Sad news for the Los Angeles as Josh Beckett won't return to the mound this season. The pitcher has been injured and news of his retirement are looming.

Beckett was placed on the disabled list for the time already due to a left hip impingement. The 34-year-old right-hander was 6-6 with a 2.88 ERA in 20 starts, including a no-hitter May 25 in Philadelphia.

According to news, Becker does not think that he would be able to continue his career without having to go through surgery and he won't be making that big decision not until the offseason. Aside from that, he also plans to talk to his wife if he still wants to make a comeback.

He said "They're tough decisions, but they are definitely things I'm going to have to think about in the offseason that I've never had to think about."

Beckett will be undergoing surgery in May if he decides not to pitch next year.

He said "One of the reasons I didn't opt to just have the surgery now is that I'm not sure I want to play going forward. I would have been out for the year one way or another, so why not give it a shot? Also, coming back from the surgery that I just came back from, it just seems it would have been 12 months in physical therapy. I wasn't ready to just go back into just doing rehab."

According to Beckett, his latest rehab did not make any progress for him as he wasn't getting any better. He said if he plays catch at 50 feet then he'd be sore the next day.

He added "I've talked to other teammates who have been through injuries toward the end (of their careers). I think most of them leaned toward it helped them make the decision and be at peace with that."

Preparing for a game was grueling for Beckett as he had to put in 4 hours of work in order to pitch just for two hours. He commented "That was weighing heavy on me, even when I was pitching good. The pitching part is not the part that bothers you. I probably felt the best on the days I pitched. It's the in-between days leading up to my start. It's very draining to have to do so many things even before you go to start to warm up."

Dodgers manager Don Mattingly takes pride in Beckett for stabilizing the team early in the season saying "You forget how good he was pitching earlier in the year. Those starts he was giving us early kind of kept us afloat. To see him physically breaking down, I hate to see it happen. He's had a great career to this point. It's unfortunate he wasn't able to finish the year out."