MSNBC: Bye, bye Damon? Yankees sign Randy Winn

Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that the Yankees have signed outfielder Randy Winn to a one-year contract at around $2 million.

I had a hunch the Yanks would consider Winn. Here's his CAIRO projection for 2010 as a Yankee.

%	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	BR	BRAR	wOBA	WAR
80%	101	420	378	56	110	27	3	7	45	39	56	0	15	1	4	.291	.356	.436	60	16	.348	2.2
65%	98	408	368	51	102	24	2	6	41	35	58	1	13	1	5	.277	.338	.404	51	9	.327	1.4
Baseline	96	400	360	46	95	21	2	5	37	31	61	2	11	2	6	.264	.321	.371	44	2	.307	0.8
35%	91	380	342	41	86	18	2	4	32	27	61	1	9	1	5	.250	.300	.343	36	-3	.285	0.2
20%	87	360	324	36	77	15	2	2	28	23	62	0	7	0	3	.237	.279	.314	29	-8	.263	-0.3
2009	149	597	538	65	137	32	5	2	51	49	93	1	16	2	8	.255	.315	.343	60	-2	.295	0.4

BR: Linear weights batting runs


BRAR: Park and position-adjusted batting runs above replacement level


wOBA: Weighted on-base average


WAR: Wins above replacement


That WAR includes an estimated LF defense of around +5.5 above average if he were to get 400 PAs. He'd project around -2 in CF over the same playing time.


If he's used in a strict platoon role, he'd project to hit around .280/.341/.394, for a wOBA of .326. That's still not very good, but he looks like he'll be a decent enough backup OF and platoon partner for TSBG (projected wOBA of .283 against lefties) and Curtis Granderson (projected wOBA of .294 against lefties), especially if Jamie Hoffmann ends up not being up to the task or if they want to get both TSBG and Granderson out of the lineup against a particular lefty.


Also, as Jonathan mentioned in the comments of the previous thread, the Yankees traded Mitch Hilligoss for Greg Golson. Golson was a hot prospect who was drafted 21st overall by the Phillies in 2004 but has put up a pretty poor professional line so far. Here's his CAIRO projection for 2010 as a Yankee.

%	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	BR	BRAR	wOBA
80%	132	547	520	63	123	23	6	13	51	33	133	0	25	3	10	.237	.287	.378	57	0	.293
65%	128	531	505	58	114	20	5	11	46	30	135	1	22	5	11	.226	.273	.350	48	-7	.275
Baseline	126	521	495	53	107	18	3	9	42	27	139	2	20	6	13	.216	.259	.323	39	-15	.258
35%	120	495	470	47	97	15	3	7	37	23	137	1	16	4	11	.206	.243	.299	32	-20	.241
20%	113	469	446	41	87	12	3	6	32	19	135	0	14	3	9	.195	.227	.276	24	-24	.223
2009	124	487	464	41	103	15	5	2	32	23	128	0	16	4	12	.222	.259	.289	31	-19	.246

Doesn't look like he's much of a player, although maybe he'll help out Scranton.