Red Sox left-hander James Paxton plans to retire after the season, he told WEEI’s Rob Bradford on Wednesday.

“After this season I’m going to be retiring and moving on to the next chapter,” Paxton said on the Baseball Isn’t Boring podcast. “Obviously I think 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 responsibility to be at home with my family.”

Paxton, who is currently on the 60-day injured list with a partially torn right calf, said he and his family have been contemplating his future throughout the year and eventually reached a point where they felt retirement was best.

“It’s something we’ve been talking about throughout the season, where my family was at and what we were doing,” he said. “It was a bit of a slow burn but it’s where we’ve ended up.”

Paxton has played 11 seasons in the majors and will finish with a career record of 73-41 and a 3.77 ERA over 951 innings. He spent the majority of his career with the Seattle Mariners, playing parts of seven seasons over two stints with the club, and he also pitched for the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers and Red Sox.

The last five years of Paxton’s career have been marred by injury. He was limited to five starts in 2020 due to a spinal injury, an elbow injury and the COVID-19 pandemic, only made one start in 2021 before undergoing season-ending Tommy John surgery and then missed all of 2022 rehabbing that elbow injury.

He returned in 2023, making 19 starts while posting a 4.50 ERA with the Red Sox, and after the season he signed a one-year deal with the Dodgers to be closer to home on the west coast. Paxton made 18 starts and posted a 4.41 ERA with the Dodgers but was designated for assignment and traded back to Boston ahead of the trade deadline. Once back with the Red Sox he only made three starts before suffering the calf injury, which will keep him out of action for the rest of the season unless the club makes the playoffs and advances to at least the American League Championship Series.

In addition to spending more time with his family, Paxton said he already has his post-playing career lined up.

“I’m starting a company with a trainer of mine and friend called Athlete Complete where we’re going to address mental health in sports,” Paxton said. “Mentor and help programs, build culture and stuff like that around making mental health more of a priority.”