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The Spectacle Blog
The New York Yankees have declined to offer future Hall of Famer Derek Jeter arbitration. In fact, Yankees GM Brian Cashman has said he told Jeter to “test the market and see if there’s something he would prefer other than this. If he can, fine.”
The Yankees have offered Jeter a three-year contract worth $45 million. I am sure that Cashman would not have uttered such a statement if he thought any other club was prepared to pony up more money than that. After all, Jeter’s batting average and on base percentage fell by more than sixty points during the 2010 season. He’s also 36 and has lost a step at short.
On the other hand, Jeter could take Cashman’s comments as an affront and sign elsewhere out of pride. There are also clubs that would love to one up the Yankees. I’m sure Boston Red Sox President Larry Lucchino stills consider the Yankees “the evil empire.”
Jeter needs only 74 hits to reach the coveted 3,000 mark. Could you imagine if he reached that milestone in a Red Sox uniform instead of wearing pinstripes?
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D330| 11.23.10 @ 9:48PM
I say this as a Bosox fanatic: Jeter will never--NEVER--play for anyone other than the Yanks. Never. Never.
IllmaticYanksFan| 11.24.10 @ 1:42AM
As a Yanks fan I'd have 2 agree. See u guys in the spring :-)
NYPLAYER| 11.24.10 @ 4:49AM
Could be the reverse of the curse by allowing Bo sox to sign the Captain! This wouldn't happen if the boss was still around!
Larry| 11.24.10 @ 4:53AM
Just follow the money. Jeter will go where he likes the money the best. If that is the Red Sox, then it will happen. If it's the Yankees, then it will happen there instead.
As a Rangers fan, I'm just glad we still have the best young shortstop, Elvis Andrus, for another couple of years, anyway.
JimH| 11.24.10 @ 8:31AM
As a Mets fan, all I can say is that Boston would be doing the Skankees a favor by signing Derek Cheater.
tonypal| 11.24.10 @ 8:40AM
JimH, as a Yankees fan, I love the insecurity of Mets fans. But I guess that's all you're left with when you support such a pathetic and inept franchise.
JimH| 11.24.10 @ 9:18AM
I do have to confess, growing up in a National League household; my father was a Dodger fan and He then adopted the Mets. I just kind of inherited that. The Mets have not been very good lately despite spending a fair amount of money (though no where what the Yankees spend). There is some hope with the new management. I now live in the Tampa area so I have two reasons to root against the Yankees. That being said I still prefer the National League, where real baseball is still played.
tonypal| 11.24.10 @ 8:36AM
Larry, I went to my first Yankees game in 1972, so I believe I speak with a certain amount of authority on this issue when I say that Jeter will not go where the money is best. He's just not that kind of athlete. Believe it or not, there are professional athletes who take a bit more into consideration. What Jeter wants from the Yankees and what he deserves after all he has done for many years is respect. Besides, he makes a fortune outside of baseball simply due to the fact he plays in the the biggest media market in the world.
As for Texas having the best young shortstop in the game, I don't think so. Have you ever heard of Hanley Ramirez? He's only 27, so I would still put him in the category of young. Elvis needs to do a bit more than 3 for 17 in the World Series to be called the best young anything. And if he ever does become the best shortstop in the game, we'll just sign him to replace Jeter when the time comes, with a big endorsement from his soon to be former teammate Cliff Lee (he'll look pretty good in pinstripes, won't he?).
ray-bob| 11.24.10 @ 10:35AM
Texas Rangers, 2010 American League Champions!
plus we can still go to a game with my family for less than $100, and Nolan even throws in a round of hot dogs and cokes too; take that overpriced Yankee fans.
tonypal| 11.24.10 @ 10:16PM
Wow ray-bob, that was a good one. Would sure hate to get into a verbal joust with you. Incidentally, we actually win a World Series every once in a while. In fact, we win so often that we consider winning the ALCS a joke unless accompanied by a world series victory. But since you're talking about the Texas Rangers, a franchise with a long rich history of failure, an ALCS win is a real big thing. By the way, how do you think Cliff Lee will look in pinstripes?
Paul Chesser| 11.24.10 @ 10:55AM
If the Sox wouldn't sign the younger Victor Martinez because of age and length-of-contract reasons, they're not going to sign Jeter. Plus they have Scutaro for another year and a phenom on the cusp of reaching the major league team this year or next.
Aaron Goldstein | 11.24.10 @ 11:36AM
Paul,
The Sox were interested in re-signing Martinez. They made him offers of three years, $36 million and four years, $42 million. The Tigers offered $50 million over four years. The Red Sox wanted to keep Martinez but the Tigers simply made a better offer. As for Scutaro, he has been the subject of trade rumors in recent days.
Now admittedly, Jeter wearing a Red Sox uniform is an unlikely scenario. But I don't think we should discount the possibility that Jeter won't be in pinstripes in 2011.
Paul Chesser| 11.24.10 @ 2:54PM
You make my point: They were only willing to go so far for Martinez, who they actually have a need for and has higher present value than Jeter. They are not going to pay what Jeter is looking for, especially at his age and considering it's a position they are already set at.
Aaron Goldstein | 11.24.10 @ 8:24PM
How can the Sox be set at shortstop if they are looking to unload Scutaro?
james wilson| 11.24.10 @ 12:32PM
Jeter's real value is around eight million and fading. Cashman has finally admitted the A-Rod contract was an insane signature statement of the Steinbrenners, and Jeter ain't being carried with that wave.
Mark J. Goluskin | 11.24.10 @ 2:25PM
Is there ANY other rivalry other than the Yankees-Red Sox? Why, yes there is. We Left Coasters get kind of ticked off that the Dodgers-Giants gets little if any East coast press. How about the Angels-A's? This is really where press bias rears its very ,very ugly head. It is as if there are no sports francishes outside the Northeast. Sheesh!
Ronnie M| 11.24.10 @ 5:33PM
Mark, simply, Red Sox Yankees are like Batman and Joker, no matter what happens to the other...whether they dissapear for years on end...the rivalry will be just as strong, maybe stronger, once the other returns and states theyre there. Angels-A's may be good but the Angels always win, Giants Dodgers is a classic but not as strong as Sox-Yanks. If you were born into it like i was in Boston you'd understand why the rivalry is so great. The media just reeps all the benefits of it...which is annoying but whatever its pro-sports.
Bob P| 11.24.10 @ 11:00PM
Jeter remembers the booing of Damon in Boston and does not have the stomach for what will be his just reward in NY if he ever signs with Boston. The thought of Jeter in a Red Sox uniform is sickening to both Yankee and Red Sox fans. Besides Boston's SOP is bid for a player the Yankees want until the price the Yankees pay hurts.
Bob K.| 11.25.10 @ 8:53AM
Youth will be served.
The Yankees are old and it showed. Same with the Phillies. That is why San Francisco and Texas were in the World Series. When those "days dwindle down" in September you have to be young and limber to make the plays that win games in October and November.
The Yankees know that and so do all the rest of the teams. If the Yankee's are lucky maybe they will be able to buy some younger players to fill their roster. They don't have many in their farm system. Meanwhile they might have to keep soaking the infield so Jeter and A-Rod can make some plays.