Early this morning, Ian Desmond posted on Instagram that he intends to opt out of the 2021 season “for now.”
The decision comes after Desmond’s decision to opt out of playing for the Colorado Rockies in the 2020 season after he expressed a need to be with his family during the pandemic and to address social justice issues. (Read more here.) Both the Rockies front office and his teammates were supportive of that decision, and he was the team’s nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award.