In an interview with USA Today’s Seth Livingstone, Houston Astro’s Ace Roy Oswalt was asked about the possibility of an early retirement. Oswalt’s current contract expires at the end of the 2011 season.

“Next year — I’ll try to play that year out. Of course, the first thing is to get through this year.” Oswalt said “But my thing is if you’re not going to play at the level that you come in at, there’s no sense in going out there and just trying to add up numbers. Now, if I’m producing and a team wants me, I may play (beyond this contract), But if I’m not, I won’t.”

Oswalt , who is 32, has a career 3.23 ERA and has won 137 games in 9 seasons with the Houston Astros. He is set to make $15 million in 2010 and $16 million in 2011 with a club option for 2012.