Johnny Damon

The Boston Globe is reporting that the Red Sox are prepared to offer their free agent center fielder Johnny Damon a three-year contract worth between $25-28-million dollars. Obviously this is just an opening figure. Damon's agent is Scott Boras, or as most owners will call him, the Devil. Boras will work for every possible dollar for Damon, especially in the wake of the Theo Epstein disaster -- Boras is smart enough to know that the Sox need some positive public relations right now and not another embarrassment. The fact that there isn't a GM in place on Yawkey Way yet will also benefit Boras and Damon. Expect Damon's price to rise. The Yankees have reportedly come to terms on a four-year, $52-million dollar deal with their free agent left fielder Hideki Matsui. Damon is of more value to Boston than Matsui is to New York and expect that to come up in contract talks.