<TABLE width="100%" align=center><TBODY><TR><TD class=vaLabel vAlign=top rowSpan=5 width=100 align=middle>
</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=subHead vAlign=top colSpan=3>Report: Tigers offer Damon two years, $14 mil </TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD class=vaLabel colSpan=3>Johnny Damon - OF - NYY - Feb. 11 </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=3>According to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com, Tigers owner Mike Ilitch has authorized a two-year, $14 million contract offer for free agent outfielder Johnny Damon.
Scott Boras is also weighing a one-year, $7 million contract from the club, but is believed to be pursuing a two-year contract. As Rosenthal notes, a two-year, $14 million contract would match what the Yankees offered Damon before they signed Nick Johnson to be their designated hitter, so if true, this would be awful tough to pass up. If the White Sox are as aggressive as we are beginning to hear, that might change.
Source: FOXSports.com
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Scott Boras is also weighing a one-year, $7 million contract from the club, but is believed to be pursuing a two-year contract. As Rosenthal notes, a two-year, $14 million contract would match what the Yankees offered Damon before they signed Nick Johnson to be their designated hitter, so if true, this would be awful tough to pass up. If the White Sox are as aggressive as we are beginning to hear, that might change.
Source: FOXSports.com
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