informed the Red Soxs Triple-A team that he is stepping away from his minor league deal. Grandal did not officially announce his retirement, but it appears hes leaning that way.  At the moment, it looks like hes probably going to walk away and potentially hang them up, Triple-A manager Chad Tracy told . We talked (Monday), and I knew he was going to pack up and gohis response was its time to be dad. The Sox technically placed him on the restricted list, according to the MLB.com . Francys Romero that Grandal does not intend to return to the Boston organization.  Grandal signed a minor league deal with the Sox in mid-April. He bypa sed a contractual opt-out on May 1 and ultimately appeared in 23 games for Worcester. While he posted a decent .256/.372/.397 batting line, the Sox have a more locked-in catching duo than they did at the time he signed.  had just broken his finger.  was playing in front of  . Wong returned on May 2, while Narvez has impre sed enough to take over as the primary catcher Kawhi Leonard Jersey . Sabol was recently designated for a signment, so Grandal would probably have been the first one up in the event of an injury, but that was his only real path to the big leagues.  If this is the end of his playing days, hell walk away as one of the more productive catchers of his generation. Grandal was a two-time All-Star who twice received down-ballot MVP votes. He has spent parts of 13 seasons in the big leagues. A first-round pick by the Reds in 2010, he was dealt to San Diego as a prospect in a blockbuster deal for  . Grandal played parts of three seasons with the Padres before he was packaged in another significant trade, moving to the Dodgers alongside then-prospect  for  .  Grandal arguably did his best work in a Dodger uniform. He hit .238/.337/.453 while grading as an elite pitch framer over four seasons. He played one All-Star season with the Brewers before joining the White Sox on a four-year, $73MM free agent deal. The contract didnt end well, but he posted a career-best .420 on-base percentage over 93 games in 2021. His most recent (and potentially final) MLB work came with the Pirates last season, when he hit .228/.304/.400 acro s 72 contests as the veteran in a catching group that also included  and  .  Oshae Brissett Jersey
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