Baseball: Clark, Padres near $900,000, 1-yr. deal
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO — Tony Clark was closing in on a $900,000, one-year deal yesterday with his hometown San Diego Padres.
Both sides said there was still some work to do on the deal, which would bring the big first baseman back to the city where he played high school and college ball.
The Padres appear to be the player's best option after the Arizona Diamondbacks all but abandoned attempts to re-sign him after pulling off big trades with Oakland and Houston on Dec. 14.
The 6-foot-7, 240-pound Clark batted .249 with 17 homers and 51 RBIs in 221 at-bats with the NL West champion Diamondbacks in 2007.
The switch-hitting Clark would give the Padres another bat off the bench and he'd be able to spell first baseman Adrian Gonzalez.
