 2006, he won the American League Rookie of the Year Award in 2007, slashing .317/.380/.442 with a 3.9 bWAR.
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Dustin Pedroia announced his retirement from baseball Monday. The 37-year-old was still under contract for the 2021 season but had managed to play in just nine games over the past three seasons due to a string of devastating knee injuries that required multiple surgeries. Notably, Sean McAdam of the Boston Sports Journal tweets that Pedroia will still be paid his $12MM salary in the upcoming season, and his $13.3MM average annual value will count against the luxury tax for the Red Sox.
“Dustin is so much more than his American League Most Valuable Player award, his All-Star Game selections, and the Gold Gloves he amassed throughout his impressive 17-year career in our organization,” Red Sox owner John Henry said in a press release announcing the move. “Dustin came to represent the kind of grit, passion, and competitive drive that resonates with baseball fans everywhere and especially with Red Sox fans. H
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