After 5-year odyssey, Daniel Bard calls it a career
Posted Jan 4, 2018
One major surgery, three arm-slot adjustments, and five minor league contracts later, Daniel Bard has called it a career. After some more tinkering with Mets coaches at the team’s facility in Port St. Lucie, the right-hander decided to retire in mid-August. “I ran into enough of those days where I said, ‘Is this really worth me being away from my family?’”
(SB Nation)
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