Worried (or dreaming?) about the potential return of Roger Clemens to New York? Well don’t. Jim Baumbach spoke to a team official who confirmed that the Yankees won’t even bother to scout the 50-year-old right-hander’s independent league start tonight. “That would be crazy,” said the official. Indeed, it would be crazy.
Clemens signed with the Sugar Land Skeeters near his home in Texas earlier this week in what I assume is an effort to delay his Hall of Fame candidacy. The Astros are open to signing the seven-time Cy Young Award winner, and appearing in a big league game would delay his HoF eligibility by five years. That would distance him from the PED controversy a bit, theoretically improving his chances for enshrinement. Either way, the Yankees will thankfully have no part in it.
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