Passeau Prefers to Pay to Play

In an unprecedented move this week former #1 overall pick P Claude Passeau made a cash offer to his team, the Mets, to pitch for them again next season. "We've never seen anything like this before," a league official commented. "The idea that player would have negative value and offer to pay to play ball is almost unthinkable." It appears, though, that Passeau will not get his way...which is a good thing. A league rule sets the league minimum at $2 million for a 4 year contract. The player's Association will not allow a player to play for less. All signs seem to point to the Mets offering him the league minimum contract in the coming days. "We planned on offering him a deal all along," a spokesperson for the Mets said Wednesday, "but with other free agents to pursue and prepping for the draft, we had not had a chance to talk. That is when we got a call about Claude making an offer to our organization to play on the team. We were shocked."

The Passeau family was unavailable for comment Wednesday, but an answering machine message addressed callers saying that Claude is devoted to his team and will do whatever it takes to play.

Passeau has a career 6.41 ERA and as a former #1 overall selection, remains one of the biggest draft busts of all time.

The article above is satire and is meant to be a humorous on the formula evaluating Passeau's value at -$2. It is not meant to be taken seriously.