Nearly two months before the trading deadline, there is already a buzz on potential trades for teams positioning themselves for postseason glory. The name that is close to the top of everyone?s want list is Houston hurler Roger Clemens. You know Clemens as one of the greatest pitchers of all-time. He won his seventh Cy Young award last year after coming out of retirement. He has won 331 games, good enough for ninth all-time. Despite being 42 years old, Clemens is pitching as well as he has in his entire career. But Clemens will not be traded from Houston. He has a perfect deal there and is finally being the father he wanted to be. It would be a disaster of the Astros to even think of trading the ?Rocket.? Clemens shunned retirement for two reasons after the 2003 season, Andy Pettitte and playing in his hometown of Houston. When Pettitte signed with the Astros that off-season, he convinced Clemens that the two of them could lead the Astros to their first ever World Series title. Pettitte was injured most of last year and didn?t contribute much to the success of the Astros, who were one game from the World Series. Clemens on the other hand was nearly unhittable with an 18-4 record and a 2.98 ERA in becoming one of four players to win a Cy Young in both leagues. Clemens also was a big box office draw for the Astros. He helped them fill in the ballpark night after night and put some money in the pockets of owner Drayton McLane. That money helped them last year in obtaining Carlos Beltran for the stretch drive and almost wooing him back to Houston as a free agent. Clemens also has a contract in which he doesn?t have to travel with the team except when he scheduled to pitch. This gives him more time to spend with his sons who are playing baseball at various levels in the Houston area. His older son, Koby, will follow in his dad?s footsteps and play next year at the University of Texas. The agreement is working well for Clemens, as he is still one of the top pitchers in the game even though he is not working out with the team every day. He is still working out on his own and the results are positive. So between McLane losing a lot of revenue at the gate and Clemens? family obligations, Clemens will not be traded from the Astros this year or any year in the near future. He will retire as an Astro when he is ready to. It would be a major public relations fiasco for the Astros to even entertain the thought of trading Clemens. Plus if he does get traded, he will probably just retire and become a full-time dad. Things would be different if Clemens didn?t win the World Series with the Yankees in 1999 and 2000. He might think of going to a contender in order to get a ring. He has accomplished nearly everything in baseball that a pitcher would want to. He will go down as one of the greatest pitchers of all time and is a sure first ballot Hall of Fame candidate. His name will come up in many trade possibilities in the coming months but pay no attention to them, Clemens is staying put in Houston.