Johnny Damon News

In preparation for next month's Rule 5 draft, the Yankees added seven players to their 40-man roster on Friday, including highly touted outfield prospect Austin Jackson, who could compete for a major-league job in spring training.

The Yankees denied a published report they have let teams know right fielder Nick Swisher is available.

Andy Pettitte was among the last two of the 171 eligible players to declare for free agency yesterday.

Free agency basically ends everything from the 2009 season and begins the 2010 season.

The valued opinions have been voiced from the scouting arm of the world champion Yankees universe.

The flip side is that some baseball executives believe that the rest of the free agent crop will fall through the cracks, sitting and waiting unless they are willing to take a bargain deal.

Brian Cashman is letting the free agent river run down River Ave. to his Yankee Stadium door.

Say it ain't so, John. Our cracked research team has turned up a disturbing fact.

ONLY ON FOX: A week after celebrating the Yankees World Series win in the big apple, Orlando native Johnny Damon is back home and using his star power for a good cause and talking baseball with FOX 35.

If you're a baseball fan that happens to like rooting for the underdog, chances are watching the Yankees win their 27th championship was a sickening experience.

There have been many outlandish claims made when comparing the relative merits of baseball players, but to conclude that Johnny Damon is in the same league as Derek Jeter is as graphic an example of specious reasoning as baseball fans have ever heard.

Hideki Matsui will wait to see if he is signed back onto the Yankees for an eighth season.

Say what you want about Scott Boras , but he does make the off-season more interesting - or at least, he does if you happen to root for the Yankees, Mets, Red Sox, or about three other teams.

The Tigers are shopping star right-handed starter Edwin Jackson on the trade market in attempt to reduce their payroll for 2010, sources have told FOXSports.com. Motivated by the same cost-cutting philosophy, the Tigers also would be willing to part with center fielder Curtis Granderson for the right package in return, according to the New York ...

Hello, once again! To start, a big congrats to the World Champion New York Yankees! It has a been a long time coming for us fans, and the team definitely earned it this year with their clutch play! Honestly, this was one of the best teams the Yanks have had in the last 20 years or so, I would say the only one that might best them would be the ...

We now return to the business portion of the program. The Yankees were hoping all the joy associated with being a champion Yankee would motivate Johnny Damon to accept a one- or, at the most, two-year deal to return.

Short hops, quick pops and backhand stops as the general managers meetings wrapped Wednesday: When the Angels acquired Scott Kazmir last summer, most people assumed that he'd wind up being the replacement for John Lackey .

Alex Rodriguez #13 of the New York Yankees congratulates Johnny Damon #18 after Damon scored in a 2-run single by Hideki Matsui #55 in the bottom of the third inning against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game Six of the World Series .

In a cost-cutting frame of mind, the Tigers have let teams know Curtis Granderson could be had for the right package, an NL executive told The Post.

CHICAGO - There was no Notre Dame T-shirt this time, no sunglasses hanging from the collar, but as Yankees general manager Brian Cashman walked out of the general managers' meetings on Wednesday, it was in much the same state as when he arrived.