The Rocket Sweepstakes

On a slow day newsday, I'll talk about what most baseball enthusiasts are already talking about. The Rocket, Roger Clemens. Will he take the mound for another season? He was supposed to retire after the 2003 season as a Yankee, but came back and played for the hometown team Houston. After 2 seasons in Houston making $23M plus, helping the team win it's first pennant, and just falling short of a world series title he's back into free agency. Usually when a pitcher has been in the league for 21 seasons he's not paid $18M/year. It's odd because Clemens is coming off a pretty good year, posting the lowest ERA of his career and now he finnally might retire.
Houston doesn't want to pay him the almost $20M salary for another season while other teams have shown interest. Can you guess the usual suspects? If it was the Yankees, and Red Sox, your correct. The Rangers have also displayed interest, hoping to cash in on the home cooking deal the Astros gave out last year. To me, it doesn't matter if the guy comes back or not. Injuries began to take toll on him last year and it showed. If he does come back I don't see him going off to the Yanks or Sox, but rather resigning with Houston. C'mon Clemens had it made last year, just show up on the days your number is called and pitch. If Clemens retires, would he return as a bullpen coach someday? Very possible. As reported, Clemens as already been instructing Astro's pitchers at mini camp. A decision should be made soon.