Denard Span says he's now retired over principles about what he believes he's worth.

The outfielder was a free agent before last season and didn't play in 2019.

Span claims he received only minimum offers during the 2018-19 offseason and "once I didn't sign a contract going into the 2020 season, that was it for me."

He didn't receive offers until spring training had begun in 2019 and when the offers did come he was unimpressed.

"I'm a man of principles, and when those principles aren't met, I can't go along with it," Span said. "... I honestly recognize that I'm not the player that I was when I was in D.C. or when I was in Minnesota. But, I still know that I have value. I'm not a center fielder or premier player anymore, but that doesn't mean I can't help a ballclub win a championship or win games. I'm not the $12 million player anymore, but from what I did [in 2018], that doesn't tell me I'm worth $1 million or worth $1.5 million or worth league minimum. I got an offer for league minimum. It was just unreal."