One of the brightest stories from earlier this year, a guy who grinded for a decade and then got a chance to shine, is over. White Sox slugger Yermin Mercedes just announced on his Instagram that he’s retiring.
To say it is a shock is an understatement, because, while Mercedes had been demoted earlier this year, he was raking at Triple-A and figured to be back up at some point.
In an Instagram post, Yermin Mercedes, an April sensation with the Chicago White Sox, says he’s stepping “away from baseball for a while … it’s over.”
Mercedes was sent to AAA earlier this month and had been playing well, hitting .309/.377/.655. pic.twitter.com/11P6EgpiKn
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