Jarren Duran achieved a career summit of 21 circuits last season. Photography: G FIUME / GETTY Images
Boston’s stars voltiseur Jarren Duran said he tried to commit suicide while he was fighting with his mental health during the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
In Netflix’s documentation, the clubhouse: a year with the Red Sox, the 28-year-old said that the difficulties with his form during his recruit season in 2021 affected it deeply. His life was saved when he tried to shoot himself, but the weapon did not trigger.
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“I already heard fans,” said Duran in the series, which will be presented in the United States on Tuesday. “And what they said to me: (it was like):” I said to myself 10 times worse in the mirror. “It was a really difficult time for me.
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“… I got to a point where I was sitting in my room, I had my rifle and I had a bullet and I pressed the relaxation and the weapon clicked, but nothing happened. So, to this day, I think God did not let me take my life because I do not know why I do not know when I started to have started to face it here or I don’t want to be here? One reason, so let’s be how you want to be and play (the way) that you want to play and live as you want to live.
The CEO of Red Sox, Sam Kennedy, praised Duran’s honesty. “Jarren’s decision to share his story is an act of courage that goes far beyond baseball,” Kennedy said in a statement. “By opening, he shows others who may have trouble that they are not alone and that asking for help is not only ok, it’s essential.”
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Duran said he is coming back now to maintain his mental health and writes reminders to help himself concentrate.
“On (the strip on) my left wrist, I write,” fuck ’em “, because it was I who told myself to my demons:” You are not going to unfold me “”, says Duran in the documentaryies. “And on my right wrist, I write” always alive “because I’m still there and I always fight.”
Duran had the best season of his career in 2024 and was named All-Star for the first time, recording career summits in Home Runs (21), races (111), RBI (75) and stolen bases (34). He was also suspended two games for shout a homophobic Slur in a fan who heckled him. Duran later apologized for having used what he called “a really horrible word” and apologized to the LGBTQ community.
