Yankees four-time All-Star Dellin Betances retires

Dellin Betances is calling it a career.

The hard-throwing reliever, who played for the Yankees and Mets, retired on Wednesday night, according to The Post’s Jon Heyman.

The 34-year-old Betances, who had been in the Dodgers’ organization, was released earlier in the day.

Betances, who was drafted by the Yankees in 2006 and began his minor league career as a starter, made it to the majors in 2011. He found his niche as a back-end force in the Yankees’ bullpen from 2014-18.

During that time, Betances appeared in 349 games for the Yankees, recording 607 strikeouts with a 2.22 ERA, including five-straight seasons with at least 100 strikeouts and four straight All-Star selections, all as a reliever.

After 2018, Betances’ career was derailed by injuries and ineffectiveness.

After rehabbing a right shoulder impingement and a strained lat for 5 ½ months just to make his 2019 debut on Sept. 17 at Toronto, Betances was able to pitch just two-thirds of an inning before exiting the game with a partially torn left Achilles tendon.

Dellin Betances in 2021 Spring Training with the Mets.Corey Sipkin

The Mets, who were in need of bullpen help after the 2019 season, took a chance on Betances, signing the right-hander to a one-year contract worth $10.5 million that contained a player option for the 2021 season.

But Betances spent most of the final month of the 60-game shortened season in 2020 on the IL with a lat strain. Betances, who pitched just 12 ²/₃ innings during his Mets tenure, made just one appearance in 2021 and was placed on the IL on April 8 after suffering another right-shoulder impingement, which ended his season.

Betances was attempting to make a comeback with the Dodgers this season, but in Los Angeles’ minor league system he accumulated an ERA of 10.80 in 16 ²/₃ innings pitched over 19 games.