Comments on: Details on Nick Johnson’s contract

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:06:51 +0000

Johnson is a great pickup who also can play first base. It also is a low risk investment in todays baseball. Lets the Yanks see if Miranda and or Montero develop and I’m sure one of them will make the opening day roster

By: Marcus

Marcus — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:09:22 +0000

Ugh, that bit was funny for about 5 seconds…,

/Krusty’d

By: Richard Deegan

Richard Deegan — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:54:25 +0000

Now, you can call me Nick, and you can call him Reed; and you can call me NJ, and you can call him RJ; and you can call me DH, and you can call him LF; and you can call me 1B, and you can call him DH….. But ya doesn’t hafta call us JOHNSONS!!!!

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:45:09 +0000

Very true and excellent point. Also in the mix could be Juan Miranda, who posted (approx) an average line of .289 .376 .475 .851 over 2 years of AAA ball. That OBP is especially nice for a guy with some pop. Unless NJ is really healthy and posts above career avg numbers in 2010, a 2nd year with the Yanks (and another shot at a ring) would be on the table. And if he has a great year and Cashman wants him back, he can always throw another $2-3m at him.

Actually, I’m seeing the NJ signing as a smarter-then-I-first-thought deal, as it gives us some more flexibility going foward.

Anybody know if Thome is signed? Just curious really. The guys flys under the radar a bit. He’s got just 19 less HRs than ARod… and 18 more than the big bad Manny. When talking about ‘Greats’, ya don’t hear about Thome much. A career .961 OPS, just 4 pts below ARod.

By: TopChuckie

TopChuckie — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:34:59 +0000

If Montero is the backup catcher they wouldn’t want him and Posada in the starting lineup too often. They’d need a 3rd C, just like the playoffs, in which case NJ and the 3rd C are actually clogging up the bench, more than making it more versatile.

By: hakeem is a novice

hakeem is a novice — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:40:35 +0000

merry christmas

By: themgmt

themgmt — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:46:39 +0000

Not only that, Montero should probably catch at least half of the time. With Posada turning 40 during that season, it’s very possible his bat has slid to the point Johnson is the better bet at DH and Johnson’s option could be attractive.

C – 80 Montero 80 Posada
DH – 120 Johnson 40 Montero/Posada

Something like that. It would be dependent on who the better two hitters are at that point. Even having NJ on the bench is pretty solid insurance for 3 positions in that scenario (C, 1B, DH)

By: radnom

radnom — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:44:43 +0000

Millions?

Worse case scenario if the Yankees don’t want Johnson’s contract for next year they are only out 500K.

By: King of Fruitless Hypotheticals

King of Fruitless Hypotheticals — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:13:49 +0000

Cashman negotiated that OVER TWITTER. 140 characters at a time. With one hand. On an iPhone…so he had to switch pages for numbers. While he pussy tubed with NICK SWISHER.

All so we could Merry Christmas.

/singletear’d

By: Reggie C.

Reggie C. — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:11:30 +0000

That mutual option might not be worth much if Jesus Montero makes a compelling case to DH full-time. Cant deny that Johnson’s contract is reasonable, but Cashman might want to save those millions in lieu of the Crawford/ Lee/ Webb class.