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Originally Posted by rician blast
I love this. One of baseball's premier lead-off hitters, being paid about $13m per year, is "vying" for AB's. Not sure if this is more of an indictment of the Yankees FO, the Damon signing or Damon himself.
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Damon needs to be scaled down a bit, but I expect him to be starting against every righty starter. When he actually was healthy last yr, he was golden again. And with some rest, I expect Damon to play like the guy who finished the yr, not the guy who started it.
Overall, it is an indictment of the age of the team. Matsui, Damon, Abreu, Giambi, Jeter are all 34 or above and have all ben seriously injured or banged up over the past season. They cannot be starting 150 games like they had been (sans Giambi). But if you limit them to 130-135 games, they should experience a bit of a rebound.