Chris Martin has officially retired from baseball, according to his agency,

Martin originally intended to retire following the 2025 season, but he opted to re-sign with the Rangers for his age-40 campaign, which turned out to be a bust. Martin battled shoulder issues and had a 9.00 ERA in 14 innings before being released in August and finishing the year out of the league. Martin often had issues staying healthy, didn’t make his MLB debut until his age-28 season in 2014, spent 2016 and ’17 in Japan, but he wound up making 434 major league appearances with a 3.53 ERA and a 409/55 K/BB ratio. He never walked more than eight batters in a season, and in fact, both of his seasons with eight walks had three of those being intentional. Martin also had a 1.88 ERA in 16 postseason appearances and helped the Braves win the World Series in 2021. His 3.3 percent walk rate is the lowest among all pitchers to throw 400 innings since 1920.