Rodney Parker wrote:
> It was all over the news this morning that the Astros were not going to
> offer him arbitration at all. That means they were going to try and get
> something done by midnight tonight, or else they give up the right to sign
> him until May.
I don't think they had any optimism about signing him yesterday. The
comments from the Hendricks brothers indicated that they weren't in a
position to start negotiations. They told the Astros to do what they had
to do and presume he's not returning.
The Astros did the right thing -- they shouldn't offer someone
arbitration if he's not committed to playing. That would leave them in a
bad position from the standpoint of possibly going to arbitration, where
Clemens would get something in the $20m range, and from the standpoint
that he could still decide after arbitration not to play. And that's
while other teams are wheeling and dealing amongst themselves and with
free agents.
The Astros can't hold an entire season's preparations hostage to one
player's caprice.
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