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Heyman On Damon, Braves, Wang, Dye

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | February 12, 2010 at 11:30am CDT

Jon Heyman of SI.com explains that expectations for Johnny Damon were unrealistically high at the beginning of the offseason. Here's Heyman's latest on Damon and others:

  • Tigers manager Jim Leyland is said to want Damon badly.
  • Heyman hears that the Braves might have $6MM to spend. 
  • Chien-Ming Wang's agent says his client is still a week or so away from deciding where he'll sign. Competitors still expect the righty to sign an incentive-laden deal with the Nationals. 
  • We've heard that the Indians are considering Jermaine Dye; Heyman says he could play some first base in Cleveland. 
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  1. humbb

    12 years ago

    “Jon Heyman of SI.com explains that expectations for Johnny Damon were unrealistically high at the beginning of the offseason.”

    Boras to Heyman: “You’re Fired!”

    Reply
    • dickylarue

      12 years ago

      I think Boras is trying to distance himself from this mess and put the blame on Damon’s expectations and not his agenting.

      Reply
  2. csg

    12 years ago

    so essientially the Braves traded Vasquez in order to sign Glaus and Hinkse and to sit on $6mil? Im not saying I dont like these additions, but you couldve kept JV and found a way to make the other numbers work

    Reply
    • Chris Moe

      12 years ago

      I agree, but if they can sign Damon, then Cabrera, Damon, Hinske, Glaus and minor leaguers for JV is a pretty good deal in my opinion.

      Reply
  3. NYBravosFan10

    12 years ago

    if we do have 6mm, that doesn’t mean Frank will. That should also be saved for a possible mid-season acquisition.

    Reply
  4. Rich_in_NJ

    12 years ago

    At this late point in the offseason, all of a sudden Leyland wants Damon badly?

    Reply
  5. BravesRed

    12 years ago

    If the Braves want Damon, they better make an offer around 5-6 million over 1 year with some incentives, or say goodbye to Damon coming to Atlanta.

    Reply
    • tbettack

      12 years ago

      I’m not sure if the Braves even want him. Wren’s said he’s happy with the team as it is. Might as well keep 6 mil like NYBravosFan10 said for a mid-season pick-up and with Heyward comin soon.. We’re ok

      Reply
  6. gwells

    12 years ago

    love watching a boras client completely misjudge the market (and potentially be hurt by boras stalling on him to get holliday signed).

    Reply
    • bjsguess

      12 years ago

      How did he misread the market when the guy hasn’t been signed yet. What if he signs a 2/15 deal with the Tigers? Is that misreading the market? We haven’t seen any confirmed offers that were much higher than that.

      I think Damon and Boras looked at a guy like Abreu and realized that they are roughly the same player. Middling power, decent speed, bad in the outfield. The Angels gave $9m/year to Abreu. Is it a stretch on Damon/Boras’ part to think that Damon could net that same type of a deal?

      For the record, the Angels did overpay with Abreu. Would have much rather let Abreu walk, collect the picks, and now go after a guy like Damon for a few million less.

      Reply
      • gwells

        12 years ago

        if he signs a 2/15 deal with the tigers, the other owners should flog mike illich. if the other reported offers are one-year deals for less than $4-5m, why would you bid against yourself for 2/15? if he gets that, you have to wonder what boras has on illich.

        as far as the abreu comparison, if he’d taken the yankees offer months ago, he’d have been in that ball park. but as other players signed (interesting that he really wasn’t pursuing the whole market until after holliday signed, eh?), his leverage has declined. and the only way he gets 2/15 is if some owner (illich?) is stupid enough to bid against himself. unless there’s some other big-money offer out there that nobody’s talking about, that’s a second year for $10+m to pry him away from the braves (or white sox or whoever). doesn’t make any sense. not that i’d put it past an owner, but that won’t make it any less stupid.

        Reply
  7. cparnell

    12 years ago

    Reading Heyman’s post, I was truly amazed: I didn’t even see Boras’ lips move once.

    Reply
    • elclashcombo

      12 years ago

      Ha!

      Reply
  8. bbxxj

    12 years ago

    I’d love to see us add Felipe Lopez if he would be willing to take a super-utility role for about 2-3M. If you don’t count filler types like Thurston or Diory Hernandez, we only have one MI/UTL type player in Infante and he would be overextended as a starter should Prado/Escobar go down. We went into last year with both Prado and Infante on the bench so I would guess Bobby would love to have another super utility player to utilize.

    Reply
  9. elclashcombo

    12 years ago

    “Jim Leyland is said to want Damon badly.”

    surely, there’s gotta be a better way of phrasing this 2 days before Valentines.

    Reply
  10. cparnell

    12 years ago

    Heyman: “Damon does appear to be a good on-field fit for the Tigers”
    Apparently, the Tigers have been desperately searching for an outfielder who CANNOT PLAY THE OUTFIELD.
    Has anyone ever actually seen Jon Heyman and Scott Boras in the same room together?

    Reply
  11. atlbraves312

    12 years ago

    Call me crazy. But what about Dye?

    Reply

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