Former Yankees starter James Paxton to retire after 2024 season

The southpaw is choosing family over baseball.

The veteran Red Sox lefty starter announced Wednesday he plans to retire after the season, ending a solid 11-season career that was far too often limited by injuries.

He added: “It was tough. Obviously, I think that I can still do it. I can still go out there and compete and help a team win. But I just think with where my family’s at and what they need right now, they need me home, and I feel a duty and a responsibility to be at home with my family and I’m looking forward to being at home with my family and spending more time with them too.

Paxton went 41-26 over seven seasons with the Mariners before being traded to the Yankees, going 15-6 with a 3.82 ERA spanning a career-high 29 starts in 2019 in his last strong season.He made just five starts for the Yankees in the COVID-shortened 2020 season after having a cyst removed and suffering a left flexor tendon strain, registered just one start in 2021 with the Mariners before undergoing Tommy John surgery and then missed the entire 2022 season due to recovery time and a lat tear.

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