The Sports Nuts

Apparently the Giants will enter in the Johnny Damon discussions. It is said the White Sox have a lot of interest but the Giants would love to add his bat to their anemic lineup which can use a ton of help. The Giants have some very good pitching, but their offense can really use some help and Damon could provide just that.

At this point Boras is crazy if he thinks he's going to get four years at 12-13 million per year for Damon, but that is what his demands are. Scott Boras is notorious for starting out with some ridiculous free agent demands when it comes to his players, the Yankees just need to let him walk if he doesn't come off that stance. Johnny would be crazy to walk away from a winning team like the Yankees, if some team is willing to overpay for him let him go get that money and be miserable on some losing team somewhere. If I'm Johnny I'm telling Boras to do whatever it takes to work something out with the Yankees.



The Blue Jays are saying it isn't a must that they trade Halladay, but their feelings are that he would like a trade at this point. As was said yesterday they would also be willing to trade him within the division, a stance that former Blue Jays GM JP Ricciardi wasn't really enamored with last year. Of course this has caused speculation that the Yankees will get involved. Word is the Yankees are interested but what they are really interested in is the fact that both Halladay and Cliff Lee could potentially become free agents after next season but word is the Phillies want to do whatever it takes to get Cliff Lee to sign an extension and keep him in Philadelphia.