REPORT: Veteran Infielder Martin Prado Will Likely Retire

One of the most consistent contact hitters and most versatile infielders in the sport might have played his last game in the bigs.

Veteran infielder Martin Prado, who has played the last five seasons with the Miami Marlins, has privately told friends of his that he is likely going to retire after a 14-year MLB career, per Jon Heyman.

Prado originally came up with the Atlanta Braves, where he played seven seasons. He hit over .300 in four separate seasons in Atlanta, making his only All-Star team in 2010, a year in which he finished ninth in MVP voting.

The key piece in the trade that sent Justin Upton to Atlanta, Prado spent 1.5 seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks before being highly productive in a half-season stint with the New York Yankees. He was traded to Miami for Nathan Eovaldi and Domingo German, where he struggled to stay healthy, instead transitioning to a veteran leader role on a young team.

In his career, Prado was a .287 hitter with 100 career home runs. He could play almost anywhere on the diamond and had masterful bat control; a real throwback infielder that would have been equally at home in the small-ball 1980s.

For 14 years, Prado was the type of consistent infielder every manager in the league would have loved to have on their ball club. Congratulations on a fantastic career, Martin!