DANA POINT, Calif. — Greg Maddux, the eighth winningest pitcher in major league history, is almost certain to retire, his agent, Scott Boras, said tonight.
“He hasn’t made a final decision, but for now it is doubtful he will play (any longer),” Boras said at the GM Meetings. “As it stands now, he is not going to play.”
Maddux is a certain Hall of Famer. He won four Cy Young awards in a row from 1992-95. Maddux is 355-227. He began last season with the Padres and finished up working mainly out of the pen for the NL West champion Dodgers.
Only Warren Spahn with 367 wins has more victories in what is considered the live ball period of baseball, since 1920, than Maddux.