Eight‑year big‑league veteran Dan Straily has hung up his spikes, according to Codify Baseball’s social‑media post. The 36‑year‑old right‑hander logged time with the A’s, Cubs, Astros, Reds, Marlins and Orioles over his MLB tenure.
Drafted by Oakland in the 24th round in 2009, Straily debuted in 2012 and immediately delivered league‑average value (3.89 ERA over seven starts).
The following season he settled in for 27 starts, working 152 ⅔ innings with a 3.96 ERA and 4.05 FIP—numbers good enough to land him fourth in that year’s AL Rookie of the Year voting behind Wil Myers, José Iglesias and Chris Archer.
Straily’s journeyman ride began in earnest in 2014, when an early‑season slump led Oakland to option him to Triple‑A, then include him—along with Addison Russell and Billy McKinney—in the blockbuster that sent Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel to the Cubs.
After brief, uneven showings in Chicago, he was dealt to Houston in the Dexter Fowler trade and spent most of 2015 in the minors.
Trade No. 3 came just before the 2016 season: Houston shipped Straily to San Diego for Erik Kratz, but the Padres quickly DFA’d him.
Cincinnati claimed him, and he rewarded the Reds with a career‑best campaign—191 ⅓ innings of 3.76 ERA work, exactly the durable arm a rebuilding club needed despite a homer‑inflated 4.88 FIP.
That strong year prompted Miami to acquire him for a package topped by future Reds ace Luis Castillo.
Across two seasons with the Marlins, Straily posted a 4.20 ERA over 304 innings before being released just ahead of 2019 Opening Day. A short and rocky stint in Baltimore (47 ⅔ innings, 9.82 ERA) marked his MLB finale.
Straily then reinvented himself overseas, tossing 503 innings of 3.29 ERA baseball for the KBO’s Lotte Giants from 2020‑23.
Brief minor‑league returns with the Diamondbacks (2022) and Cubs (2024) never produced another big‑league shot, and he closed out this year with 32 innings for the Mexican League’s Diablos Rojos del México.
Altogether, Straily departs professional baseball with a combined 4.19 ERA across 2,351 ⅓ innings in the majors, minors and foreign circuits. Congratulations to Straily on a notable career, and best wishes for his next chapter.
