Stephen Strasburg retiring after years of injury struggles, and months-long stand-off with Nationals WSB-TV Channel 2 [Video]

Stephen Strasburg is calling it a career. Hopefully for real, this time.

The longtime Washington Nationals starting pitcher is retiring after a years-long struggle to pitch again due to injuries, according to The Washington Post and MASN’s Mark Zuckerman. MLB’s transaction log also shows Strasburg to have retired.

Nothing has been announced by the Nationals nor Strasburg’s camp, though, which remains significant given the false start last August. Strasburg was initially reported by the Post to be calling it a career with plans for a news conference at Nationals Park in September, but those plans were quietly canceled at the last minute.

It soon became clear that Strasburg and the Nationals hadn’t reached an agreement on a settlement for how to pay out the remainder of his seven-year, $245 million contract. Players usually get most of what they are owed as they can just keep playing until the team releases them, but this was …