Ex-Mets Pitcher Announces Retirement After Successful 11-Year Big League Career

It sounds like one former member of the Mets is hanging up his cleats

One former member of the New York Mets officially is calling it quits.

Former Mets pitcher Collin McHugh officially announced on his Instagram page that he is retiring after a successful 11-year big league career. 

"I was never the best player on any team I played for," McHugh said. "Including my 7th-grade church league team, on which I played catcher. I never did travel baseball. I went to a small private high school and a small NAIA college. I got drafted in the 18th round by the Mets, most likely as a favor to my college coach. I threw 90 mph. I was never supposed to make it out of A ball.

"16 years later, it’s finally time for me to hang ‘em up. And as cringey as it might sound, I’m proud of myself. Proud that I didn’t give up. Proud of the clubhouses I’ve been lucky enough to have a locker in. Proud to be a member of the (Major League Baseball Players Association) alongside this generation of amazing ballplayers."

McHugh was selected by the Mets in the 18th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball June Amateur Draft and eventually made his big league debut with New York in 2012.

The righty spent time with the Mets, Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Tampa Bay Rays, and Atlanta Braves throughout his big league career. Overall, he finished his career with a 3.72 ERA across 346 total appearances with a 967-to-280 strikeout-to-walk ratio.