Update 10:44: According to Curtis Kitchen of 810WHB.com, the White Sox were in position to offer Damon a one-year, $4 million offer.

Update 14:49: Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated tweets, “hearing #tigers‘ offer may actually be a bit north of $14 million over 2 years. but damon still may prefer 1 yr. chisox, braves also trying”

Update 14:47: Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports.com reports why the White Sox would make more sense for Johnny Damon.

Update 14:42: Buster Olney of ESPN, tweets, “Heard this: The overwhelming expectation among some executives involved in the Johnny Damon bidding is that he will wind up with Tigers.”

2/11 13:14: According to Jim Bowden of FOXSports, he tweets that the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox are negotiating with Johnny Damon “at levels that have eliminated the Atlanta Braves.”

Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports, earlier said that Mike Illitch, owner of the Tigers, has authorized a two-year, $14 million contract for Damon.

In addition to the Braves, Tigers and White Sox, the Tampa Bay Rays have expressed interest in Damon.

Damon, 36, hit .282 with a 24 home runs and 82 RBIs for the World Champion New York Yankees in 2009. You can see Damon’s contract history and statistics here.