Veteran infielder Geoff Blum hasn’t formally retired from baseball, but that’s probably coming soon. Here’s MLB.com beat writer Brian McTaggart:
Blum appeared in only 17 games -- and started just five -- with the Diamondbacks last season because of a serious left oblique injury.
Geoff Blum, who played five years with the Astros in two separate stints with the club, has reached an agreement to join the club’s television broadcast team, a source has told MLB.com.
Blum is expected to be behind the microphone for about 60 games a year this year, filling the role of color analyst when Bill Brown isn’t in the booth.
Blum appeared in only 17 games -- and started just five -- with the Diamondbacks last season because of a serious left oblique injury.
And he hit .143 with a .336 OPS when he wasn’t on the disabled list.
The California native tallied 990 hits, 99 home runs and 479 RBI over the course of his 14-year major league career. He has big shoes to fill in Houston, where he’ll play a part in replacing fan favorite Jim Deshaies, who took a job in the Cubs’ television broadcast booth earlier this offseason. Blum is 39 years old.
