Andrew Heaney is retiring after 12 Major League seasons, as the 34-year-old southpaw announced via his social media feeds. Heaney finished his career with a 4.57 ERA over 1136 2/3 innings as a starter and occasional reliever with six MLB teams, including seven seasons with the Angels.
“I will miss the game a lot, but all my experiences and lasting relationships have made me a better person,” Heaney wrote.The habit of showing up in the yard every day and working to improve each time has been a strength for me…Now I am ready to regain my focus and strength in being a husband, father, family man, and active member of our community. I quit playing baseball, but I hope to give back more than I received. Thank you all for the love and support you have given me. You will know who you are.”
Heaney spent his final season with the Pirates and Dodgers, posting a 5.52 ERA over 122 1/3 innings. After inking a one-year, $5.25MM deal with Pittsburgh last February, Heaney’s struggles led him to go undrafted at the trade deadline, and the Bucs ended up demoting him to the bullpen and releasing him entirely at the end of August. The Dodgers brought Heaney back on a minor league deal for what was his third stint in the organization, and he appeared in a major league game in late September but was not included in any of Los Angeles’ postseason plans.
Selected ninth overall by the Marlins in the 2012 draft, Heaney made his debut for the Show in 2014 but was dealt after the season to the Dodgers as part of a massive seven-player trade that brought him. Dee Strange-Gordon to Miami (and Enrique Hernandez again Austin Barnes to Chavez Ravine). The Dodgers then traded Heaney to the Angels that day in another trade How are you Kendrickwhich has some imported history as the last time two Los Angeles clubs engaged in a player-for-player trade.
Tommy John surgery and other injuries limited Heaney’s time in Anaheim, but he posted a 4.51 ERA over his 569 1/3 innings in an Angels uniform. The tenure ended when Heaney was dealt to the Yankees at the 2021 trade deadline, and that winter he returned to LA to settle in with the Dodgers when he signed a one-year, $8.5MM free agent deal. Injuries were also a factor for Heaney during the year, but he had a 3.10 ERA and a 35.5% strikeout rate over his 72 2/3 frames.
The Oklahoma City native’s next contract brought him closer to home, as Heaney signed a two-year, $25MM contract with the Rangers through the 2022-2023 season. The deal paid off for both the pitcher and the team, as Heaney had a 4.22 ERA with Texas while staying healthy — his 160 innings in 2024 and 147 1/3 innings in 2023 were the second and third highest single-season totals of his career. During the 2023 postseason, Heaney had a 4.09 ERA in 11 innings over five games as a starter and reliever, helping the Rangers win the World Series.
Home runs have been a constant problem for Heaney throughout his career, and his 199 career homers lowered his ERA and perhaps prevented him from breaking out as a front-of-the-rotation arm. Still, Heaney carved out a long and successful career as a starter on the strength of his ability to hit (23.8% career strikeout rate) and quality control (7% walk rate. Despite his struggles in 2025, it appears that Heaney still had a lot in the tank if he had chosen to continue pitching, and perhaps he would have reinvented himself as a full-time relief pitcher.
Instead, Heaney has decided to hang up his gloves and will now move on to his post-playing endeavours. We at MLB Trade Rumors wish Heaney all the best, and congratulate him on a career well done.
