From Jon Heyman:

To this point, the Yankees and free agent outfielder Johnny Damon seem to be apart in contract talks, with the Yankees looking to pay him about $20 million over two years and Damon believed to be seeking a four-year deal while trying not to take a pay cut from the $13 million a year he made.

This is the second day in a row Heyman has said the Yankees want Damon for 2/20.
And like yesterday when we addressed this rumor at the Climate Summit in Copenhagen, one immediate question comes to mind:

The Yankees would rather Damon sign a 2-year contract, than a 1-year arbitration deal?

We don’t get it. Damon just turned 36 on November 5th. He’d be nearly 38 at the end of a 2-year deal. For the front office, you’d think years would be more important than annual salary, especially for someone who played a terrible LF this season. We’d much rather see 1 year at $15 mil (or whatever he’d get in arbitration) than 2 years. Plus with offering him arbitration, you’d at least get the insurance of multiple draft picks if Damon walked.

If this rumor is true, Cashman & crew basically thought 2 years/$20 mil at ages 36 & 37 far outweighed 1 year/$15 mil with draft pick insurance.

That’s messed up, yo.

edit: For the record, we’d rather bid farewell to Damon entirely, and sign Holliday. Our commentary was based on speculation that the Yanks actually want to re-sign Damon. All this is rumor obviously. How are you today? Starting to really get cold out. Going to a holiday party this weekend. It’s an ugly sweater party. Sounds like fun. Watched Carrie Underwood’s special last night. Thought it was great. Who knew she was such an entertainer.