LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Peter Moylan worked a string of jobs in sales and manual labor back home in Australia through much of his 20s before starting an improbable major league career as a 27-year-old Braves rookie reliever in 2006. So it’s not as if he has an aversion to work less glamorous jobs than pitching in front of tens of thousands of adoring fans.



The affable side-armer, who continued pitching after numerous surgeries, including two Tommy John elbow procedures, wasn’t quite ready to retire from the majors when the offseason began. But he is now.



Moylan, whose outgoing personality and humor made him overwhelmingly popular among teammates and fans alike, told The Athletic he has decided to call it a career at age 40, after waiting for offers that never came from major league teams during the past four months.



“There’s a little part of me that knows that I can still pitch at that level, but it’s time to move...