Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Would You Offer Nady or Damon Arbitration?

There's a long way to go, but right now Yankees free-agents-to-be Johnny Damon and Xavier Nady are both current Type A free agents according to MLBTradeRumors. Of course, a lot can change between now and the end of the season, but do you offer either of these guys arbitration? I am very, very, very against singing Damon to another multi-year deal, but I think I'd take him back for one more year. Same with Nady. But the only way I see that happening is if they have to accept arbitration in a still-weak market. And best-case scenario for the Yankees is that the Yankees offer arbitration but the players sign elsewhere and they Yankees get draft picks out of it.
Sliding Into Home writes that the next stop for the other big Yankees free agent, Hideki Matsui may be the Giants...the Hanshin Giants. My feeling is that you wish them all farewell if they won't take a one-year deal. Damon is having a huge walk year and would be tough to justify more than one year more. Nady is a Boras client who will be looking for a big payday based on pre-2009 production. And Matsui has two shot knees and seems to be fading into the Bronx night after a very successful run with the Yanks. My feeling is that they'll make a big offer to Jason Bay/Matt Holliday or promote Austin Jackson rather than bring back either of those three, but that is still a long way off.
Thoughts? Should the Yankees bring any of these guys back? Or should they load up and try to sign a Jason Bay or Matt Holliday?

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