After almost 12 years it comes to an end.
A massive thank you to Fnatic for believing in me, supporting my growth, and making my childhood dream a reality. Going from watching my idols as a kid to actually sharing the jersey with them is more than I ever could have imagined. For the past 12 years, you’ve been my home, my family, and my life. It has been an absolute honor and privilege to represent the black and orange for such a long time.
To all my past teammates, coaches, and staff: thank you for everything. Through the highs and the lows, we built memories that I will cherish forever. Each of you left a footprint on my journey, and I hope I did the same for yours. I could never have achieved any of this without you. Best of luck boys.
To the fans: I know it’s been a rough ride lately, but I want you to know that we showed up and put the work in every single day. Sometimes things don’t go your way, but I can honestly say I gave it everything I had until the very last day. I’m leaving with my head held high and I’ll always look back on my time at Fnatic knowing I left everything out there.
Just wanted to give a massive shoutout to Samuelsson. We’ve survived every project, many meetings, and chaotic times together. Thanks for being a very professional colleague but most important, a friend for life. You the goat.
The Viking has been on the battlefield for the last time in black and orange.
Over and out. #AlwaysFnatic 🖤🧡
KRIMZ
I have a lot of problems with this post:
1. You may be frustrated, but why target the longest-tenured player in the Tigers' organization, who has always played hard and with a positive attitude, who made meaningful contributions to 2 playoff seasons, and has already overachieved and exceeded expectations for his MLB career?
2. Demanding that players be performatively sad 24-7 after a loss, when they are humans with wives, young kids, normal lives who have played hundreds or thousands of games in their careers and thus have dealt with failure many times before and will do so many times again, is absurd.
3. MLB player Instagram is relatively unpolluted by the nonsense of social media -- particularly for regular, non-star players. Sharing positive photos and videos with friends and family back home and current and former teammates around the game is totally normal. That's why a ton of players are on Instagram and virtually zero are on X/Twitter.