By Sam Bush
Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg plans to retire, per a report from Jesse Dougherty and Barry Svrluga of The Washington Post.
A news conference is tentatively scheduled for September 9.
He signed a massive seven-year, $245 million contract prior to the 2020 season but has hardly pitched since then due to injuries. The financial specifics of how that contract will be affected by this retirement are not yet known.
In the almost four years since that contract, Strasburg has only thrown 31 1/3 total innings. Frequent injuries have repeatedly derailed his attempts to get on the mound, with thoracic outlet syndrome the most significant.
But taking a wider view, it’s a shocking, sad and far-too-early end to a career that had such tremendous highs.
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