Steve and the Tank! - Is The Rocket Worth It?

Sunday, August 19, 2007

This weekend Roger Clemens won his 5th game this year as a Yankee and is now 5-5 in 2007 as a Yankee with a respectable 3.92 ERA. The questions is, is he worth it?

The Yankees are closing in Seattle for the wild card, .5 behind. Over the last month, the Yankees made up a lot of ground. But is this really because as the Tank said after the all star break, the Yankees had a month of playing teams below .500. So the last month is not really the Yankees improving, but just playing bad teams.

Despite a one game suspension for tossing a bean ball, Clemens has put up 5 wins, against 5 losses. Are those five wins, at $2,000,000 a win, worth it? Are those five wins that the team could not have gotten with a AAA pitcher for a fraction of the salary?

Steve doesn't think so, his office mate Mike does, as does the Tank. We'll find out in the next month what happens.

Posted By The Tank in New York.

Yankees Analysis (MLB)

Sunday, August 19, 2007 7:52:58 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

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Tuesday, August 21, 2007 8:28:01 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

Not being a real baseball fan, I would ask the question, "could the Yankees have bought those five wins with a pitcher at half the price?" I do not know if one was available at 1/2 the price, but it is something to think about.

The flip side is if they found the half-priced pitcher and he won only four games, would it matter? If they make the wild card by only one game, then yes. If they comfortably enjoy wild status, then no.

Since winning is the only thing, he must have been worth it.

Bill N. in VT (actually San Francisco, CA this week, but my heart is in the Republic of Vermont)

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