Bleacher Report · Apr 7, 2024
Stephen Strasburg Reportedly Retires from MLB; Won 2019 World Series with Nationals
Washington Nationals ace starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg, who helped lead the 2019 team to its lone World Series title, has called it a career.
Per Andrew Golden of the Washington Post, the Nationals' transaction page listed Strasburg as retired on Saturday.
Strasburg played 13 MLB seasons (2010-2012), making three All-Star games and winning the 2019 World Series MVP award after earning a pair of victories against the Houston Astros.
The former San Diego State star entered the bigs as one of the most hyped pitching prospects in recent memory.
The Nats selected him with the No. 1 pick in the 2009 MLB draft. One year later, Strasburg struck out 14 Pittsburgh Pirates in his major league debut.