Clemens Looks at Option to Forgo All-Star Game

A trip to the All-Star game is not a high priority for Roger Clemens.

The New York Yankee right-hander, who on Saturday became the first American League pitcher to win 10 games this season, said he wouldn’t mind resting during next month’s All-Star break.

“I’ll listen to what they have to say and what my family has to say,” Clemens said Sunday before the Yankees’ 5-4 loss to Tampa Bay. “My most important thing is to be ready for the second half. There are so many more important things right now, like trying to get this team on a streak.”

The five-time Cy Young award winner will talk with Yankee Manager and AL skipper Joe Torre this week about the July 10 game at Seattle.

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San Francisco outfielder Eric Davis said this is definitely his last season. “You can take that to the bank,” Davis said before Sunday night’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals. “It’s etched in stone.”

Davis, 39, signed a one-year contract with the Giants after playing the last two seasons with the Cardinals. He was batting .206 with one home run and nine runs batted in.

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Tampa Bay outfielder Gerald Williams, the club’s most valuable player last season, was released in a move that helps the last-place Devil Rays save money and get younger.

Williams was in the second year of a contract that pays him $3 million this season. He was 66 plate appearances shy of a guaranteed $4 million option for 2002.

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The Kansas City Royals acquired catcher Brent Mayne from Colorado for pitcher Mac Suzuki and minor-league catcher Sal Fasano. . . . The Giants put first baseman J.T. Snow on the 15-day disabled list because of a strained groin.