Former Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Casey Sadler announced his retirement from baseball earlier this week on social media. Sadler, who pitched for the Dodgers in 2019, is retiring after a 14-year career.<\/p>\n
Sadler announced that a significant reason for his retirement is a pitching business his wife started that he will continue to pursue in his retirement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was drafted in 2010 and today I am officially announcing my retirement from baseball,\u201d\u00a0Sadler wrote on X<\/a>. \u201cThis year has been a rollercoaster \u2014 from fearing I needed Tommy John surgery to discovering I was physically fine, only to realize my biggest hurdle was my own mind. While working to get back on the mound, my wife started a small pitching lesson business and told me to show up. What I didn\u2019t expect was how much those kids would change my life.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cAs I poured my knowledge into these young men, something shifted. The drive to play for myself began to fade, and my mental health improved. Teaching these kids was life-giving and gave me a renewed sense of purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n