Rangers right-hander Edinson Volquez will consider retirement if the injury that recently landed him on the IL turns out to be another UCL tear, per Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News (via Twitter).
Volquez underwent Tommy John to repair the UCL in his throwing elbow in August of 2017, returning to big league action for the first time since the injury this season. He started two games before being placed on the IL with an elbow sprain. If the injury turns out to be a tear of the ulnar collateral ligament, as feared, Volquez plans to hang up his spikes. Neal reports Volquez saying (on the possibility of a tear): “If it is, I will go home and watch my daughter grow up. No complaints about what I’ve done in baseball.”
Volquez, 35, began his career in Texas before being sent to Cincinnati (with Danny Herrera) for Josh Hamilton. He threw 12 innings over 2 starts for the Royals in the 2015 World Series, including starting the series-clinching game five win over the Mets. He strongest season came as a 24-year-old in Cincinnati when he went 17-9 with a 3.21 ERA over 196 innings. Though that 2008 season may have been the high water mark for Volquez, he nonetheless put together a solid career as well as somewhat of a bounceback in 2014 and 2015, when he put together back-to-back 13-win campaigns for the Pirates and Royals, respectively.
Good luck to you Edison, Retirement could be best for both you and the team, if we use Sampson in his place who will be the long man now.Rangers are off to a good start and hope we can keep this up.
14 seasons
1532 IP
6.4 WAR
A ring
lol how
Pittsburgh probably single handedly got him through the past five years.
A few good years
Marked with many bad
lots of injury
Thanks for the Ring, Volqy. Respect, from Royals fans everywhere.
You will hear similar respect from Pirates fans as well. Fans expected nothing when they signed him, but he turned out to be steady, reliable, and a great role model for younger pitchers and younger Lations on the team.
It rubs the lation on its skin.
You win the internets today.
Yep, he was the best starter on that Royals WS team. Some proof that having a great rotation isn’t necessary to win a WS.
A solid, yet sometimes inconsistent innings eater, who made the Arizona Diamondbacks look like a bunch of chumps while with the Marlins back in 2017
As a Dbacks fan, I have to admit he rocked us that game. Watching him get that nono was very fun.
He’s already had TWO TJ surgeries, and at 35, he’s right to think of retirement. One grueling rehab from that surgery is enough, and he’s gone through it twice, so good luck with your retirement, if a third one is needed to keep pitching. He’s made over $40 million by age 35, so he should be able to have a pleasant retirement.
Best of luck to the man we Royals fans knew as Steady Eddie. Despite the heartache of losing your father on the same day, you pitched so well for us in game one of the World Series.
He has had a solid career, a ring and a no hitter to his name. No shame in stepping down now for your family when your body says it’s time
Injured pitcher? Padres sign him for 2 years
Shhhhhh! Don’t give Preller any ideas!
There goes his Rookie of the Year chances….