Yankees’ Farnsworth criticizes clause in Clemens’ contract

Of course…what’s a Farnsworth tomorrow?

New York reliever Kyle Farnsworth thinks no one on the Yankees, not even Roger Clemens, should be allowed to leave the team when they aren’t pitching.

Farnsworth was on Chicago’s 670 AM The Score on Thursday morning when he first criticized the so-called “family plan” clause in Clemens’ one-year, $28 million contract that allows the right-hander to leave the team for personal matters when he’s not pitching.

...“As far as a teammate and a player, I think everybody should be here whether they’re pitching or not,” he said. “You don’t see guys who are hurt not sit on the bench. They’re always there.”

Even so, Farnsworth doesn’t think it’s going to be a problem and didn’t foresee any clubhouse tension over preferential treatment for one of the game’s greatest pitchers.

“It’s just an opinion of mine. I don’t think it’s a concern at all,” he said. “You guys asked my opinion about it and I gave it.”