I've been defending Cashman when it comes to the Johnny Damon situation. However, when it comes to the Yankees signing Randy Winn for $2MM a week and a half before the Dodgers land Reed Johnson for the bargain basement price of $800K, I can only scratch my head.
Vizzini over at NoMaas broke it down nicely today. Basically, the only major difference between the two is that Johnson, a right-hander, hits lefties -- career .841 OPS vs LHP compared to Winn's .758 OPS against lefties. Winn is also coming off a terrible year against lefties that saw him post an OPS of just .384, while Johnson had a very nice .903 OPS against southpaws.
Based on the Yankees' needs and the price, signing Johnson seems like it would have made a lot more sense than Winn.
What do you think?
