The Athletic, an American sports media outlet, announced on the 20th that “Britton officially retired after a 12-year major league career through an interview with The Athletic earlier this month.”

Britton, who joined the Baltimore Orioles with the 85th overall pick in the third round of the 2006 draft, made his big league debut in 2011 and pitched in 28 games as a starter, recording 11 wins, 11 losses and a 4.61 ERA. However, he suffered ups and downs in the minor leagues for the next two seasons (2012-2013), and after changing his position to a bullpen pitcher in 2014, he hit his prime in earnest.

Britten, who emerged as a top-rated finisher with a 3-2-7 hold and 37 saves with a 1.65 ERA in 71 games in 2014 with a strong weapon sinker, recorded 4 wins, 1 loss, 36 saves with a 1.92 ERA in 64 games in 2015 and was selected as the first American League (AL) All-Star in his career.

2016 was the year when Britten’s skills peaked. He pitched in 69 games, recording a special performance of 2-1 with 47 saves and a 0.54 ERA, and ranked first in AL saves without a single blon save. Thanks to this performance, Britton had his best season that year, winning the Mariano Rivera Award, which is given to the AL’s best closer, and ranking fourth in voting for the AL Cy Young Award and 11th in voting for MVP.

Britton, who slowed down a bit due to injury in 2017, started anew in a New York Yankees uniform through a trade in July 2018. Britain, who became a free agent after the 2018 season, stayed with the Yankees on a contract of up to $53 million for four years and played as a special setup man in 2019 with a 3-1, 29-hold 3 saves and a 1.91 ERA in 66 games. 토토사이트

However, since then, he has been hampered by frequent injuries and has gone downhill with only 20 games (1-2, 3-hold, 8 saves, 1.89 ERA) in 2020 and 22 games (1 loss, 11 hold, 1 save, 5.89 ERA) in 2021. Britton, who underwent Tommy John surgery in September 2021, returned to the mound in September 2022, but ended the season with one strikeout, three walks and one run in three ⅔ innings. Coincidentally, his last active game was against his old team Baltimore, and Britton, who was later reinstated on the injured list, failed to return to the big league mound.

“My last appearance was against Baltimore,” Britton said in an interview. “I threw the ball on the backstop with my last pitch, but now that I think about it, it’s too bad,” he said. “I accomplished everything I wanted to do except win the World Series.” I was lucky to be honest. Not many talented players can play in the Major League for 12 years. So I’m very grateful for that (for being able to play for a long time). It’s time to go all-in to my family,” he said.

Britton pitched in 442 games (46 starts) in 12 major league seasons, leaving him with a record of 36 wins, 26 losses, 61 holds, 154 saves and a 3.13 ERA.