Veteran pitcher Brandon McCarthy will retire after this season ends, reports MLB.com's Mark Bowman.
The 35-year-old Braves hurler hasn't pitched since the end of June because of right-knee tendinitis. According to Bowman, McCarthy is trying to make mechanical adjustments in Triple A to help Atlanta's major league playoff push from the bullpen.
"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].