Padres Will Sign Tony Clark
Spring Training '08 —
The Padres and pinch-hitter/first baseman Tony Clark have agreed to the
basics of a one-year contract worth in the neighborhood of $900,000,
but it may take another day or two to work out the details. San Diego Union-Tribune
Tony Clark Signs with the Padres
MLB FLEECE FACTOR: Providing MLB rumors and deciding who gets FLEECED. —
... According to Tom Krasovic at the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Padres have agreed to terms on a 1-year contract with free agent 1B Tony Clark. ...
Tony Clark, Padres agree on contract
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Tony Clark, Padres agree on contract Well...so much for reaching 250 HR’s. The Padres and pinch-hitter/first baseman Tony Clark have agreed to the basics of a one-year contract worth in the neighborhood of $900,000, but it may take another day or two to work out the details. “It’s looking good,” Clark’s agent, John Boggs, said yesterday. Padres General Manager Kevin Towers also expressed strong optimism. For most of the offseason, the Padres and several other clubs assumed Clark would sign for a fourth consecutive season with the Arizona Diamondbacks. But a snafu made Clark ...
Tony Clark, clinical giant, close to a deal with the Padres
Gaslamp Ball —
... stands 4 cubits and a span, while Chris Young is 4 and half cubits. Nothing good can come of this. They better be careful of little dudes with slings. Clark's deal will be close to 900K for the year. ...
Padres sign Tony Clark
Friar Forecast —
I remember the 2002 version of Tony Clark. He was expected to be a pretty big player for the Red Sox (my AL team of choice) that year. Well, he hit a homer on opening day and then poked two more over the fence all season (both against the Yanks). .207/.265/.291. It was one of the worst seasons I remember watching, at least for someone who racked up almost 300 PA’s and was expected to be a well above average hitter. Nevertheless, I’ve always liked the guy.
Anyway, the Padres signed him for a 1 year, 900k deal (not quite official, I guess). Looking at ...
On Why Agents are not Necessarily a Good Thing
AZ Snakepit —
... After the playoffs, Tony Clark was offered a two-year, $3m deal by Arizona. He turned it down. On Monday, Clark instead signed a one-year deal for less than a million dollars, with the San Diego Padres. There, he will be playing in one of the worst hitters' parks in the majors, in a league where the DH only appears during a few games per year, and will be backing up a first-baseman who had more plate-appearances than any other 1B [720]. Know how many at-bats the reserves at the position got in 2007? That would be ten. Between three players. If Clark manages a hundred at-bats ...
