Mark Mulder decided not to pursue a comeback:

New Brewers pitching coach Rick Peterson received a text message on Monday morning confirming Mulder’s decision. Peterson had been trying to convince Mulder to take a Minor League contract with the Brewers to continue his rehabilitation from a rotator cuff injury.

“It doesn’t surprise me,” Peterson said. “He really had to think about whether he wanted to go through this.”

Lance Allan of Today’s TMJ4 television in Milwaukee first reported Mulder’s decision on Sunday night. Mulder’s agent, Gregg Clifton, did not immediately return a phone call on Monday seeking confirmation.

Oakland traded him at the right time, and his acquisition by the St. Louis Cardinals will likely go down as one of the worst trades in the history of that club. Not only did the Cardinals get just one good year out of Mulder, they lost Dan Haren in the trade. Luckily for the St. Louis, Mulder went downhill before his contract was up, so they only spent $13 million seeing if he could come back from the injured rotator cuff.

Hat tip, Sport Magazine.