Jimmy Rollins says he would not thoughts it if an MLB participant by no means wore the No. 24 once more … telling TMZ Sports activities he’d be right down to see Rob Manfred retire Willie Mays‘ well-known quantity league-wide.

The potential of the consideration has been floated by baseball followers everywhere in the nation the previous few days … after Mays sadly died at 93 years previous on June 18.

Seamheads have argued that on account of his influence on the league, Mays’ previous quantity ought to get the identical remedy that solely Jackie Robinson‘s No. 42 has beforehand earned from the MLB.

Once we bought Rollins out at LAX this week, he stated he’d be all for it … telling us “It might be an excellent honor.”

J Roll went on to say he thinks Mays is “in all probability the best all-time all-around baseball participant to have performed the sport” — and somebody who’s well-deserving of such a grand tribute.

Mays, after all, has pretty much as good of a case as anybody for the consideration … as he performed in over 3,000 video games, hit 660 house runs, and tallied a .301 batting common. He additionally received two MVPs and was named an All-Star a staggering 24 occasions.