{"id":1421266,"date":"2022-04-06T07:59:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T11:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1421266"},"modified":"2022-04-06T08:01:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T12:01:20","slug":"two-time-all-star-todd-frazier-retiring-after-11-year-mlb-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-time-all-star-todd-frazier-retiring-after-11-year-mlb-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-Time All Star Todd Frazier Retiring after 11-Year MLB Career"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwo-time-all-star-todd-frazier-retiring-after-11-year-mlb-career%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1421266&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>TAMPA \u2014 The pride of Toms River is calling it a career.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Todd Frazier, a two-time All-Star third baseman whose 11-year MLB career included stints with the Yankees and Mets, announced Tuesday he is retiring from the game at the age of 36.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been my love my whole life,\u201d Frazier said Monday in a phone interview. \u201cIt\u2019s very hard to let go. Don\u2019t get me wrong, it\u2019s one of the toughest decisions I\u2019ve ever made in my life. But where I\u2019m at in my career and where I\u2019m at in my life, I think it was the right decision. I think it\u2019s time to be that family figure that I\u2019ve always wanted to be.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Frazier is looking forward to spending more time with his family\u2014 his wife Jackie, son Blake (8), daughter Kylie (6) and son Grant (3) \u2014 and coaching Blake in baseball, flag football and basketball.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After beginning his baseball career by leading Toms River East American to a Little League World Series championship in 1998, Frazier\u2019s last stand came in the Summer Olympics in 2021, when he helped Team USA win a silver medal in Tokyo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/101817Yankees159CW.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>Todd Frazier as a Yankee<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/092319Mets25CW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"863\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/092319Mets25CW.jpg\" alt=\"Todd Frazier player for the Mets from 2018\u20132019.\" class=\"wp-image-21782783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/092319Mets25CW.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1726 1726w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/092319Mets25CW.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1294 1294w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/092319Mets25CW.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=863 863w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/092319Mets25CW.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=431 431w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/092319Mets25CW.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Todd Frazier player for the Mets from 2018\u20132019.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During that Olympic run, Frazier began thinking more about retirement and talking to his wife about it. After going back and forth the last couple months, he finally came to grips with his decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to go out on a high note,\u201d said Frazier, who thanked his family, friends, teammates and coaches for their help along the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>The Reds\u2019 first-round draft pick out of Rutgers in 2007, Frazier finished his career having played 1,244 games while batting .241 with a .763 OPS and 218 home runs. After five seasons with the Reds, Frazier also spent time with the White Sox, Rangers and Pirates, along with the Yankees and Mets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Among his favorite moments of his career were winning the 2015 Home Run Derby on his home field at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, hitting a three-run home run in The Bronx in Game 3 of the 2017 ALCS against the Astros, and drilling a game-tying, three-run homer in the ninth inning against the Nationals to lift the Mets to their 14th win in 15 games during August 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The White Sox traded Frazier to the Yankees in July 2017, and in the following offseason, he signed a two-year, $17 million contract with the Mets, putting him in select company as someone who played on both sides of the Subway Series.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/New-York-Yankees-at-New-York-Mets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/New-York-Yankees-at-New-York-Mets.jpg\" alt=\"Todd Frazier\" class=\"wp-image-21781360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/New-York-Yankees-at-New-York-Mets.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/New-York-Yankees-at-New-York-Mets.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/New-York-Yankees-at-New-York-Mets.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/New-York-Yankees-at-New-York-Mets.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Todd Frazier swings while he was with the Mets. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul J. Bereswill<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c[It meant] everything, to be honest,\u201d Frazier said. \u201cWhen I got traded to the Yankees, I was like, \u2018Holy cow, this is unbelievable.\u2019 \u2026 The next year, getting picked up in free agency by the Mets. Every time I go to my batting cage, I look at those two jerseys and it\u2019s really cool.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know a bunch of people have done it, but being from Jersey, some of your friends hate you at the time, then they love you because you\u2019re with the Mets. So it made for good banter. It was awesome. I wish I could have stopped time during those years.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Frazier wouldn\u2019t rule out a return to the game in some capacity at a later date, but for now, he is moving on to life after baseball.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope I was the guy that brought energy, emotion, that had a lot of fun, but also, when we\u2019re on the field, it\u2019s game time,\u201d Frazier said. \u201cI hope I brought some joy to the fans I played for because that\u2019s all I wanted to do.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted that kid that came to a game for the first time \u2026 and looked at me and said, \u2018Dad, I want to be like that guy when I grow up because he plays the game the right way, he\u2019s happy, he\u2019s smiling and he\u2019s a guy that loves and cherishes every moment and every minute on the field.\u2019\u200a\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA \u2014 The pride of Toms River is calling it a career.\u00a0 Todd Frazier, a two-time All-Star third baseman whose 11-year MLB career included stints with the Yankees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":489,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1421266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1421266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1421266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1421266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1421266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}