Cashman, don’t hurt ‘em

Brian Cashman hasn’t held back against Scott Boras this winter, and Monday was no different. Here’s the team’s GM outlining why, exactly, he offered Boras’ client, Johnny Damon, a reduced salary for 2010: “When we signed him (for four years, $52 million), he was playing center field, a premium position, and the market was high. [...]

Good luck, Johnny

From Steve Kornacki of MLive.com: [Damon] didn’t blame his high-powered agent, Scott Boras, for coming up with just a one-year deal for $8 million. “No one could’ve anticipated how this market was going to be,” Damon said. “Jermaine Dye and Felipe Lopez are still out there. It’s a tough market.” Truth be told, I think [...]

Damon finally reaches deal with Detroit

From MLBTR, we learn that Johnny Damon has finally agreed to a deal with the Detroit Tigers. The contract is for one-year – there is no option included for a second year – and provides Damon with $8 million, guaranteed. This is a big win for Damon and his agent, Scott Boras, who created a market [...]

Cashman to Boras: “Don’t try to make us look bad”

The Damon saga, while tireless and unending, has produced some interesting quotables. Today we have a whole set from Yankees GM, Brian Cashman, via Sam Borden of the LoHud Blog: In a nice bit of timing, I just spoke to Brian Cashman on the phone and he touched a little more on the Damon process. [...]

Damon and Detroit closing the gap

In a joint blurb by FOX Sports’ Jon Paul Morosi and Ken Rosenthal, according to a “one major league source,” there is “now only a ‘small difference’ of opinion between the Tigers and Johnny Damon as to what the outfielder’s salary should be.” Damon is said to be contemplating two deals from Detroit, one a [...]

Damon sits in spin central

From ESPN‘s Buster Olney: It’s been a long time since we’ve seen the kind of all-out spinning that is going on with the Johnny Damon negotiations. The White Sox are reported to be in the negotiations … but maybe they’re not really in them at all, except for the purpose of due diligence, as Joe [...]

Cashman discusses Damon, Jeter, Rivera, and more

Yesterday, Brian Cashman, spoke to a group of students at the University of New Haven (in CT), and offered a dizzying array of interesting comments regarding a number of topics, ranging from Johnny Damon to Derek Jeter. Getting right to it, here’s Cashman, via Joe Morelli, on Damon’s free agency: Cashman confirmed he made a [...]

Quick Bits: Damon, Dye, Hughes, Jeter

Here are a few quick items on the day: According to Jon Heyman, the Tigers might be offering Johnny Damon more than $14M. Huh? Joe P. debuted at FanGraphs today, explaining why no one (Yanks included) wants Jermaine Dye. Phil Hughes is eager to begin competing for the Yankees’ fifth rotation spot during the spring. [...]

Tigers owner approves $14M deal for Damon

According to FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal, Tigers owner, Mike Ilitch, has authorized a two-year, $14 million deal for free agent, Johnny Damon. Damon, however, is still considering a one-year offer from Detroit (and the Braves), as well (perhaps he thinks he could make more annually a year from now). The $14 million contract would actually [...]

Braves offer Damon a one-year deal, but he still wants two years

According to David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Braves’ interest in Johnny Damon has increased in recent days, to the point where the club has sent the 36-year old outfielder a one-year offer. Further confirming this is Mark Bowman, who notes that the proposal includes some deferred money. The organization has also had the [...]

For Damon, it’s Detroit or bust

Desperation can be extremely embarrassing. From Scott Boras’ favorite newspaper, the Detroit Free Press: If Steve Yzerman wasn’t busy running Team Canada for the Olympics, perhaps he could help persuade free agent Johnny Damon to sign with the Tigers despite a lower offer than he’d like. Damon has rooted for the Red Wings for years. [...]

Runs are not an important statistic… just ask Johnny Damon

Recently, ESPN’s Jim Caple penned a fairly questionable piece in which he labeled the run the “most neglected, underrated stat in baseball.” Caple’s argument was, essentially, that runs are the most important factor in actual games and that all other stats basically “reveal how well a player performs in areas that ultimately produce runs.” Therefore, [...]

Morning Bits: Johnson, Bedard, Kennedy, Damon

Here’s a mix of Yankees stuff and league-wide news to start the day: Mike Axisa over at River Ave Blues points out that Nick Johnson can really hit a fastball. The promising yet frustrating left-hander, Erik Bedard, is close to a one-year deal with Seattle. After losing Orlando Hudson to the Twins, the Nationals reacted [...]

Boras and Dombrowski have not discussed Damon’s interest in Detroit

Though Johnny Damon’s agent, Scott Boras, has done his best to spur the Detroit Tigers’ interest in his 36-year old client – GM Dave Dombrowski actually seems somewhat intrigued by the outfielder – according to the Detroit News, the two parties have not had any discussions about Damon’s interest in playing for Motown. In addition, [...]

A very desperate Damon

Yesterday, the lovable Scott Boras took to the media in order to try and find his client, the 36-year old outfielder, Johnny Damon, a well furnished home. Speaking to Lynn Henning of the Detroit News, Boras connected Damon to the Tigers, who could presumably use a reliable left fielder. “Johnny believes the addition of him [...]

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