2/15 20:05: According to Susan Slusser of The San Francisco Chronicle, Mulder was surprised to receive 40 text messages wishing him good luck on his retirement.

“I never said ‘retirement.’ That’s the wrong word. The thing is, physically, I feel great, but my arm just doesn’t work the way I want to work, so I just shut it down from throwing. But I never really said I was going to retire; I’m 32 and I don’t feel like there’s anything physically wrong with me.”

2/15 16:43: According to Tom Haudricout of the Journal Sentinel, Mulder’s agent, Gregg Clifton, said, “Mark has not retired. He is considering all his options as he tries to get back on the hill.”

2/15 13:52: According to Eric Chavez, Oakland Athletics third baseman, (via Jane Lee of MLB.com), Mulder is officially “done.”

2/15 13:32: According to Susan Slusser of The San Francisco Chronicle, Gregg Clifton, Mark Mulder’s agent, said that the reports of Muler’s decision to retire “aren’t accurate.” Cliftons says, “I don’t know where that (the reports) came from.”

2/15 09:04: According to Lance Allan of TMJ4 in Milwaukee, free agent pitcher Mark Mulder has decided to retire.

Mulder thought about making a comeback with the Milwaukee Brewers since his former pitching coach, Rick Peterson, was on the Brewers’ staff. Mulder had drawn interest from the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals this off season. The two-time All Star has been having problems since having rotator cuff surgery in September of 2006.

Mulder, 32, has a 103-60 lifetime record with a 4.18 ERA in 9 seasons with the Oakland A’s and St. Louis Cardinals. You can see Mulder’s complete contract history and statistics here.