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Nick Ahmed announced his retirement baseball after 15 seasons in the big leagues.
“As long as I remember, all I have always wanted to play was playing baseball,” wrote Ahmed in a statement he published on X. “I was able to live my childhood dream and play baseball for a very long time! After 15 professional seasons and more than a decade in the big leagues, I officially hang up on my peaks and withdraw from the baseball player.”
Ahmed was drafted by the Braves of Atlanta in 2011, but was exchanged in the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2013 as part of the agreement which sent Justin Upton and Chris Johnson to the Braves. Ahmed made his debut with the Diamondbacks in 2014.
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He spent 10 seasons with the team and won Gold Glove Awards in 2018 and 2019. However, in 2023, he was released in September. The diamondbacks have gone to the World Series this season, but Ahmed refused The national league championship ring offered by the team.
The following season, he joined the Giants of San Francisco before being released. The Los Angeles Dodgers signed it, but also released it. He finished the season with the Padres of San Diego.
This season, he signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers. He appeared in five games, but was appointed for assignment in May and finally elected free agency.
Playing 15 seasons in the big leagues is not easy. Ahmed thanked all his old organizations in his statement, but we will probably remember him as a diamondback.
His defense was his greatest asset. He ended his career with 72 circuits and an oblique bar line .233 / .286 / .370.
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