Fuzzy Math

[OK. Overkill. I swear that unless he starts doing cartwheels in the middle of Times Square this will be the last Roger Clemens related post for at least 48 hours.]

Darren Rovell at Sports Biz "did the math" on the Yankees' pro-rated 28 million dollar deal with Roger Clemens and determined that it "makes no sense" from a financial prospective. Here are a few of the mind blowing stats he came up with:

• Clemens will earn $4.5 million per month if he starts pitching in June.

• If Clemens makes 21 starts for the Yankees, he will be paid $853,333 per start.

• If Clemens averages the same number of pitches per start that he did in 2006 (96), he will earn $8,888 per pitch.

• "Clemens will cost the Yankees more than they are paying him. Why? Because they're taxed 40 percent on it due to the luxury tax and they'll have to throw those numbers in the pool. That means the total cost of Clemens to the Yankees will actually be more than $25 million ($25,088,000)."

Insanity? Insanity.

Hat tip Deadspin

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Clemens Projection Contest

Dan suggested that we have a contest projecting Clemens' final numbers for the 2007 season. (What a novel idea!)

Here's the deal: Drop your projections in the comments section for Clemens' Wins, Losses and ERA. The commenter whose projections most closely match Clemens' numbers at the end of the 2007 regular season will win an Insoxicated T-Shirt (just in time for the playoffs).

Wins:
Losses:
ERA:

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BTW: Listen to this extremely disturbing dramatic announcement of Clemens' return by Yankees radio announcer, Suzyn Waldman. You'd think that the Berlin Wall had just come down. Seriously.

Hat tip Was Watching
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Sunday Links: Clemens, Taco Bell & Ball Busters

Photo by Flickr user yusheng

Here are seven links for Sunday afternoon. Don't forget to dig your anti-Clemens gear out of the bottom of the closet. (I just did.)

"Clemens announces return at Yankee Stadium" [SI.com]

"Trades have been hit or miss" [Boston Globe]
Gordon Edes takes a close look at recent Red Sox trades.

"Yankees and Red Sox May Open 2008 in Asia" [NY Times]

"Taco Bell Wants You To Propose During an MLB Game" [Fanhouse]
Note to guys: Bad idea.

"The Best/Worst of..." [Matsuzaka Watch]

"Lines Are For Suckers: How To Get Into a Baseball Game" [The Consumerist]

"Ball Busters" [Wired Magazine]
The story of the "lonely engineers who keep baseball honest."

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Clemens is a Yankee. This should be fun.

From the NY Daily News:

"Roger Clemens returned to the New York Yankees, making a dramatic announcement to fans from the owner's box during Sunday's game against the Seattle Mariners."

"At the end of the seventh-inning stretch, Yankees public address announcer Bob Sheppard told fans to turn their attention to the box, where Clemens was standing with a microphone. As the video scoreboard in right-center televised Clemens, the seven-time Cy Young Award winner made the announcement himself."

Wow. That was quick. I was counting on another month of Clemens-related speculation. Will he sign with Houston? Boston? New York? Tampa Bay? Clemens plans to take "several weeks" to get into pitching shape. The Yankees play the Red Sox at Fenway on June 1. Perhaps we'll see the Rocket?


"Clemens agrees to re-sign with Yankees" [NY Daily News]

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