LOS ANGELES -- Three-time Cy Young Award winner and 11-time All-Star Clayton Kershaw , who has spent all 18 seasons of his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers , will retire at the end of this season.

"I'm gonna call it," Kershaw said during a news conference Thursday night. "I'm gonna retire. We've talked about it a lot. I'm at peace with it. I think it's the right time."

The Dodgers announced Kershaw's decision Thursday, adding that Friday will mark the final regular-season home start of his career.

"I think he's the greatest pitcher in this generation," manager Dave Roberts said Thursday. "There's obviously a lot of great pitchers. I've just never been around a greater competitor. Very accountable, very consistent. He's made me better. And I think that we have grown together, so I

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