Former Yankees pitcher Brandon McCarthy is hanging up his spikes at the end of this season.

The Braves starter, who’s been out since June 24 with right knee tendinitis, told MLB.com Tuesday that he has decided to retire after this year, but he’s hoping to return to the Braves at some point this season.

McCarthy, 35, said he would be open to returning as a relief pitcher by trying to make mechanical adjustments that would lessen the wear on his right knee.

“I’m done after this,” McCarthy said. “This is it. The offseason is the rest of my life. If I was going to keep playing, a month and a half ago I would have had the surgery that cleans the [knee] and I’d be back next year just a little bit after spring [training].”

The Yankees took a flier on McCarthy in July 2014, when they acquired him from the Diamondbacks for Vidal Nuno. McCarthy had been awful for Arizona (5.01 ERA in 18 starts), but found his form in the Bronx as the Yankees’ best pitcher in the final months of the season, going 7-5 with a 2.89 ERA while walking just 13 in 90 1/3 innings.

His success in New York landed him a four-year, $48 million deal with the Dodgers the following season.

McCarthy has battled numerous injuries throughout his 13-year career, including when he suffered a skull fracture and epidural hemorrhage back in 2012, when he was struck in the head by a line drive pitching for the A’s.

He is 6-3 with a 4.92 ERA in 15 starts for the Braves this season.