Cincinnati Reds legend Joey Votto announced his retirement from Major League Baseball on Thursday after 17 seasons. Votto spent 2024 trying to latch on with his hometown Toronto Blue Jays but never got a major league at-bat. He spent 31 games across three teams in the Blue Jays’ system, hitting .165. Votto spoke about his adjustment to minor-league life on the Dan Patrick Show.
It was a great experience, it was hard, the hardest thing I did these last 9 months. Essentially always being told no, and I was the only one saying yes. The game telling me no and I’m saying yes. Air BNB’s basically 5 months of hotels, hurt the whole time, minor league complex, but I loved it.”
The former Reds first baseman continued, “It was the complete opposite experience of the posh big league life, major league life. Charter jets, and people taking your bags, and first-class hotels, people taking your bags and everything, let’s get real here. It cost me money to play baseball this year, and I’m not complaining at all but that’s the reality of it.”
Fans loved Joey Votto because it always seemed like he loved baseball. His quote on Friday proves that to be true. Votto spent his entire career with the Reds, leading teams to the playoffs on three occasions. While he never won a playoff series, he put together a fascinating Hall of Fame case. Will Votto be enshrined in Cooperstown?
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