Hampton Ponders Retirement

Written by Jonathan on May 3, 2008 – 11:44 am

After his latest injury in Richmond, reaggravating his strained pectoral muscle, Mike Hampton found himself in a far too familiar position.  On the disabled list with a recommendation of not touching a baseball.  An MRI confirmed that it was just a strain and that the pectoral muscle was not actually torn.  Shortly after the reinjury, Hampton pondered whether or not retiring at the end of his current contract would be the best option.

Hampton’s in the final year of his $121 million contract.  Since 2005, he has made 12 starts in the majors and made $56 million dollars.  On that fact alone, he’ll always have the critics against him.  I don’t think he takes satisfaction in making multi-millions and not pitching at all, but rather he just is injury-prone and has had a series of bad luck.  He’s not giving up on it yet and is planning to continue working throughout the season before making a final decision on what to do after this season.  If he doesn’t pitch this season, however, I feel like he’ll have a tough time finding a new contract somewhere.

More to come on this one as we hear it, but I doubt there will be any developments on it anytime soon.


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One Response to “Hampton Ponders Retirement”

  1. By Josh on May 5, 2008 | Reply

    GOOD Retire!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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