Matt Szczur

With good news related to baseball as widespread as rain in the desert lately, it’s tough to get excited for much of anything MLB-related lately. We’ll keep our fingers crossed but the confidence in the leadership and future of the league has got to be at an all-time low. In other news, former Cubs outfielder Matt Szczur announced his retirement from baseball. While he never blew anyone away with his production, he made some great memories during his time in Chicago.

Former major league baseball player Matt Szczur, a Lower Cape May Regional High School graduate, announced his retirement from baseball Monday on Twitter. “Baseball is and always will be a part of me, but it’s time to trade in my bat for a brush. I’m looking forward to being a husband, father, family member, and friend,” he tweeted.

Former Chicago Cubs outfielder/bench bat Matt Szczur announced his retirement from professional baseball on Twitter Monday morning. Szczur, 32, was a fifth-round draft pick of the Cubs in 2010 out of Villanova University. He played with the Cubs from 2014-2017, and had since bounced around between the Padres, Diamondbacks, Phillies and Cardinals organizations. He hadn’t appeared in a big league game since back in 2018.

Former Lower Cape May football and baseball star, Matt Szczur, who won a World Series playing with the Chicago Cubs in 2016, announced his retirement from baseball Monday on social media. Szczur, who grew up in the Erma section of Lower Township and attended Lower Cape May High School, began...

Matt Szczur is one of those players who is as well known for the extra stuff as he is for his baseball playing, but in his case, that’s far from an insult. The guy was a great football player in college. He’s a ridiculously good artist. He has great taste in bats. He gave bone marrow to a stranger, saving her life and inspiring so many others to join the bone marrow registry (me included). There was just so much to root for.

Szczur, who played baseball and football at Villanova University, was drafted by the Cubs in the fifth round of the 2010 draft. He made his major league debut in 2014 and played for the Cubs until 2017 when he was traded to the San Diego Padres. During his time in Chicago, Szczur posted a slash line of .259/.312/.400.