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The Yankees have been calling a few teams to see if they'd be interested in taking center fielder Johnny Damon off their hands. One of those teams is the Braves, whose answer (according to an official with one of the teams involved, who requested anonymity because he was talking about deals that weren't completed) was that they liked Damon, "but not at that price." Damon is signed through 2009 at $13 million per season, and if the Yankees were to trade him, which they technically could if they believe Jason Giambi is coming back soon from his foot injury, they'd probably have to chip in a good chunk of that salary. That, along with Damon's limited no-trade clause, makes it unlikely the Yankees would deal him, but it sure is interesting that they've looked into it....

http://www.nj.com/sports/ledger/index.ssf?/base/sports-2/118542421988410.xml&coll=1

 

Pretty bad year for Damon in the BA and Slugging % department, but he still has a .350 OBP% and a SO to BB ratio of 50:50.

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Nice to see that the Yankees are now figuring out what most of baseall did two years ago. Damon was due to significantly drop offensively during the course of that contract.
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Slightly off-topic (but not worthy of its own thread in my opinion), but would anyone be intersted in Juan Encarnacion? Obviously he had a helluva game yesterday vs. the Cobs, plays RF, has a canon for an arm (still), and is just 31. He has an .800 OPS this year, and is just heating up after missing much of the 1st half of the year with an injury (batting .405 since the AS break and slugging .554 in the month of July). He won't help us in the ol' OBP department, but he hits lefties pretty well (.280, though his SLG% vs. lefties is woeful) and would certainly provide a power and defense upgrade over Floyd/DeRosa in right.

 

Not sure his contract status, but you'd have to figure the Cards - being totally out of it - would listen to offers considering they are reportedly doing so for Isringhausen.

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Slightly off-topic (but not worthy of its own thread in my opinion), but would anyone be intersted in Juan Encarnacion? Obviously he had a helluva game yesterday vs. the Cobs, plays RF, has a canon for an arm (still), and is just 31. He has an .800 OPS this year, and is just heating up after missing much of the 1st half of the year with an injury (batting .405 since the AS break and slugging .554 in the month of July).

 

Not sure his contract status, but you'd have to figure the Cards - being totally out of it - would listen to offers considering they are reportedly doing so for Isringhausen.

 

Only if we're allowed to genetically merge him with Jones to create Juacque Encajones(pronounced wok en-cajones).

 

Encarnacion isn't worth it.

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Only if we're allowed to genetically merge him with Jones to create Juacque Encajones(pronounced wok en-cajones).

 

Encarnacion isn't worth it.

 

That would be one hell of a player. A switch hitting guy with an .800 OPS from both sides of the plate and a rocket arm (Juan) and thick skin to deal with fans (Jacque).

 

Sign me up for the official medical combianation of these two. If not, keep it. Encarnacion is a better fielding, worse hitting Murton.

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If I could get Juan on the cheap, and be confident that Piniella would use him properly (almost exclusively vs LHP), and that he could do well with such limited duty, I would be interested.

 

He hasn't done much vs LHP for his career, but he has been pretty good this year and the past couple years. The Cubs need some RH production and part-time help.

 

This could allow them to include Murton (who probably has no future on this team) in a trade for something else of significant value.

 

Juan has serious drawbacks, and the odds of getting him for what I would consider reasonable cost (let's say, Jake Fox) are probably low. But it could have value.

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