Roger Clemens hasn’t even made a major league start this year and he’s already a disappointment. Clemens was scheduled to make his first start of the year today, however this start was delayed until Saturday due to soreness in his groin. Clemens is already showing his age, and he’s just made a few minor league appearances. That’s not normally a good sign.

I have to imagine that Clemens future teammates aren’t too happy about this either. He was supposed to start Saturday against the Red Sox, but Joe Torre decided that he liked his rotation as it was. Now this will throw another wrench into his plans to organize his team. The Yankees are facing the White Sox, who certainly aren’t a team that will just roll over. Instead, Clemens will be making his 2007 debut against the Pittsburgh Pirates, who, let’s face it, aren’t going to be contending like the White Sox.

I know there are some people who are absolutely delighted to see this. Many people want to see Clemens fail this year, and this could be a stepping stone in that direction. At the same time, you have to recognize the fact that Clemens just started on his journey back to the big leagues a few weeks ago, and to get into game shape will certainly take awhile. But once that is taken into consideration, you again have to question, is the money he is being paid worth it?

Regardless of where you fall in terms of support for Clemens, you have to see this as a major setback for him. Questions are just going to keep rising about the worth of this entire deal. It will be interesting to see him produce on Saturday. I would have liked to start off my week with Clemens so as to avoid hearing about him throughout the week, but I guess I’m not so lucky.