Mark DeRosa is retiring from baseball. Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos made that announcement on Tuesday. Toronto exercised a $750,000 option on DeRosa in late October, but the 38-year-old utilityman is going to hang up his cleats for good. He hit .268/.340/.412 over the course of a 16-year major league career. The Penn-educated DeRosa is an exceptional broadcasting talent and will likely receive offers from numerous networks.

Blue Jays picked up INF/OF Mark DeRosa's $750,000 option for 2014. DeRosa previously indicated that he might retire, though this would seem to indicate that he'll return. The 38-year-old was a nice part-time player for the Jays this season, batting .267/.368/.443 with five homers in 155 plate appearances against left-handed pitching.

The Blue Jays will not trade Mark DeRosa. DeRosa was claimed off waivers Wednesday, but the Jays hold an inexpensive $750,000 on him for 2014 and are very likely to exercise it. The 38-year-old utilityman is batting .231/.320/.449 with seven home runs and 29 RBI in 169 plate appearances this season for Toronto.

FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal reports that Mark DeRosa has been claimed off waivers. The identity of the claiming team is not yet known. Toronto has until Thursday to work out a swap, let the claiming team have him outright, or pull DeRosa back. The veteran is batting .231 with a .769 OPS and seven home runs over 147 at-bats. He's owed roughly $230,000 for rest of season.

Mark DeRosa was unavailable Sunday due to a neck injury. No word yet on the severity, but DeRosa tweaked something in his neck during batting practice. The Blue Jays are hoping he can return early next week.

Mark DeRosa homered in the bottom of the 11th Sunday as the Blue Jays beat the Padres 7-4. DeRosa's solo homer broke the tie in the 11th, and the Jays went on to score a couple of more runs afterwards. DeRosa also singled in his two at-bats off the bench tonight. He's probably not physically capable of receiving much more playing time than he's getting, but he's been quite an asset in a limited role, driving in 19 runs in just 73 at-bats.

Mark DeRosa will bat cleanup Tuesday night against the Giants. An interesting choice, as this will be just his ninth career start out of the cleanup spot and his first since 2011. Still, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons likes him there with southpaw Barry Zito on the hill for San Francisco.

Mark DeRosa came off the bench to hit his second homer in two days Monday versus the Rays. DeRosa has three homers in 40 at-bats this year after hitting a total of one in three injury-filled seasons from 2010-12. The Blue Jays aren't likely to suddenly start playing him regularly -- his body can't handle it anyway -- but they'll probably look for more ways to start squeezing him in. It's not like Adam Lind is doing much of anything as a DH.

Mark DeRosa scored three runs and drove in three in the Blue Jays' defeat of the Mariners on Sunday. The veteran utilityman was 3-for-5 with two doubles and a home run but is still batting just .211 with a .763 OPS in 16 games this season. He is not fantasy-relevant.

Mark DeRosa returned to the Blue Jays' lineup Sunday. He started at third base and went 2-for-3 with a home run. DeRosa missed two games this week due to back soreness, but the injury was never a major concern.