Damon Backwards

This is probably pointless, because the chances atos is actually going to sign Johnny Damon are somewhere between slim and none, but I don't like the logic I'm hearing. I can't figure out if I heard from atos himself or in opinion at djf that the plan would be to bring Damon in on a 1-year contract, but I'm all against it if it's only one year.

Damon can't help anything next season, he's only going to get in the way. All he can do is play left field or dh, and there is already a logjam at those positions. Why bring him in to jam it up even worse? If all the many options in the lf-1b-dh logjam can't play at the mlb level, than this team has more problems than what Damon can fix. I can see locking him up as a cheap option for the years after 2010, when he might actually help as a DH, and putting up with a way to make him fit next season. Don't be his springboard to a bigger contract next season, let somebody else do that.

If you really feel the need to add a veteran name player for a season to "fire up" the fans, why not look at Jermaine Dye? He can at least play a position where they need some help, RF.

Hmm now if I was going to sign a possibly superfluous and cheap Free Agent...

I think I would make it Johnny Damon. Maybe for 2-3 years even. He could DH and play left field, and yeah his defense sucks but the team is going to suck so who cares. He could provide some of that "veteran leadership". He could bat 1st or 2nd. And if the team is going to be any good in 2011-12 he might just be valuable as the kind of part they may not be currently developing in the minors and may not be able to easily get in the fa market. This especially makes sense if Overbay gets traded.

And he just might be cheap even though he is a Boras client, especially if you do offer him a year deal. 2+ an easy to reach option? Just thinking out loud.