Brandon McCarthy will retire at the end of this year after a 13-year Major League career.
McCarthy hopes to return to the Atlanta Braves out of the bullpen this season. He\'s been sidelined since June 24 with a knee injury.
\"I\'m done after this,\" McCarthy said. \"This is it. The offseason is the rest of my life. If I was going to keep playing, a month and a half ago, I would have had the surgery that cleans the [knee] and I\'d be back next year just a little bit after spring [training].\"
The 35-year-old is making a mechanical adjustment in his delivery to decrease the stress on his knee.
Via ESPN