(The list has been updated for 2016)
 
Last year, I compiled a list of all the players who appeared in the Nintendo 64 game Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr. and were still on an MLB team.

The idea was to both move us closer to definitively knowing which guy would be the last remaining, and to have a spot where any other similarly curious person could find the answer.

With another season upon us, it’s time to update the list.  We’ve had a number of retirements, as well as a few guys stating that 2014 will be their last in the bigs.

So long:
-Mariano Rivera
-Andy Pettite
-Darren Oliver
-Todd Helton
-Mark Kotsay

Still active:
-David Ortiz
-Bartolo Colon
-Latroy Hawkins
-Raul Ibanez
-Jamey Wright
-Alex Rodriguez
-Derek Jeter
-Paul Konerko
-Jason Giambi
-Bobby Abreu

Last year, this list was really simple.  Everyone just played baseball.  This time, I have to add a bunch of notes.

Jeter and Konerko have both already said this will be their last year.  Rodriguez won’t play a pitch this year because he was suspended for the entire season.  Giambi is starting the year on the DL and may not actually play in the majors this year, but he’s on Cleveland’s 40-man roster.  Abreu gets a major asterisk both because he wasn’t in the league last year, and just got cut from the Phillies.  I read an article that said he had potential interest from other teams, so he stays, for now.

So who will be the last one?  Both Ortiz and Colon are signed beyond 2014, and given that all he has to do is DH, I’m putting my money on Big Papi.

Unless of course Griffey makes a comeback…

**UPDATE**
The Indians activated Giambi and the Mets called up Abreu before their respective games on April 21, putting both in the majors in 2014.