More On Tom Glavine

Let’s catch up on what’s been going on with Tom Glavine.

• SI.com’s Jack Wilkinson quotes Glavine as saying he’ll "most likely" decline his $9MM player option for 2008.  This is confusing, because as far as I can tell Glavine’s player option reached $13MM when he hit 200 innings.  While I can see Glavine passing on $9MM, $13MM would be hard to top on the open market.
• Also, ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick suggests (Insider required) that Glavine’s close relationship with Nationals president Stan Kasten could compel Washington to sign him to a one-year deal to anchor the young staff.  This seems like informed speculation to me, if that makes sense.
• My own thought: it would be nice to see Glavine take around $5MM to pitch for the Braves one last time.  Seems that discounts these days ain’t what they used to be.  Besides Tim Wakefield, I can’t think of a guy who basically flipped off the Player’s Union to stay where he wanted to.