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Posted in Baseball on Mar 12th, 2010
As the world champion New York Yankees entered this spring, one of the big questions was who was going to hold the fifth spot in their starting rotation. Two big names immediately came to mine, Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain. Both have had success in the bullpen, but both possess potential starter’s stuff. [...]
Posted in Baseball on Feb 28th, 2010
New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada seems like he’s been the Yankees catcher for the last 20 years. It hasn’t been quite that long, but he’s been squatting behind home plate for the Yankees full-time since 1998 (he was up in 1995 and caught 60 games in 1997, but we aren’t counting that), when [...]
Posted in Baseball, Signings, Transactions on Feb 20th, 2010
Former New York Yankee Johnny Damon has signed with the Detroit Tigers. The deal is said to be worth $8 million for one year.
PHOTO CAPTION: Johnny Damon is one of the best outfielders, as seen here
It looks like Damon will be batting second for the Detroit Tigers, but who really cares. I mean, seriously?
Posted in Baseball on Feb 20th, 2010
UPDATE: Johnny Damon is a Tiger, he signed a one-year deal worth around $8 million
ORIGINAL STORY: Johnny Damon, who some say has the arm of an ex-girlfriend’s niece, is near an agreement to play for the Detroit Tigers, according to Tim Brown tweets and sources.
PHOTO CAPTION: Bud Bundy has absolutely nothing to do with this [...]
Posted in Baseball on Feb 19th, 2010
The Detroit Tigers have sent free agent outfielder Johnny Damon a contract offer. General manager Dave Dombrowski confirmed the news in a telephone interview with the Associated Press.
Earlier this week the Chicago White Sox reportedly canceled their one-year offer to Damon and agent Scott Boras. The White Sox decided to go with a local ball [...]
Posted in Baseball on Feb 19th, 2010
This is the year we were supposed to see New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain let loose and show what he can do as a starter. It’s been long enough and he’s been hyped enough. To the point where we can’t stand to even hear his name anymore. But, he’s had success [...]
Posted in Baseball, Signings, Transactions on Feb 16th, 2010
According to William Ladson (who?) on Twitter, the Washington Nationals (that’s a baseball team) have agreed to terms with former New York Yankees pitcher Chien-Ming Wang.
“The #Nats have agreed to terms with right-hander Chien-Ming Wang. The #Nats have not confirmed the agreement,” he tweets with appropriate use of hashtags.
We like this signing for the Natties. [...]
Posted in Baseball on Feb 10th, 2010
According to Jon Morosi, who we assume is someone that we should listen to in such matters, the Detroit Tigers are definitely looking at former New York Yankee outfielder Johnny Damon.
“#Tigers could use another infielder but are devoted to the pursuit of Damon, first and foremost, a source says. #MLB #Braves #Yankees,” he [...]
Posted in Baseball, Signings, Transactions on Jan 27th, 2010
Joel Sherman of the NY Post says that the New York Yankees have signed former San Francisco Giants outfielder Randy Winn to a one-year deal.
“#Yankees have reached 1-yr agreement with Randy Winn pending physical,” he tweets.
It’s believed to be a $2 million deal and this should effectively close the door on Johnny Damon coming back. [...]
Posted in Baseball, Trades, Transactions on Dec 22nd, 2009
Because they have an unlimited pool of cash and resources, the New York Yankees were able to trade for Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Javier Vazquez. The sent outfielder Melky Cabrera to Atlanta along with a bit of cash.
What a trade.
Despite the fact that Javy was pretty wretched in his first stint in New York, [...]
Posted in Baseball, Signings, Transactions on Dec 18th, 2009
The New York Yankees have finalized a deal for DH Nick Johnson. The world champions signed him to a one-year, $5.5 million contract with a mutual option for 2011.
The 31-year old was solid in 2009, hitting .291 with eight bombs and 62 RBI’s. His defense is good enough that he could [...]
Posted in Baseball on Dec 15th, 2009
According to Ken Rosenthal of Foxsports, the New York Yankees are very interested in pitcher Ben Sheets.
“Source: #Yankees “very interested” in Sheets, but believe he is in no rush to sign,” he tweets.
Sheets was a very good pitcher at one point, but he breaks down constantly. This would be a [...]
Posted in Baseball on Dec 11th, 2009
Sources tell Foxsports.com that Johnny Damon and the New York Yankees aren’t close to getting a deal done. Apparently Damon, who is represented by Scott Boras, is looking for a three-year deal worth $39 million. If not, the 36-year old would be willing to take a four-year deal worth $52 million. Of [...]
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