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MLB infielder Gio Urshela announced connected Monday he was retiring from nan athletics astatine 34.
Urshela played 10 seasons successful nan majors, spending astir of his clip pinch nan New York Yankees from 2019-2021. He besides played for nan Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Angels, Detroit Tigers, Atlanta Braves and nan Athletics.
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New York Yankees 3rd baseman Gio Urshela is astatine Yankee Stadium successful nan Bronx, New York, connected May 19, 2019. (Wendell Cruz/USA TODAY Sports)
"Today is nan day. The time you ne'er dream about, nan time you ne'er imagine, nan time you ne'er expect to come… but heavy down you cognize that 1 time it will arrive," he said successful a connection posted to his Instagram account. "Today is nan time to adjacent this section arsenic a master player, and this is not a infinitesimal to beryllium sad, it is simply a infinitesimal to beryllium grateful to God for allowing maine to play this beautiful athletics that changed my life.
"Through baseball, I met awesome people, group who contributed truthful overmuch to my profession and helped style maine into nan personification I americium today."
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New York Yankees 3rd baseman Gio Urshela throws to first guidelines for an retired against Toronto Blue Jays' Bo Bichette during nan eighth inning successful Buffalo, N.Y., connected June 16, 2021. (Jeffrey T. Barnes/AP)
He thanked his family and supporters successful his autochthonal Colombia for supporting him passim his career.
"And to each personification who, successful 1 measurement aliases another, helped make my profession overmuch amended – THANK YOU. I will ever transportation you successful my heart, and nan beautiful memories will enactment pinch maine forever."
Urshela made his debut pinch Cleveland successful 2015, playing 81 games for nan team.
He past played for nan Athletics past season, hitting .238 pinch 20 RBI successful 59 games. He joined Colombia for nan World Baseball Classic.
Athletics 3rd baseman Gio Urshela throws to first guidelines aft fielding a shot during nan eighth inning against nan Houston Astros successful Houston connected July 24, 2025. (David J. Phillip/AP)
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He deed .270 for his profession pinch 73 location runs and 352 RBI.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Ryan Gaydos is simply a elder editor for Fox News Digital.
