When the New York Yankees signed Paul Goldschmidt last December, it felt like a marriage of experience and need—a team seeking stability at first base, and a veteran looking for one more run at October glory. Ten months later, that one-year, $12.5 million pact has run its course, ending not with a trophy, but with reflection.

Goldschmidt’s season—and perhaps his career—came to a pause on Wednesday night as the Yankees fell to the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Division Series. The 38-year-old didn’t make any grand farewell gestures or public goodbyes. Instead, he stood at his locker postgame, thoughtful yet composed, speaking like someone who hasn’t quite closed the book.

“I think I’d like to continue playing, but I hadn’t sat down and thought about it,” Goldschmidt said, per S

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