At spring training with the New York Yankees as a guest instructor, Nick Swisher says he has retired as a player.
Swisher issued a statement Friday on The Players Tribune.
Slowed by knee injuries the past several years, Swisher appeared in 76 games with Atlanta and Cleveland in 2014. The 36-year old slugger played in 55 games last season for the Yankees' Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre team, then ended his season in July when his second child was born.
Swisher says: "Your body tells you when it's time to call it quits.