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The Yankees moved on from Anthony Rizzo over the winter, but the former All-Star first baseman still is looking for work as spring-training games have commenced.<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old Rizzo admits he has contemplated what would amount to a forced retirement if some MLB team does not come calling.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve definitely thought about it. I think I have a lot to give to the game still,\u201d the 35-year-old Rizzo told The Athletic on Friday. \u201cBut at the same time, if teams are not going to want to pay a few million dollars for veterans, I\u2019ve seen it the last 10 years of my career. It\u2019s what happens to the older guys. They kind of get squeezed.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve seen it happen more and more. I\u2019m not naive to it. It could be it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rizzo has played 14 seasons in the majors, including the past three-plus with the Yankees following a 2021 trade deadline move from the Cubs.<\/p>\n
The four-time Gold Glove winner\u00a0was limited to 99 and 92 games respectively over the past two seasons due to injuries, however, and the Yankees declined his $17 million option for 2025.<\/p>\n
They signed former MVP-winning first baseman Paul Goldschmidt in December to a one-year contract worth $12.5 million.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo years ago, I had kind of a weird year with the concussion. Then last year, I was hurt twice,\u201d said Rizzo, who missed games in 2024 due to forearm and hand injuries. \u201cMy power numbers dropped. I\u2019m surprised, but not like crazy-surprised just because I\u2019m a realist in the game and you\u2019re getting older.\u201cThe fact that teams want you to play for basically league minimum ($760,000), I\u2019m like, you guys are crazy. You\u2019re almost trying to ruin the market for the next guy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rizzo posted a career-worst .637 OPS with just eight home runs in 92 games last season, but he returned from the late-September hand injury after sitting out the AL Division Series. <\/p>\n
The three-time All-Star appeared in 10 games in the ALCS and the World Series, batting .267 (8-for-30) with no home runs or RBIs.<\/p>\n
Rizzo also described for the first time the numbing treatments he received throughout the postseason in order to be in the lineup in October.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d be flushing it in the hyperbaric chamber, doing every treatment possible just to get that swelling out to be able to inject it again,\u201d Rizzo said. \u201cIt was crazy.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, during the regular season, you\u2019re not doing anything like that. But you do anything, World Series or playoff time, to play. It was worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rizzo also admitted he still laments his part in the pivotal play in a Game 5 loss to the Dodgers in the Fall Classic in which pitcher Gerrit Cole didn\u2019t cover first base on a grounder to him at first.<\/p>\n
\u201cA hundred out of a hundred times I would do the exact same thing,\u201d Rizzo said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to cry, \u2018Woe is me,\u2019 with my hand. But the guys on the inside know how bad my hand was.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s so much extra that goes into that play. First off, you don\u2019t want to (drop it). You have to catch that ball and secure it. It\u2019s just one of those things where Gerrit was probably gassed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always want the pitchers to go, and if I call \u2019em off, I call \u2019em off. But it was just a messed-up play. I don\u2019t think I could have really charged it more because of the way the spin was. It was a pretty funky spin. And you had Mookie [Betts] busting out of the box because he\u2019s a professional. That\u2019s what he does. The play just wasn\u2019t made.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rizzo, who is expecting his first child with his wife Emily in June, insists he\u2019s healthy now, but it\u2019s a matter of a team taking a chance on him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to play,\u201d he added. \u201cI want to win. And I love talking the game with pitchers, with hitters. There\u2019s so much to dive into.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything that goes into it, on the field, off the field, I\u2019ll still be talking about it with guys. We\u2019ll just see if I continue playing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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