News today from ESPN reported the New York Yankees and Randy Winn have agreed on a contract. Of course, what this means is the Yankees will not be re-signing Johnny Damon. The report mentioned that Damon's agent, Scott Boras will turn his attention to the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds for the outfielder's services. But, recent opinion from M's fans is that the Seattle front office should go after the speedy outfielder.
I'm not the biggest Johnny Damon fan but for as long as I can remember he has always been rumored to want to come play for the Mariners. Obviously, Johnny Damon wouldn't be a horrible signing but it gives us another left-handed bat when the team should really be looking for a righty. The thing that would make this deal most intriguing is if Jack Zduriencik were to get Damon to lower his asking price significantly which could happen as the market seems to be drying up.
Dave Cameron at USS Mariner does a much better job of explaining what the risk/reward of a Johnny Damon signing would be and although I agree that you should never discount a player because the match is not ideal I do feel there's something to be said about having a balance on the roster for situational purposes.
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A couple of headlines I have seen on this topic concerning Damon, Winn, and the Yankees:
ReplyDelete"Gone with the Winn"
Yankees Winn, Damon loses"
A few I have come up with...
"Yankees for the Winn!"
"Damon Winn-Less in NY"
"Damon in a Winn-Lose Situation"
"Yankee's Winn is Damon's Loss"
Haha Damon, your current career is RIPE for parody.
How 'bout this one?
ReplyDeleteYankees go for the Winn; but ultimately end up losers because he has no power, can't hit lefties and is only kind of good at defense.
They need to stop trying to fill the seats with "Names" and build up from one area "at a medium pace". Just like the pizza delivery guy.
ReplyDelete64 calories. Unbelievable.
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