He also says the ex-Cy Young winner will explore his options for the 2020 season, including going to Japan and weighing current offers that he has to pitch in Mexico. He made his fourth All-Star game and hit his very first career home run during his age-43 season. It was an ignominious finish for a four-time All-Star, whose 21 wins for the Los Angeles Angels in 2005 had produced his only Cy Young trophy. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images). "It worked out where I got him one more out in the seventh and got him off the field. Bartolo Colon doesn't want to retire until he passes one last pitching milestone. Unfortunately, for Colon, the 2016 campaign was his final productive year in the big leagues. Colon doesn’t want to retire until he pitches 46 more innings — the number of innings that it’ll take him to be the all-time Dominican leader in career innings pitched. Even the career of Bartolo Colon. Brown has successfully revived the, Stetson Bennett’s dad shares awesome picture ahead of Alabama game, SEC clears Nick Saban to coach Saturday vs. Georgia, Lee Corso went all out for his College GameDay pick, Deion Sanders has interesting bonuses in Jackson State contract, Terry McLaurin: Dwayne Haskins can’t feel sorry for himself, Phil Mickelson has great tweet in support of Mack Brown. Your favorite teams, topics, and players all on your favorite mobile devices. CHICAGO, IL - JULY 20: Starting pitcher Bartolo Colon #40 of the New York Mets delivers the ball against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on July 20, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. "You are always looking for opportunities to have people acknowledged for what they have done," Molitor said. The beloved former Met has his sights set on as least one more season playing in the major leagues. "That's a front-office deal," Colon said. Colon’s major league career has lasted more than 20 years and he’s at 3,461 2/3 innings pitched, but he hasn’t pitched with a major league team since 2018 with the Rangers. Fear not dear friends, for the legend of Big Sexy still lives. I have written 38 books and more than 20,000 articles about baseball, 2018, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot), Seattle Mariners' Cameron Maybin during the fourth inning on Aug. 7, 2018, in Arlington, Texas. Powered by Minute Media © 2020 All Rights Reserved. Bartolo receives standing O, plans 2018 return, AL Wild Card Game: Tuesday, 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on ESPN. He was still in Cy Young consideration at his age-40 season with the A’s. Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians (1997–2002), Montreal Expos (2002), Chicago White Sox (2003, 2009), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2004–2007), Boston Red Sox (2008), New York Yankees (2011), Oakland Athletics (2012–2013), New York Mets (2014–2016), Atlanta Braves (2017), Minnesota Twins (2017), and Texas Ra…