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Chicago White Sox's Yermin Mercedes, recently demoted to Triple-A, 'stepping aside' from baseball

Chicago White Sox rookie Yermin Mercedes wrote in an Instagram post on Wednesday night that he is "stepping aside" from baseball indefinitely while also apologizing to the team for not "accepting some of their decisions."

The post was accompanied with a picture of the words "it's over."

"I want to apologize to all those who I inadvertently offended as a consequence of my immaturity like members of the radio, television, and press," Mercedes wrote in his post. "To all the team's members where I was involved with, I'm sorry for failing as a human being and for not accepting some of their decisions.