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Phillies' Imhof retires following loss of eye

Reliever, 2014 second-round pick, recounts struggle after accident
January 25, 2017

Phillies left-hander Matt Imhof announced his retirement on Wednesday, seven months after he lost his right eye in a training accident in Florida.Imhof, a 23-year-old reliever, recounted the nightmarish struggles he's endured since sustaining an eye injury at Brevard County's Space Coast Stadium this past June. In a piece for