Red Sox righthander Curt Schilling told Sporting News that he won't come back and pitch a full season, but he hasn't ruled out pitching for part of next season.

"If I do decide to come back, I would work to the point I was ready and somewhere around May 1 let the teams know I wanted to pitch the second half. I'd obviously need to spend June in the minor leagues building it all back up and then hopefully come back and help a team in contention win a World Series," Schilling said. "All of this is predicated with the fact that I am completely healthy and able to pitch like I did prior to breaking my shoulder early in 2007."