"Is Billy Wagner planning to call it quits? The veteran reliever told the New York Post he is planning to retire rather than pursue a closer's job for next season. "I don't plan on talking to nobody," Wagner said when asked where he might pitch in 2010. But ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney received a text message from Wagner's agent, Bean Stringfellow, saying that Wagner has no intentions of retiring. So perhaps Wagner, who is 15 saves shy of 400, was speaking out of frustration. His comments came after he was charged with a pair of runs in Boston's devastating loss to the Angels on Sunday. The buzz over the summer had Wagner pursuing a closer's job near his Virginia home next season (Buster Olney)."
I said it yesterday that this whole retiring thing didn't make a lot of sense. Only a couple months ago Wagner was talking about how much he wanted to close again, and wanted to break 400 saves. There are a lot of teams that would be interested in this guy, but the question is who is willing to give up draft picks?
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