Show Him the Money
The Clemens Watch seems to be in full swing, with the punditocracy waiting with bated breath over where Clemens will pitch this year -- or even if he will pitch.
The conventional wisdom is that Clemens is biding his time, waiting to see if any of the teams he might want to play for are serious contenders (rumored, so far, to be the Yankees, Red Sox, and both Texas teams). Or perhaps he’s waiting to see if his body is able to take the stress of even another half-season of pitching.
Baseball Weekly’s Paul White sheds light on another factor Clemens is taking into consideration: the size of the contract. White quotes Clemens as saying, “If I was offered arbitration, we probably wouldn’t be taking about this right now.”
So he’d be willing to come back to Houston if he was sure he’d get $10 or $12 million? I’ve got no quarrel with Clemens for wanting to get paid. But he should be honest and say that he wants the ka-ching to go with the ring.
The conventional wisdom is that Clemens is biding his time, waiting to see if any of the teams he might want to play for are serious contenders (rumored, so far, to be the Yankees, Red Sox, and both Texas teams). Or perhaps he’s waiting to see if his body is able to take the stress of even another half-season of pitching.
Baseball Weekly’s Paul White sheds light on another factor Clemens is taking into consideration: the size of the contract. White quotes Clemens as saying, “If I was offered arbitration, we probably wouldn’t be taking about this right now.”
So he’d be willing to come back to Houston if he was sure he’d get $10 or $12 million? I’ve got no quarrel with Clemens for wanting to get paid. But he should be honest and say that he wants the ka-ching to go with the ring.
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