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Utility man Cole Tucker has retired from Main League Baseball, per Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register.
Fletcher stories that Tucker was at Los Angeles Angels camp Wednesday as a visitor teacher.
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“Former utility man Cole Tucker was in camp as a visitor teacher, though he is not doing any instructing simply but,” Fletcher wrote. “Tucker’s enjoying profession is now over, and he is contemplating moving into teaching, so the Angels invited him to get a style of the job.”
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Tucker formally retires from MLB at 28 years previous after a six-year enjoying profession.
Tucker was chosen within the first spherical of the 2014 MLB Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Tucker rose to the ranks of the minor leagues and rapidly turned a prime prospect within the Pirates group. He was ranked as excessive because the No. 5 prospect in 2018 and 2019, per MLB Pipeline.
Tucker spent 4 years with the Pirates from 2019-22. The most effective 12 months of his profession got here in his rookie season when he hit .211 with two house runs, 13 RBIs, 15 extra-base hits, and an OPS of .626.
Throughout his 4 seasons with Pittsburgh, he appeared in 154 video games, hitting .211 with 5 house runs, 35 RBIs, and an OPS of .573.
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Tucker was designated for task by the Pirates in Might 2022 and joined the Arizona Diamondbacks. Nonetheless, he by no means appeared in a significant league recreation for Arizona, nd ended up signing with the Rockies forward of the 2023 season.
Tucker appeared in simply 5 video games with Colorado, going 4-for-10 with two runs batted in.
In January 2024, Tucker signed a minor league cope with the Angels. He appeared in 24 video games for the Halos final season, hitting .180 with three RBIs and an OPS of .563.
Tucker retires with a bit greater than two years of service time and profession earnings of round $1.07 million. He finishes with a profession slash line of .213/.266/.316 with 5 house runs, 40 RBIs, and an OPS of .582.
Now, Tucker will start his subsequent profession as a coach and is getting his first style of it with the Halos. Tucker is married to actress Vanessa Hudgens, they usually welcomed their first baby into the world final summer time.
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