Johnny Damon Watch 2010: Still not a Tiger
by Kurt Mensching on Feb 15, 2010 10:33 PM EST
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PrintIt's been -- what? -- 48 hours since we last heard an update on where Johnny Damon and the Tigers stand in negotiations which will eventually lead to the left-handed outfielder wearing an Old English D this season.
Fortunately, Jon Paul Morosi of FoxSports.com is here to update us that ... nothing new is really happening. Maybe.
Nothing is imminent, but:
There is now only a "very small" difference of opinion between the Tigers and Johnny Damon as to what the outfielder’s salary should be, one major league source said Monday.
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The source downplayed the chances of a one-year deal with a player option for 2011 — similar to the contract that Adrian Beltre, another Scott Boras client, signed with the Red Sox.
Like I said, I'm convinced he's a Tiger eventually, given we haven't heard of any other teams offering anything remotely the same financial terms.
And hey, he does eat octopi. No word on whether he throws it.
Johnny Damon Watch 2010 continues!
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Boras really takes it down to the wire...
true to form. But you gotta know that going into negotiations with Boras.
I agree that Damon will be a Tiger. He’s too good of a fit to pass up, and there’s nobody else out there that’ll match what the Tigers have on the table for him. Boras is probably trying to add in private suites on the road, trips for he and the wifey to Disneyworld, and stuff like that.
Signing Damon
Well, I feel Boras has introduced his date to everyone at the table, now its just a matter of who Johnny wants to go home with. To be honest, I am not so sure JD will be a Tiger.
It would seem Boras has dangled the carrot in from of the few teams who are interested and now its a matter of who comes with the best package. Being he hasnt accepted our deal yet seems to me there may be another team in the running. Dont be surprised BYB fans if Johnny becomes a Chisox.
Good, Tigers do not need another DH
Unless they are planning to release Maggs or Guillen. Damon is not going to hit like did in New York or Red Soxes. We will see how he does in a Tiger uniform.
{gag}
This is awful, I am definitely not against them signing Damon but this news coverage as if he is Pujols is sickening. I enjoy filler as much as the next guy pre-spring training, but this goes far beyond that.
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by JoelZumayaKegStand on Feb 16, 2010 10:03 AM EST reply actions
ZING!
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by David Tokarz on Feb 16, 2010 12:25 PM EST up reply actions
Conspiracy theory
On the New York ESPN radio affiliate, the host (Yankees announcer Michael Kay) just offered his theory that there the supposed 2 year offer isn’t and never was a real offer, but that it is just a publicity ploy Illitch agreed to as a favor to his friend Boras, so Boras could save face (having turned down the Yankees 2 year offer) and then Damon could pretend to turn it down, saying he would prefer a 1 yr deal to “keep his options open.”
Then he mentioned something about man never having landed on the moon and poison in the fluoride…
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