A pair of former MLB hurlers have decided to give up their comeback efforts and move on from the game …
- In a Twitter post, southpaw Charlie Furbush says that he underwent numerous procedures and rehabilitation efforts over the past few seasons but just couldn’t get back to full health. Soon to turn 33, Furbush has missed virtually all of the past three seasons after his career was knocked off track by rotator cuff surgery. Before that, though, he turned in several quality relief seasons for the Mariners after initially breaking into the bigs with the Tigers. Furbush wraps up his career with a 3.97 ERA and 9.3 K/9 against 3.1 BB/9 over 260 2/3 total frames at the game’s highest level.
- Another former fourth-round draft pick, righty Jon Moscot, is calling it quits at just 27 years of age. He explains in an Instagram post that he’s now halting what had been a lengthy effort to recover from mid-2016 Tommy John surgery. Understandably, Moscot says it was an emotionally difficult decision to make. After all, he cracked the majors at 23 years of age and surely thought he’d receive plenty of opportunities in the future. Moscot ultimately took the ball just eight times at the game’s highest level. Prior to a rough ’16 campaign that ended with the aforementioned procedure, Moscot had thrown 221 innings of 3.34 ERA ball at Triple-A.
hmm, i had wondered what happened to Furbush. Sucks for him the surgery didn’t work out for him, he was pretty good for a time.
Isn’t it kinda Anthony Gose’s fault Moscot’s career ended to begin with? Not the TJs obviously but the shoulder surgery before that.
I remember seeing that grizzly injury. Poor kid; I hope he has better luck in his post big league career.
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I’ll never forget the injury that ended Moscot’s rookie year. His shoulder was injured diving into second base as a defender trying to tag a runner. Busted his shoulder during his audition and other guys passed him on the depth chart. Just goes to show that if you are not a top prospect or an already established major leaguer, almost any injury can be a career ender.
One of the best last names in Baseball
Which one?
One of my favorite all-time trades in baseball. Fister for Furbush.
Mine too. With Fister retiring a couple months ago it means they could be in the same HOF class! We’ll see what happens. (Maybe LaRussa can pull some strings.)
LMAO!
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You beat me to the headline!
Mascot looked promising I saw him dominate at AAA during a few starts I saw him pitch … Good luck Jon !