A few details on the Clemens deal
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He will head from New York to Lexington, Kentucky, to work out for 7-10 days. That’s where his son is playing.
From there he will head to Tampa and start a minor-league assignment. He could be with the Yankees sometime in the first week of June.
Clemens received a record $28 million deal that will be prorated based on when he joins the Major League roster. The Yankees offered $25.5 million in spring training and wanted him then.
Clemens will receive the same travel privileges he had with the Astros. Brian Cashman and Joe Torre cleared this through the senior members of the team. Basically, with Randy Johnson gone, there was nobody who would oppose it.
The deal was made on Thursday night and finished off on Friday when the Steinbrenner family approved it.
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crap i’m going to the Angels game the 27th, I was hoping to maybe see him pitch then.
June 1st is up in Fenway against the Sox
I really doubt they would throw him to the wolves for his first start. It would be a circus up there in Fenway.
Looking at the schedule I see Roger making his first start on June 8th.
June 8th against the Pirates at Yankee Stadium. Mark it down.
yeah true man, but i’d love to see him face the Red Sox in his first start, but that’s really pushing it.
I am happy Clemens is coming to Yanks.
Still, inspite of every thing said in the press conference, ultimately it is money that is bringing Clemens earlier. I do not think Boston or Astros are willing to pay that kind of money.
As someone mentioned in an earlier thread, Clemens is always about money. Having said that, who cares. Yankess can pay and if we win WS, that is that matters.
Ah geez I’m so giddy that I can’t study for my finals!!!
During the press conference, I heard Cashman say that Steinbrenner’s sons were there for the negotiations… I guess they’re really getting involved in the organization now. Looks like they’re being groomed for future ownership…
he couldve made another million if he had spent the beginning of the season working out more than normal ( i realize he has a great work ethic) but if he had done that he could come in after maybe two minor league starts and we could have him in less than two weeks… a lot of ifs but just saying. this is good for us but may show the death of baseball we know if people start playing when the please. then the “team” idea is truly gone
If Clemens was always about money–why did he play for Houston in 04 for 5 million?
Exactly.
The guy is like any other player. Sure money plays a part but he wants to win and be comfortable.
In pinstripes is his best bet
WoW
He let $10 Million slip away, by not signing in spring!!
BBFan
the net number will end up being $17 million
Boston spent way more than that on Dice-BB.
Roger’s last game in boston (in the AL playoffs in ‘03) he refused to tip his cap, even though Fenway was giving him a standing-O. I don’t think he likes Boston.
who were the senior guys that they talked too?
It’s great that Clemens is coming back, but with the Yanks so far back of Boston (and the Red Sox show no signs of fading…the starting pitching is too good), they pretty much have to hope for a wild card berth, imo.
28 million, prorated or not, is an insane amount of money. Is any pitcher worth that? Is Santana? Is Peavy? At least those guys are in their primes. Clemens will be 45 years old. He had great numbers these last three years, but it was in the NL, and we all saw what happened to Randy Johnson when he came here.
If nothing else, this is good mojo for the team, but I don’t agree with the move. The Yankees would have been fine with their big three and some sort of combination of Rasner/Wright/DeSalvo/Igawa in those last two slots until Hughes gets back in a month.
This is a move that can really blow up in the Yankees’ faces. If Clemens isn’t perfect, and doesn’t have a big post-season game, it will be a huge waste of money.
I just hope Hughes is back in the rotation (with Igawa in the bullpen) when he gets healthy.
And anyone who thinks this WASN’T about money is kidding themselves. Clemens basically said it himself.
Leave it to people to complain anyway despite the fact that we just got THE ONE PERSON EVERYONE HAS BEEN CALLING FOR.
Your kidding yourself Stormy.
Just like we would be alright last year with Jaret Wright as our 4th starter right? How did that work out in the playoffs?
It’s a 1 year deal and he is replacing Igawa.
Clemens > Igawa no matter how you shape it.
Congratulations, Brian Cashman!!
Here’s a thought that makes me drool
After June:
Wang
Pettitte
Moose
Clemens
Hughes
Why does anybody care what money the Steinbrenner family spends? MLB is a cash machine and it’s not like any money they would save by not signing Clemens would go to charity or back to the fans. It would go into their pockets. The money means nothing to the Yankees.
Stormy,
its $17 million. which is alot, but the $28 million is the vanity number the agent gets off on (just like those nfl contracts, which always get reduced)
I thought Rocket said on his YES interview (in game) that he wasn’t receiving any travel perks. Talking out of both sides of his mouth already?
What exactly are the travel perks that clemens gets? I was never familiar with them when he was in Houston.
Peter,
“MLB is a cash machine”
Absolutely right, Pete. There were 50,000 people in the Bronx today to watch a Seattle vs Rasner (not clemons vs Schilling)!!
Gotta think there’s a bump coming in ON-Demand sales, as well as merchandising.
“David May 6th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
What exactly are the travel perks that clemens gets?”
Pretty Pilots, of course!!
Guys, my friends just e-mailed me. We have tickets for Scranton on May 26th, and who knows who may start for Scranton that night????
“Clemens is always all about the money”
Give me a break. If anything, it’s obvious that he comes in here, he could be the savior and win another championship with his friends. Talk about sticking it to Boston and Dick-Bust.
Oh, yeah, why care about what the Yankees spend. They have no budget, right? WRONG. The Yankees have to pay more and more luxury tax every year they’re over the maximum. So for every dollar they spend, they’re really spending two. This is why a ten-mil-a-year contract to the Yankees is not the same as it is for another team. Which is why they didn’t sign Lilly. It’s also why they didn’t sign Carlos Beltran.
The Yankees can’t just spend and spend anymore. They need to get this payroll down. They said they were done with giving outrageous contracts to old players.
I’m not saying I don’t WANT Clemens. I welcome him here. But people who think he’s going to be a savior are kidding themselves. People who think he’s worth that kind of money are kidding themselves.
I would hope that for the money he’s getting paid, Clemens is more than just a replacement for Igawa. He’s getting paid like an ace and he should pitch like one — but can he? Does anyone think he’ll be BETTER than he was four years ago in the AL? I don’t. I think, at this point, Clemens is merely a good pitcher in the AL. He dominated the NL, but that’s not hard to do these days (check out John Maine’s numbers).
But if everyone wants to treat this like the team just signed Jake Peavy, be my guest.
“Leave it to people to complain anyway despite the fact that we just got THE ONE PERSON EVERYONE HAS BEEN CALLING FOR.”
I didn’t know you spoke for all Yankee fans. I wasn’t calling for him, and quite a few people didn’t like the idea of bringing him back.
Most of these hyped-up fans are hypocrites, anyway; when Clemens was here, they complained about him — said he wasn’t what he used to be — and whined that they wanted Randy Johnson (who was dominating at the time). When we had RJ, they wanted Clemens back. Basically, Yankee fans usually want what they don’t have.
I don’t think this move makes the Yankees the favorites to win any more than they were a week ago.
“Here’s a thought that makes me drool
After June:
Wang
Pettitte
Moose
Clemens
Hughes”
That’s the problem. The Yanks could very well be far behind (which they are already) at that point in the season and Clemens won’t matter one bit even if he dominates every start.
Hey dumpvizcaino, in 2005 you were probably dangling from the ledge, ready to jump, right?
It’s way too early to say anybody is out of it. Wait until August.
Peter,
You are absolutely right – Who cares how much money is given to Clemens. If the Steinbrenner family is willing to do it, it is great for us Yankee fans.
Still, it does not take away from the fact that Clemens has always been about money. It is correct he went to Astros for discounted amount first time. The next two years he socked it to them. If any one remembers, before he was traded from Toronto to Yankess, there was a verbal fight between him and the then Astros GM about how much he wanted in an extension. Astros backed off his demands and he fell to the yankees and got great extension in those days.
I’m speaking for the hundreds of people that post here night in and night out when we get our AAA pitchers asses handed to us that were calling for Roger to come here right now! And have Cashman run to Houston with a bag of money! Do anything!
Who needs to speak for Yankees fans about what has actually come out of their mouthes when you seem to believe that you should.
Stormy: Why is every comment so miserable and negative? Your team (assuming you actually like the Yankees) just signed Roger Clemens. Sit back and stop hating the world for 20 minutes.
With well over 100 games left why are so many people freaking out over being 5.5 back from Boston? A lot can happen this season, it is ONLY early May.
How is 5 games back “very far behind”? Realistically, 1 series puts you right there.
For all you “Cash-Bashers”, you gotta hand to Brian C.!
Just picture this:
Clemens stated during his press conference today that he contemplated not pitching because the 3 teams in consideration all seemed to have solidified their starting staff. So the Cashman, thinking forward, fires his “performance coach” and hires Marty Miller. Now Miller does such a terrible job with the pitching staff that 4 starters turn up injured, Clemens see his opening….and the rest is history!
Seriously, though, the money may be ridiculous, and he may not pitch like The Rocket of 1995, but he’s still a great addition to any team . Its not just what he offers on the mound but in the dugout with his teammates and the younger pitchers. It’s only a one year deal and some of the savings from RJ and Sheffield will help soften the blow to the payroll. You gotta take this deal every time!
Also, YES announcers speculated that Cashman would address the media on the Pavano situation today, but The Rocket signing obviously upstaged that news conference. Was that just a diversion or is there some news on Pavano?
Since when did we fall 20 games behind the Red Sox?
Unless any of you idiots is seriously expecting Tim Wakefield and Josh Beckett to continue to post sub-2.00 ERAs and their bullpen to continue to dominate, the Yankees should be able to overtake the Red Sox. The Red Sox are a flawed team that has been very lucky. The Yankees are a somewhat less-flawed team that has been very unlucky. Those factors balance out. The Yankees rotation will be much deeper than the Red Sox when Hughes returns.
Realistically, I’m expecting 8-10 wins and a 3.70 ERA. Clemens has lost velocity but compensated by becoming a precision pitcher. His splitter is as nasty as ever and his slider is pretty damn good. His command is excellent. Those things will combine to allow him to be even better than 2003.
In addition, as Cashman pointed out, he’ll be an irreplacable mentor for Hughes, Clippard, Olendorf, Rasner, Karstens, etc. That can’t be understated. Clemens loves the game, and know a lot about it.
The Yankees will be there at the end. Things were much worse in 2005. We’re a friggin’ game under .500.
It’s certainly exciting news and a lift for the Yankees. Im not counting on him going 15-0 by any means, but hopefully he can keep us in games and let the offense do the rest.
On paper, the rotation is RIDICULOUS.
On a side note. . .I am thinking Pavano’s done for the year. (No surprise there.)
p.s. Imagine what Phil Hughes will learn from Rocket this season.
Well there had to be one person who had to bad mouth the deal. thanks for coming thru Stormy!
Who cares about the money? Are you paying it?
We’ll finish ahead of the Sox. We run them down every year.
Why is everyone saying the Yankees are so far back?
They are 5 games out of first. One week can change that. There are almost 5 months left of baseball to be played.
This board amazes me. If the Yankees don’t win every game, the fans become Cubs fans like.
“Stormy: Why is every comment so miserable and negative? Your team (assuming you actually like the Yankees) just signed Roger Clemens. Sit back and stop hating the world for 20 minutes.”
I doubt you’ve seen every post I’ve made on here. Just because I don’t agree with you doesn’t mean I’m miserable. I’ve been a fan of this team a lot longer than you’ve written about them, so don’t tell me how to feel or what to write.
I have as much right to think people are making too big a deal out of this as anyone else has the right to act like it’s a ticket to the World Series.
You talk about “trolls” all the time, but you write just like one — I say something you don’t agree with and suddenly I’m not a fan of a team I’ve been rooting for since I was a little kid.
Your comment towards me was extremely childish.
And I see you didn’t actually discuss the merit of my comment that the team HAS a budget and the luxury tax prevented them from signing Lilly and Beltran, but I guess it was just easier to suggest I’m not a fan and that I’m miserable. I mean, why bring substance when you can just insult me.
Ross –
Rocket actually said he didn’t know exactly, because he hadn’t read the contract and hadn’t spoken about the details yet. His agent jumped right in to say that, yes, indeed he got the travel arrangements or whatever. And Cashman basically said they were glad to give it to him, because if they didn’t they would have been out of consideration. Also, Clemens made it clear in his last statement of the press conference that those “travel arrangements” were in no way him sitting around wasting time. Basically, he enjoys working with his kid, and other minor leaguers and he’d like to have the freedom to do so. The wording is there in the contract, but both Clemens and his agent were clear that Clemens may or may not use that time.
So, no, Clemens was not talking out of both sides of his mouth.
Wooo-hoo!!! I already had tickets to go to the Lexington Legends game next Sunday – great timing for me!
As soon as I hear when he will arrive here in town I will buy tickets for a few more games. If I could get a picture with Rog and shake the man’s hand, it would be a huge deal to me.
the Yanks do not have to cough up a draft pick to the ’stros do they ?
Clemens was a great move and necessary…he is not a savior but can pitch 6 solid innings everytime out…the money is insane.
The Red Sox have to cool off at some point….they have been injury free also
Stormy: “I mean, why bring substance when you can just insult me.”
Peter is the single person bringing the most “substance” to this forum. If you were a reasonable person, you would have taken Peter’s friendly advice to shut up and enjoy the moment.
“Unless any of you idiots is seriously expecting Tim Wakefield and Josh Beckett to continue to post sub-2.00 ERAs and their bullpen to continue to dominate, the Yankees should be able to overtake the Red Sox. The Red Sox are a flawed team that has been very lucky.”
How has Boston been lucky? They get good starting pitching, and the overhauled bullpen is very good. NY, on the other hand, brought in one Luis Vizcaino, who is as much a run fairy as Paul Quantrill.
Boston’s starters are better. Boston’s bullpen is better. There is no luck involved in the Yanks being over 5 games behind.
kasey
May 5th, 2007 at 9:27 pm
>i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again: clemens isn’t coming to a team with an unstable bullpen and a real knack for finding ways to lose games. he said he wants another championship, and boston is his best opportunity. by a country mile, at this point.). so, that leaves the yankees with three good-to-decent starters and two massive question marks. that’s not exactly a recipe for success.
Dude, you are right and all that about the yanks and bosox. But it’s time for you to eat crow. Not that I think Clemens at this age is any great to begin with… but your prediction was off by a OLDE country mile.
Does it make the yanks better than the sox? I think not necessarily, not with the other seriously problems we have. At most, it’s a wash, but I am being overly positive again. Let things play out. But I guess now it’s your turn to bash Clemens.
dumpvizcaino, “There is no luck involved in the Yanks being over 5 games behind.”
I would say the Yankees’ injuries could be considered very bad luck. They don’t have those, maybe the Sox aren’t 5 games ahead.
This doesn’t make the team any closer to winning than they were a week ago? Are you serious?
Do you honestly believe Matt DeSalvo, who has NEVER pitched in a ML game, Kei Igawa, who pitches as if he has NEVER pitched in a ML game, and Darrell Rasner, are better options than Roger Clemens?
I mean, come on, do you even watch the games?
Roger Clemens just turned the race in the AL East on its ear.
Did you see the reaction of the guys in the dugout and hear what they had to say after the game?
Do you think DeSalvo, Rasner and Igawa generate the same kind of excitement?
These guys now KNOW help is on the way. That means, they KNOW they have to bust it in the next month to stay close until Roger (and Hughes) return.
Clemens
Pettitte
Wang
Mussina
Hughes
Please don’t sell me they had better options available.
This isn’t the Royals. This is a major market team that draws 4 million fans a year and prints money.
They acquired one of the 3 best pitchers in baseball and it didn’t cost them a prospect, a suspect or a player on their 40 man roster.
It just cost them money. That’s it. It was a no brainer move.
To say this hasn’t improved the Yankees chances is just not remotely accurate.
Its your opinion which you are obviously entitled to have.
However, don’t base it in any reality because it isn’t close to being the truth.
SJ- I couldn’t agree with you more. The one thing I was most happy/excited with today with this signing- was seeing the expression on the player’s faces when he made that announcement. They looked like kids who had just robbed a candy store. They were excited. This helps- BIGTIME. To say otherwise- you don’t know what you are talking about.
Btw, Leave Rasner in the rotation and send Igawa down.
SJ44, believe what you want. Randy Johnson was supposed to guarantee the World Series. How’d that work out?
Does he improve the back of the rotation? Yes. Is he better than Rasner and DeSalvo? Yes. But merely being better than Igawa doesn’t “turn the AL East on its ear.” Clemens will be a “nice” pitcher — but he’s not going to change the race himself.
The Yankees will have a nice rotation when Hughes and Clemens are there. But I don’t think Clemens means THAT much in terms of victory that he can single-handedly decide the AL East. That’s moronic. What if he just ends up being a five-inning, low-four ERA pitcher? Rasner could do that.
He’s good for the team, but he’s no savior. Not at 45.
Stormy,
If Clemons “in no savior,” then why did he return on a Sunday?
This is obviously a good omen
I like Clemens being back just because he can’t be worse than what we have had so far but I don’t like the fact he won’t travel with the team. There are lot’s of big stars, future hall of famers on this team and they don’t get these perks. I’m dissapointed George would let this happen.
Quite a lot of Boston trolls on the blog tonight, huh?
Stormy–get real, bro. The AL East could be over. Yankees’ pitching is now marginally better than Boston’s (and we have yet to see the midseason meltdown of Beckett and Shilling which should occur like clockwork in late July). Their lineup is much better than Boston’s. In a marathon like this, that should be enough. Postseason, it definitely will be enough.
Dumpvizcaino–like your name, they just may. With less work, the BP will only improve. Bruney and Henn are looking better and better, as is Proctor. Farnsworth will be fine (if not traded–how about for Mark Texeira at the deadline–Dave Justice revisited!). Rivera will also be fine.
I am primed, as are most Yankee fans. Hughes being tutored by Clemens and Pettite? You don’t want to see that???
How can you compare Clemens and Randy Johnson at this stage of their careers? Clemens has been, FAR AND AWAY, the best pitcher.
Its not even close.
Johnson won 34 games here in two years and the Yankees averaged 7 runs a game for him in their wins. He was AWFUL in both of his post-season starts and his two year ERA with the Yankees (including the post-season) is 5.70.
He blew 8 leads of 3 runs or more in his two years in NY.
He is 0-2 with a 6.52 ERA in 3 starts with the Diamondbacks this year. He is a shot pitcher.
The Astros averaged 4 runs a game in the 3 years Clemens pitched for them. Despite that, Clemens pitched them to a World Series AND had an ERA under 3. No small feat.
Clemens lost ONE game in 3 years in which he had a lead of 3 runs or more.
In fact, if the Yankees averaged 4 runs a game for Randy Johnson in his 2 yrs in NY, he would have won only 14 games in that timespan.
Often, Clemens was lifted in games early in Houston because they couldn’t score any runs. Nobody is saying he is going to pitch 200 innings. But, he’s not Kei Igawa either.
Its impossible to project that Darrell Rasner would have the same type of success than Roger Clemens. In fact, history has shown its very unlikely he would.
Don’t get me wrong. I love what Rasner did today and hope he can stay in the rotation for a bit.
However, if you ask me, over the course of the entire season, who is better for the Yankees, Clemens or Rasner, its Clemens in a walk.
He turns the division on its head because it gives the Yankees a true ace of the staff. It moves everybody else in the rotation down a notch and that improves the entire staff. By Mid-June, when Mike Mussina is your #4 starter and Phil Hughes your #5, I’d say his impact is pretty significant.
You also keep him away from your rival. I don’t see a single downside to this deal.
Let’s take the extreme negative here. He pitches poorly.
If he does, its STILL the right move to make.
Look at the players in the dugout. That alone makes it the right move.
FWIW, I think the guy is going to be dynamite. I think he is really into coming back to this stage and, over the course of the season, will get the job done.
He just has to stay healthy. That’s going to be the key.
Peter,
This $28 mil. can never be verified. It is in the interest of the agents to float a big number. We will not know until the luxury tax numbers are published, if then.
Did you notice that the Steinbrenner kids were mentioned as being involved in the deal? Does that tell us something?
One player has less influence in baseball than any other sport. I guess you know that but hype is all.
Although I’m in a distinct minority-I’ll voice it anyway; I think signing Clemens was a mistake.
Predicted numbers; 7-5 4.60 ERA, average innings per outing 5 2/3. For 28 million prorated, I would have let BOSOX pay that and leave them tied up to make anymore moves this year.
Couldnt’t the Yankees have counted on Rasner/Desalvo/Karstens or Igawa to give them these numbers that Clemens will give them?
Clemens pitched in the mediocre NL Central for 3 years, not the bashing AL East. He is a 6 inning at most pitcher,similar to Mussina, and he will eat up our bull-pen.
Although I hope I’m proved wrong- this was a bad move.
What is this I’m hearing he’s a great teacher, mentor for young pitchers?? Any proof to that in Houston,Toronto or NY?
A one year outlay does not keep the Yankees from doing anything else they want to do.
“a lot of ifs but just saying. this is good for us but may show the death of baseball we know if people start playing when the please. then the “teamâ€? idea is truly gone”
come on. this is crap. are you saying that there is NOTHING about Roger Clemens that MAYBE will cause teams to make special arrangements? nothing? like maybe being the greatest RHP of all time??
do you think Ted Lilly is going to start making special demands and teams bending to them??
methinks you are overreacting a bit.
BBFan, of course it has to do with money. Now that’s not saying that he doesn’t want to be here, or would rather be somehwere else. But it is saying that when all is said and done, if the Yankees didn’t show him the money, he wasn’t coming over.
hey Chris and Marius,
it is SOOOOOO obvious that dumpvizcaino is a redsux fan. that moron could not make it more obvious.
“It’s great that Clemens is coming back, but with the Yanks so far back of Boston (and the Red Sox show no signs of fading…the starting pitching is too good), they pretty much have to hope for a wild card berth, imo.”
WITH THE YANKS SOOOOOOO FAR BACK OF BOSTON (AND THE RED SUX SHOW NO SIGNS OF FADING… oh please. just like in years past. moreover, was it not last year that beckett was 5-0 in april? what was his era at the end of the season. how many blisters did he have from sticking his fingers up his rear end? they were also in 1st place in the early part of the season, much good that it did them in august, right? hope for wild card birth? that is for the redsux to hope for. total bs. let the neuroses start up for redsux nation. you can already feel the angst starting to flow up in cheery new england. add clemens to tom brady walking around w/ a yankees cap. gotta luv it. it is the beginning of may. we have a monster line up. it is a marathon not a sprint.
and as for…
“How has Boston been lucky? They get good starting pitching, and the overhauled bullpen is very good. NY, on the other hand, brought in one Luis Vizcaino, who is as much a run fairy as Paul Quantrill.
Boston’s starters are better. Boston’s bullpen is better. There is no luck involved in the Yanks being over 5 games behind.”
talk about trying to encourage yourself to believe in the sux. i can feel dumpvizcaino’s pulse racing. go fetch yourself a damp washcloth to place on your forehead. how are boston’s starters better?
let’s see…
clemens vs. bloody sock… CLEMENS. he does not have that gut like blood sock. bloody sock should do roids or HGH so the rest of his body catches up with his gut.
wang vs. d-sucky… WANG
mussina vs. wake… wash. call it even.
pettitte vs. beckett… maybe slight nod to beckett. maybe. pettitte is a big game pitcher. 2003? sure. he was playing for the marlins, not the redsux and all of their “long suffering” redsux nation fans.
tavarez vs. whoever, maybe even hughes. call it a wash. tavarez won’t even be in a redsux uniform for long if you can believe the rumors.
bullpen. sure. i’d give it to the sux. right now. give it some time. the japanese lefty will not last. count on it. who is their dominant right hander middle reliever or set up? don’t know. certainly not timlin. last year demonstrated that. pineiro? snider? craig hansen? ha. papelbum? pretty good. but bring it on. let the pressure build. it is a long season, and he had some shoulder issues last season, and should something similar crop up this year? set up around the clock security at the pru tower to guard against jumpers. “here comes pineiro, the sox’s newly converted closer who has replaced papelbum who is on the DL.” let’s get the rolaids kids.
start dispensing the Prozac/Welbutrin now. line up those appt’s people with your analysts and psychologists. theo warm up that cv for the kansas city or pittsburgh job. maybe even colorado might be interested once you get the old heave ho from beantown and those rude/uncouth/ignorant redsux fans.
so dumpvizcaino, stop trolling the a yanks blog and go back to a redsux site where you can commiserate with those other losers from THE NATION.
Oh brother…
let’s see… spent $190 million (of other teams’ money)on a team with basically a “rotating” starting staff….
now need to spend $28 million (of other teams’ money) on a 45 year old guy because your farm system has stunk for years…
listen… If you are lucky… you still can’t match Verlander and Bonderman as a 1/2 combination (assuming Kenny stays out the whole year)…
AND thanks for Sheff by the way…
Detroit Tigers Fan:
And when was the last time you celebrated a World Championship?
Trading for a declining one-dimensional player like Sheffield speaks volumes for your Minor League system as far as producing day-to-day players.
It appears that your team is “one and done”, my friend!
ALCS? One and done for you my friend!
Billy Beane made a terrible mistakes throwing Bonderman into the garbage heap because he never liked him to begin with. Credit the Tigers for grabbing him.
As for Verlander? Let me put it this way; the Yankees rarely have a chance to get a Verlander because they are always a very good team. The lack of can’t miss arms is a reflection of a high position in the draft due to the major league team’s sucess.
Bearing in mind that the Tigers gave Sheffield an extension that Cashman wouldn’t touch with a twelve-foot pole.
Clemens you ASSBAG!!! Who the hell do you think you are!! All the young players who have worked so hard are being shafted. Mr spoiled rotten!! Can’t go on the road on non pitching days. SCREW YOU!!!
Make sure clemens puts his anal lube in a ziplock baggy and has no more than 3 ounces when passing through security so he and andy can enjoy their daily locker room fudgepacking sessions.
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