Nick Johnson has reportedly signed a 1-year/$5.5 million contract with the New York Yankees.
His signing clearly states that Johnny Damon's time as a Yankee is over.
Damon is 36 and saw his asking price of 2-years/$26 million from this morning drop to 2-years/$20 million as he tried to stay in pinstripes.
The move is not only curious considering he'd have cost only $4.5 million more a year than Johnson and Hideki Matsui only cost the Angels $6.5 million.
Now Matsui has bad knees so it's understandable as to why the Yankees opted to go with ...
The Yankees signing of Nick Johnson basically means the end of Johnny Damon's tenure with the Yankees.
Especially since Damon's agent, Scott Boras, has not backed off his contract demands of at least three years and at least $13 million per season.
Unless Damon does what Alex Rodriguez did back in 2007 where he came personally to the Yankees to re-negotiate his contract and take less money, Damon won't be wearing pinstripes in 2010.
According to ESPN's Buster Olney, the Yankees will now move on and add other players like starting pitchers, plus ...
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Perhaps the least talked about of our four new prospects is former New York Yankee south paw Phil Coke. At 27 years old, I think it’s safe to say that the prospect lable is far removed from his name.
Last season in a relief role with the Yankees in 60 innings of work Coke went 4-3 posting a 4.50 ERA. The numbers are respectable but nothing to get to excited about.
You see the Tigers currently have a surplus of lefty relievers on the roster. With Bobby Seay, Fu-Te Ni, Daniel ...
The New York Yankees signed a left-handed hitter to hit second in their lineup in 2010 and it’s not Johnny Damon.
ESPN.com’s Buster Olney, via Twitter , is reporting that the Yankees have signed 1B Nick Johnson to a one-year, $5.5 million contract. The deal also includes a mutual option for 2011 for $5.5 million.
Signing Johnson essentially ends the Damon era in the Bronx.
Damon played the same game Jason Bay tried to play with the Red Sox. Both thought they were being undervalued by their current team and wanted to ...
Coming into the offseason, the two top free agent first basemen on the market were Adam LaRoche and Nick Johnson. Besides the fact that they are both left-handed first basemen, LaRoche and Johnson have little in common as far as their careers and playing styles are concerned. LaRoche is a steady power hitter, who has hit at least 20 home runs in each of the past five seasons and has played in at least 135 games in every season since 2005. Johnson, on the other hand, is strongly ...
As if the New York Yankees needed more good news.
According to the Newark Star Ledger , Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez will not need a second surgery on his right hip.
Rodriguez visited his hip specialist on Monday, Dr. Marc Phillippon. Phillippon informed Rodriguez that a second surgery will not be needed and he is free to begin his offseason workouts.
No more surgery for ARod
Rodriguez, who had hip surgery last March, missed the first five weeks of the regular season, but still managed to hit 30 home runs and have a ...
Last night, the Yankees and Nick Johnson came to terms on a one year/$5.5 million contract that all but ends Johnny Damon's tenure with the Yankees:
In a move that almost certainly would end Johnny Damon’s four-year run in the Bronx, the Yankees were close to completing negotiations on a one-year contract with Nick Johnson late Thursday. A stalemate over salary between Johnny Damon and the Yankees could be broken if Nick Johnson is signed as a designated hitter. For Washington and Florida last season, Nick Johnson had a ...
Tomorrow, the Yankees will finalize a one year, $5.5 million deal with new designated hitter Nick Johnson.
The addition of Johnson likely spells the end for Johnny Damon, who was going to be asked to play as part-time DH and part-time left fielder.
With Damon likely out of the picture now, there is still an opening in left field that needs to be filled.
With Curtis Granderson now their permanent center fielder, the Yankees could fill Damon's spot internally by moving Melky Cabrera over to left field.
Or, the Yankees could look to other ...
There is no definitive way to rank the greatest baseball players of all time, but I've created a mathematical formula that I think gets us pretty close.
First, I awarded points to the top 50 hitters in 11 offensive categories (runs, hits, doubles, triples, homers, walks, steals, average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage). The leader in each statistic received 50 points, second place got 49, etc.
Then, I repeated the process with the top 50 hurlers in six pitching categories (ERA, wins, winning percentage, WHIP, strikeouts and shutouts).
Finally, I multiplied the ...
Newsday's Ken Davidoff is reporting that the Yankees have agreed to a one-year deal with Nick Johnson worth around $5.5 million.
The deal is pending a physical, but is pretty much done.
This is a great move for the Yankees. While Nick Johnson will be limited to a designated hitter role on this Yankees team, I see that as a good thing. There is no doubt that this will increase the odds that he can stay healthy for the entire season.
Just look at what being a full-time DH did for Hideki Matsui ...