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Indians To Sign Johnny Damon
By Mike Axisa [April 11, 2012 at 10:55pm CST]
The Indians will sign Johnny Damon, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (on
Twitter). Terms of the deal are unknown. We heard that the Scott Boras client
would sign by May earlier this month.
Damon, 38, figures to step into Cleveland's left field situation as soon as
he's ready to join the team. Shelley Duncan has started all five of the
Indians' games in left, but he's best deployed as the right-handed half of a
platoon. A fit between the Tribe and Damon seemed natural for most of the
offseason.
Just 277 hits away from 3,000 for his career, Damon hit .261/.326/.418 with
16 homers and 19 steals for the Rays last season. He has played fewer than
400 total innings in the outfield over the last two years, but he has
appeared in at least 140 games in each of the past 16 years.