Nomar Garciaparra will announce his retirement at a Red Sox press conference this morning, tweets ESPN's Gordon Edes. WEEI's Lou Merloni reports that Garciaparra is
signing a one-day minor league contract with Boston to retire as a member of the club, and then begin work as an ESPN analyst. Merloni says Nomar had asked Red Sox
GM Theo Epstein about playing opportunities the last few years. WEEI's Tom Layman has the transcript of Garciaparra's press conference.
Nomar, 36, finishes with a sparkling career line of .313/.361/.521 in 6,116 plate appearances. He spent the majority of his time at shortstop, though also played the infield corners later in his career. Garciaparra was a superstar with the Red Sox, winning Rookie of the Year in '97 and getting MVP votes and All-Star appearances in six different seasons.
Garciaparra was traded to the Cubs before the Sox went on to win the '04 World Series. Nomar struggled with injuries after the Cubs trade, but did have a nice year at first base for the '06 Dodgers. He banked about $78MM in his career, according to Baseball-Reference.Nomar Garciaparra rejoined the Boston Red Sox for one day and retired, ending a 14-year career to become an analyst for ESPN. Garciaparra, 36, played parts of nine seasons with the Red Sox. He was a six-time All-Star shortstop who captured the 1997 American League Rookie of the Year Award and won batting titles in 1999 and 2000 but was traded to the Chicago Cubs in 2004, the season Boston won its first World Series in 86 years. He had a .313 career average with 229 home runs.
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