Yankees sign Andruw Jones

Well this is my first post for this blog and I will the start it out with the Yankees signing of Andruw Jones today. Jones signed to a 1 year deal for $2 million and the possibility of another $1.2million through incentives. In 328 PA he hit .230 with 19 home runs and had an OBP of .341 with 45 walks. Andruw Jones will be the Yankees 4th outfielder and lefty smasher. His defense is not what is was, but is definitely better than Thames. That aside I'm not sure how i feel about this deal knowing that Thames signed for $1 million with the Dodgers. Thames was terrible in the field, but I think his monster Lefty smashing more than made up for it, especially with the superb defense of Gutty Gritty Greg Golson as the fifth outfielder. Thames hit 12 HR in 237 PA with a .288 BA and against lefties he hit .300, while Jones hit .256 against lefties. Between 05 & 06 Jones combined for 92 HR 257 RBI and an average of .262, but his .230 BA last year was the best he has done since, but perhaps working with Kevin Long and Yankee stadiums short porch will boost his stats like it did for Marcus Thames and as i said before his defense is far better.
Overall the Yankees are probably hoping that Jones will flash some of his old power and that he can still play the field neither of those assumptions proved true about Randy Winn, but Jones is obviously a much better player than Winn. We will have to see how Jones fits into the clubhouse and how he plays, because you never know, if you remember back to last offseason Randy Winn was supposed to compete for the Starting Left field job while most people thought Thames would be cut/traded by June at the latest.
Good luck in Dodger Blue Thames,  we will always have the memories....

As a side note I would have thought it was kind of funny if  Thames went to Japan as had been rumored, because if he had then three Yankees from the 2010 club would have been playing in Japan in 2011 with Randy Winn looking like he might have to head to the far east to play as well. Jonathan Albaladejo  signed with the Yomiuri Giants and Chan Ho Park  signed with the Orix Buffaloes. Park only pitched 63.2 inning last year and while he is a superstar in Korea he is likely done in the MLB, but Albaladejo will likely make a comeback to the MLB next year as his numbers in AAA and with Washington are absolutely lights out.