"Johnny believes the addition of him to Detroit's lineup would make the Tigers a winner," Scott Boras said during a Monday phone conversation with The Detroit News.And there may be interest from the other side as well:
The report says, "The Tigers are looking for top-of-the-order punch after the departures of Curtis Granderson and Placido Polanco. They are particularly needy on the left side of the plate, and Damon ... is a left-handed hitter."Do you think Damon can make the Tigers a winner? I don't.
Andrew Marchand has another quote from Boras, this time he's trying to blame to make it seem that the Yanks wanted nothing to do with Damon.
"We didn't we hear from [Cashman] for five weeks," Boras said. "Finally I called and I found out they made an offer to another player [Nick Johnson.]"What a load of B.S.
The first time Boras spoke with the Yanks they were willing to offer Damon a two-year deal worth around $19-$20 million. But according to Buster Olney, "Damon wanted no talks if he was to be offered less money than what he made in 2009."
Then, after they signed Johnson, the Yankees discussed a two-year, $14 million deal, "which was immediately rejected" according to Olney.
Move ahead to about a week ago when the Yanks once again had an offer for Damon, a one-year, $6 million offer that was once again rejected. Is it just me or does it seem like Damon was the one holding things up?
Is it Brian Cashman's fault that Boras and Damon can't see the writing on the wall? No team is going to pay Damon what he wanted coming into this offseason. The best he will most likely get was that original two-year offer the Yanks were willing to make, now he's going to have to settle for much less on a lesser team. That's not the Yankees fault, it's Boras' and Damon's.
