itsaboutthemoney.net - 8/28/2009
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There are many ways of making a statistical generality to say someone is a good hitter. Examples include 'he's a forty homer guy' or ' he's a 30-30 kind of player.' One of the more meaningful ones is to say that a player is hitting or has the ability to post a .300/.400/.500 slash line. That ...
Yanks, Damon heading toward a new deal
riveraveblues.com 8/21/2009 — Once this season wraps up, there are few big-name free agents among the Major League outfielders. Matt Holliday will clearly lead the list with Jason Bay and the oft-injured Vladimir Guerrero behind him. Beyond that, a bunch of mediocre outfielders ...
Discussion: Johnny Damon
mlbtraderumors.com 8/23/2009 — On the first three years of his four-year, $52MM deal, Johnny Damon had been an above-average outfielder for the Yankees, worth roughly $36MM of the $39MM he was paid according to Fangraphs' metrics . This year, however, Damon is on pace for a career ...
Johnny Damon or JD Drew?
firebrandal.com 8/18/2009 — Tony Masserotti via Boston.com :
" And before anyone suggests that Damon has benefited solely from the laughable right field at Yankee Stadium, let's remember that his game-tying home run last night was a laser that landed in the Yankees bullpen, just to the right of the 385-foot mark. Even ...
Damon Stayin'?
fackyouk.blogspot.com 8/18/2009 — To be honest, I hated the fact that the Yankees signed Johnny Damon when it first happened. It didn't have much to do with the fact that he was 32 years old and was already declining pretty steeply as a defensive center fielder. It wasn't just that the Yanks passed on Carlos Beltran the year ...
Heyman: Yanks Want Damon Back
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 8/24/2009 — Jon Heyman wrote an article about his top 18 dream World Series matchups - Yanks vs. Dodgers was no. 1 - he had this to say about Yankees outfielder Johnny Damon: The Yankees intend to try to bring back Johnny Damon, probably for about $6-8 million a year (that'll be the first offer, anyway), ...
Looking Ahead To Free Agency: Johnny Damon
noyoureatowel.net 9/11/2009 — We started the "Looking Ahead To Free Agency" series yesterday with Andy Pettitte (though there's also the added wrinkle, rumored by Jayson Stark , that maybe he'd think of going to pitch for his old buddy, Joe Torre, in Los Angeles after the Yankees lowballed him this past winter). Today ...
Does Johnny Damon Belong in the Hall of Fame?
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 8/19/2009 — A recent feature in the New York Times about Yankees OF Johnny Damon made headlines all over the net because it appears likely that Damon has a good chance to remain a Yankee beyond 2009. However, one section of the piece really stood out to me and ...
Damon wants to stay for 'at least another year'
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 8/17/2009 — From Pete Caldera : On the potential date for Game 7 of this year’s World Series, Johnny Damon will turn 36. He’d like nothing better than to celebrate his birthday week rolling up the Canyon of Heroes with his Yankees teammates. But there’s one more Damon wish: A 2010 season in pinstripes. “I ...
Damon in 2010
nybaseballdigest.com 9/14/2009 — After the disappointing 2008 season, if you had said that the Yankees would resign Johnny Damon after his contract would run out in 2009, most people would have thought you crazy.
Not that Damon played poorly. Not at all. In fact, his numbers generally, across the board were as good, or ...
Perrotto: Yanks want Damon back for one year
riveraveblues.com 8/31/2009 — While we still have a month left of regular season baseball and, hopefully, a few weeks of October play in the Bronx, nothing dominates the conversation quite like the Hot Stove League does. In his latest weekend roundup , John Perrotto drops in a ...
Dukes, Willingham power Nats —
Boston.com -- Baseball News 8/26/2009
Elijah Dukes hit a grand slam in a six-run fifth inning, Josh Willingham had two homers and six RBIs and the Washington Nationals rocked Carlos Zambrano in his return from the disabled list, routing the Chicago Cubs 15-6 on Tuesday night.
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The Bench, the Lineups —
Nationals Journal 8/29/2009
* This might be self-evident, but I point it out nonetheless. Injuries, trades, etc., sure have taken a toll on Washington's bench. Remember the beginning of the year, when the Nats had Willie Harris, Josh Willingham, Bard and/or Nieves, Ronnie ...
