Follow usFormer Dodgers pitcher Josh Lindblom announced on Thursday his retirement from professional baseball after seven big-league seasons and five in South Korea.
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The 35-year-old was drafted by the Dodgers in the second round of the 2008 draft, nine picks after the Marlins took Brad Hand and 11 picks before the Rockies took Charlie Blackmon.
Lindblom made his debut with L.A. on June 1, 2011, two weeks before his 24th birthday, and pitched in 75 games for Los Angeles before being sent to Philadelphia at the 2012 trade deadline in the trade that brought Shane Victorino to the Dodgers.
He pitched well for the Dodgers, but he was never able to replicate that success in the big leagues.
Philadelphia traded him to the Rangers, who later traded him to the A’s, who lost him on waivers to the Pirates, who eventually released him.
At that point, Lindblom headed to Korea for the first of two stints in the KBO. He pitched okay for the Lotte Giants in parts of three seasons, struggled in a brief stint back with Pittsburgh in 2017, then headed back to Korea for two seasons with the Doosan Bears.
