November 18, 201015 yr Eh... Damon doesn't excite me anymore. I'd almost rather give those at bats to Teahen. Edited November 18, 201015 yr by Chet Kincaid
November 18, 201015 yr I'm not sure I want any more big-bucks, past-their-prime players (e.g., Manny Ramirez) for rentals.
November 18, 201015 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 18, 2010 -> 12:04 PM) According to Phil Rogers in his Trib column that he also mentioned Matsui in. Phil Rodgers reads mlbtraderumors.com as his source of information like the rest of us.
November 18, 201015 yr Really, only if he's a bargain. And I think we know how this game played last year.
November 18, 201015 yr QUOTE (soxfan-kwman @ Nov 18, 2010 -> 02:08 PM) He never played for Cleveland during the 90's!! But he's a former Royal.
November 18, 201015 yr QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Nov 18, 2010 -> 02:20 PM) KW trying to get that 2004 AL All-Star team!! KW just won't let guys go. If he's chased in the past, he's determined to pick them up even after they've started to decline. The rumors this year are literally the same as last off season.
November 18, 201015 yr QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Nov 18, 2010 -> 03:30 PM) KW just won't let guys go. If he's chased in the past, he's determined to pick them up even after they've started to decline. The rumors this year are literally the same as last off season. Well what exactly do you expect when guys sign 1 year deals?
November 18, 201015 yr Do we really need to go out and sign a .265 hitter with 7 HR and 50 RBI, isnt that like AJ's 2010 campaign. Plus what the obsession with getting players who were in their prime about 6 or 7 years ago. The Johnny Damon ship has sailed.
November 18, 201015 yr QUOTE (joeynach @ Nov 18, 2010 -> 05:09 PM) Do we really need to go out and sign a .265 hitter with 7 HR and 50 RBI, isnt that like AJ's 2010 campaign. Plus what the obsession with getting players who were in their prime about 6 or 7 years ago. The Johnny Damon ship has sailed. AJ's OPS last year was .688, Damon's was .756. Furthermore, AJ was playing in a much more hitter-friendly ballpark than Damon. Batting average and RBI aren't telling you the whole story there. That all said...a .756 OPS out of your DH spot isn't a spectacular number, even if the guy occasionally plays the field and you like that flexibility. It would have been stellar for the Sox last year...because the LH hitter in the DH platoon was so bad. Is it worth $8 million to the Sox next year? I'd like to think they could find better ways to spend that money level. $4 million? Now we're talking.
November 18, 201015 yr QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Nov 18, 2010 -> 12:34 PM) Phil Rodgers reads mlbtraderumors.com as his source of information like the rest of us. Seriously... easiest job ever.
November 18, 201015 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 18, 2010 -> 05:14 PM) AJ's OPS last year was .688, Damon's was .756. Furthermore, AJ was playing in a much more hitter-friendly ballpark than Damon. Batting average and RBI aren't telling you the whole story there. That all said...a .756 OPS out of your DH spot isn't a spectacular number, even if the guy occasionally plays the field and you like that flexibility. It would have been stellar for the Sox last year...because the LH hitter in the DH platoon was so bad. Is it worth $8 million to the Sox next year? I'd like to think they could find better ways to spend that money level. $4 million? Now we're talking. Check Matsui's OPS, the sox have already said to be interested in him for their DH vacancy. I believe he made something like $5-6M last year.
November 19, 201015 yr They really don't need a slap-hitter guy like him. Pierre's already in LF and Rios is a far better CF. Why waste a DH spot on him?
November 19, 201015 yr Once again a fellow we couldn't get before and now is on the down hill slide of his career and is on the Sox radar. Please just say no
November 19, 201015 yr QUOTE (knightni @ Nov 18, 2010 -> 07:19 PM) They really don't need a slap-hitter guy like him. Pierre's already in LF and Rios is a far better CF. Why waste a DH spot on him? Johnny Damon is far from a "slap-hitter."
November 19, 201015 yr QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Nov 18, 2010 -> 07:23 PM) Johnny Damon is far from a "slap-hitter." He's certainly not Thome, Konerko, Fielder, or Dunn either.
November 19, 201015 yr didnt someone do a player a and a player b comparison at some point last year between kotsay and damon....i believe kotsay had suprisingly similar stats to Damon, no? no thanks i'll pass on him this season
November 19, 201015 yr QUOTE (joeynach @ Nov 18, 2010 -> 06:22 PM) Check Matsui's OPS, the sox have already said to be interested in him for their DH vacancy. I believe he made something like $5-6M last year. .820 OPS, 124 OPS+, 70 OPS points better than Damon. $6 million.
November 19, 201015 yr QUOTE (beckham15 @ Nov 18, 2010 -> 07:41 PM) didnt someone do a player a and a player b comparison at some point last year between kotsay and damon....i believe kotsay had suprisingly similar stats to Damon, no? no thanks i'll pass on him this season .683 OPS for Kotsay, playing in the Cell, while Damon again played in Comerica.
November 19, 201015 yr I don't know how Damon would really work on this team in its current form. He can't play LF or CF, those are occupied already. He'd only be useful as a DH and he did not produce anywhere near what a DH should have last year. He'd fit in real well as a #3 hitter behind Beckham and ahead of whoever bats 4th, but I feel like he has to play a defensive position (RF isn't really an option).
November 19, 201015 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 18, 2010 -> 10:35 PM) .820 OPS, 124 OPS+, 70 OPS points better than Damon. $6 million. There you have it, why would u want Damon.
November 19, 201015 yr The plus side of Damon is he holds his own against LHP's (unlike Matsui). Still....not interested in him as anything other than Plan F
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