The running Spring Training thread, 2010 edition

I'd say 70 was a realistic top win expectation for the Nats, so for a fan 75 is not too optimistic.

 

Like this deal a lot better than the two-year deal. Definitely fills a need offensively for the Tigers.

 

Just in time for the all-too-common rite of passage for 36-year-old MLB players: a 50-point drop on BA, 100 points in OPS, HRs and RBIs cut in half. Plus in Comerica Park, Damon's C-minus-level defense converts to a D-plus, at best.

With cement-legged Ordonez in right, Austin Jackson is gonna be running 500 yards a game.

 

Wasn't that around what the Yankees were offering him originally?

 

Something like that. I'd say that the Yankees made a mistake playing hardball over a few bucks with Damon and then signing Nick Johnson, but I'm sure they will just add another bat when Johnson gets hurt again.

 

76, that's the spirit. However, 70-80 isn't that far fetched.

 

I thought that it was Damon trying to play hardball by trying to get a multi-year deal for a lot more money. And look where it got him.

 

Detroit and it's actually not a bad move for him. The Tigers will be in contention.

 

The Yankees offered Damon 2 years for 14 mill. Bor-ass turned it down, asking for 2 years, 22 mill. The Yankees, wisely, said good-bye then made a late take-it-or-leave it 1 year, 5 mill plus incentives.

Meanwhile, the Tigers didn't want to pay Curtis Granderson 23.5 mill he's owed over the next three years but they'll pay a 36-year-old who can not play the outfield any more and has the worst arm in baseball 8 mill this year -- basically to replace Granderson.

Yeah, that makes sense.

 

It's a terrible move for him because his numbers will suffer badly outside the new Yankee Stadium, and will have to find a new contract next year, off of mediocre numbers. HAd he stayed with the Yanks & hung around for a few more years, he would have put himself into HOF talk, now that's pretty unlikely.