February 21, 201016 yr http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4931560 Johnny Damon has agreed to a one-year, $8 million deal with the Detroit Tigers, pending a physical, a league source told ESPN's Karl Ravech. Damon is expected to take the physical on Sunday. As Scott Boras negotiated for Damon in recent weeks, many of the offers he received included deferred money, which would have reduced the present-day value of the offer. A source tells ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney none of the $8 million the Tigers will pay Damon is deferred. Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski confirmed the offer in a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Friday after telling reporters in Lakeland, Fla., that the Tigers were interested in signing the outfielder. Johnny Damon #18 LF New York Yankees 2009 STATS GM143 HR24 RBI82 R107 OBP.365 AVG.282 The 36-year-old Damon hit .286 with 24 homers for the New York Yankees last season. He likely would bat leadoff for the Tigers, filling the void left when Detroit dealt Curtis Granderson to the Yankees. Damon also gives Detroit a left-handed bat it needs and a veteran in the outfield, where his savvy is an asset and his arm a liability. Among the other teams who had expressed serious interest in Damon were the White Sox, Rays and Braves. The White Sox had withdrawn their offer on Friday, a decision first reported by ESPNChicago.com. Damon helped the Yankees win the World Series for the first time since 2000, hitting .282 with 23 homers and 82 RBIs, but he was coming off a $52 million, four-year contract. While he initially wanted a long-term deal at the same average salary, New York valued the 36-year-old at far less. The Yankees kept reducing their offer, claiming payroll constraints. They now have no place for Damon after acquiring Granderson, signing free agent outfielders Randy Winn and Marcus Thames and signing designated hitter Nick Johnson to become their No. 2 hitter. Karl Ravech is a baseball analyst for ESPN. Buster Olney is a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
February 21, 201016 yr so i don't get why they traded granderson. at first i thought it was because of his salary but in reality by signing damon and valverde for a combined 15 million for the upcoming season they increased payroll by 10 million. is austin jackson going to develop into a better player than granderson??
February 21, 201016 yr Author so i don't get why they traded granderson. at first i thought it was because of his salary but in reality by signing damon and valverde for a combined 15 million for the upcoming season they increased payroll by 10 million. is austin jackson going to develop into a better player than granderson?? Well Granderson is a solid player but he's not the player the Tigers thought he would quite develop into with his low average and obp and high slugging. Jackson is a top 50 prospect who could be one of the games best leadoff men for years to come, he is actually very comparable to Cameron Maybin, solid on base guy, great speed, solid defense, could develop some power but needs to cut down on strikeouts.
February 21, 201016 yr so i don't get why they traded granderson. at first i thought it was because of his salary but in reality by signing damon and valverde for a combined 15 million for the upcoming season they increased payroll by 10 million. is austin jackson going to develop into a better player than granderson?? Well Granderson is a solid player but he's not the player the Tigers thought he would quite develop into with his low average and obp and high slugging. Jackson is a top 50 prospect who could be one of the games best leadoff men for years to come, he is actually very comparable to Cameron Maybin, solid on base guy, great speed, solid defense, could develop some power but needs to cut down on strikeouts. I wouldn't say Granderson is a low AVG and OBP player based on a single year.
February 21, 201016 yr Author I wouldn't say Granderson is a low AVG and OBP player based on a single year. True, but his stats haven't been all that impressive or at least what they were projected to be but who knows he could be a late bloomer and puts up great numbers a few years into his career.
February 21, 201016 yr I wouldn't say Granderson is a low AVG and OBP player based on a single year. True, but his stats haven't been all that impressive or at least what they were projected to be but who knows he could be a late bloomer and puts up great numbers a few years into his career. I disagree. He hit .292/.363/.524 in 2007 and 2008, it wasn't like he was a top 25 or even top 50 prospect.
February 21, 201016 yr Author I wouldn't say Granderson is a low AVG and OBP player based on a single year. True, but his stats haven't been all that impressive or at least what they were projected to be but who knows he could be a late bloomer and puts up great numbers a few years into his career. I disagree. He hit .292/.363/.524 in 2007 and 2008, it wasn't like he was a top 25 or even top 50 prospect. I thought I read somewhere that he was a top 100 prospect but I could be wrong.
February 21, 201016 yr I wouldn't say Granderson is a low AVG and OBP player based on a single year. True, but his stats haven't been all that impressive or at least what they were projected to be but who knows he could be a late bloomer and puts up great numbers a few years into his career. I disagree. He hit .292/.363/.524 in 2007 and 2008, it wasn't like he was a top 25 or even top 50 prospect. I thought I read somewhere that he was a top 100 prospect but I could be wrong. He was, but not top 50. Other guys in the top 50's, for context, were Philip Humber, Shin-Sho Choo, Thomas Diamond, Kyle Davies, Franklin Gutierrez, Mark Rogers, Edwin Encarnacion, Markin Valez, John Danks. I think he's lived up to that grouping.
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