Getty Nathan Lukes nearly walked away from baseball.
Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes reveals why he nearly retired from baseball while struggling as a minor leaguer.
Lukes, who made his major-league debut with the Blue Jays in 2023, was a seventh-round draft pick by the Cleveland Indians in 2015. After being traded to the Tampa Bay Rays in 2016, Lukes toiled in the Rays’ minor-league system for many years before he signed with the Blue Jays organization in late 2021. After nearly two seasons with the Buffalo Bisons, the Blue Jays called up Lukes to the
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