Former Braves pitcher Bartolo Colon told ESPN that he is thinking about retirement.
In an interview with ESPN, Colon admitted to thinking about retiring, but a promise he made to his late mother may be keeping him in the game. He promised his mother, who died in 2014, that he'd continue playing until he was 45, according to ESPN.
If that’s what is keeping him in the MLB, he has at least until May 2018, when he turns 45.
"I don't put that kind of pressure on myself, but sometimes I have a lot of things on my mind. ... I talk a lot with my father and with my wife and I tell them that maybe it's enough already, that this is it," Colon told ESPN. "And my father and my wife always tell me that if that is my decision, they would support me.”
Colon started his first game for the Minnesota Twins Tuesday against the Yankees. He was pulled out of the game in the fifth inning after allowing eight hits and four earned runs.
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