7:39pm: Michael S. Schmidt of The New York Times reports that Jeter is seeking a four- or five-year deal worth $23-24MM annually according to "a person in baseball who had been briefed on the matter."
3:24pm: Close tells Yahoo's Tim Brown that the Daily News report is off base (Twitter link). "The recently rumored terms of our contract extension are simply inaccurate," Close said.
10:12am: Jeter is asking for less than $150MM over six years, according to Jim Baumbach of Newsday (on Twitter).
8:06am: Derek Jeter’s representatives are asking for at least $80MM more than the Yankees are willing to offer in negotiations for the free agent shortstop, according to Bill Madden of the New York Daily News. The starting point for Jeter and agent Casey Close was six years and $150MM, according to Madden, who reports that the Jeter camp is not budging from demands for a $25MM annual salary. Alex Rodriguez’s contract “is at the crux of Jeter’s and Close’s stance,” according to Madden.
The Yankees have offered Jeter multiple deals, including one that would pay the 36-year-old $45MM over the course of the next three seasons. Close suggested that the Yankees' tactics are "baffling," so Yankees GM Brian Cashman encouraged Jeter and his agent to test the free agent market in search of a more generous deal.
Joel Sherman of the New York Post proposes that the Yankees could sign Jeter to a six-year $75MM deal that could become more lucrative if Jeter reaches incentives based on plate appearances. The suggested deal would pay Jeter $20MM per season from 2011-13 and shield the Yankees from the luxury tax.
Well that’s stupid
I don’t know why this comment made me laugh so hard; maybe it’s because it so succinctly preempts everything that came after it, including my own? There ought to be a voting option in Disqus where, if enough people agree, every comment below the first one just disappears. Jeter wants 6/150? Well, that’s stupid. Next!
and unbelievable…
And it shows exactly how much of a “team player” Jeter is.
A-Rod stands to make over $20 million as a 42 year old bench warmer and Jeter wants the same.
The difference between A-Rod and Jeter is A-Rod was given that big money base on his skills and his pursuit of becoming the all time homerun king.I think the Yankees brass were hoping that they would get extra revenue when A-Rod got close and broke Barry Bonds record.Now that dream is all but over thanks to A-Rod special workout brew.Besides, Jeter already got a massive contract that was clearly an overpay by the Yanks.Now he asking the yankees to overpay him again.
The difference between A-Rod and Jeter is A-Rod is a much better player
FTFY
20MM, new york wishes, try 30MM. isnt that just so funny
20MM, new york wishes, try 30MM. isnt that just so funny
I guess playing for the Yankees isn’t all about winning and the history of the team. Thanks for being a team guy Derek. Maybe Cleveland will hire you and you can stop dating New York movie stars and instead hang out with Drew Carey all day.
Drew Carey doesn’t live in cleveland.
Or Ohio ? I still watch the reruns of his old show. If he’s moved that would be devastating.
Cleveland is too good for a guy like Jeter.
I’d rather see him in Pittsburgh.
Take away the fact that he played his whole career for the Yankers and it’s a no brainer… 1 year – $3million TOPS
I think you are severely overrating Cleveland. They are only one step above Detroit.
edit: As a city I mean
Detroit is too good for a guy like Jeter too.
I’m not going by the city… I’m going by the baseball team that plays there.
And when you think about it that way.. Kansas City would be a good place for him too
Cleveland if anything is totally underrated as a city. For people who make comments about how bad it is, clearly havent been there in the last 2 years.
Drew Carey took his talents to south beach.
SAD and SICKENING when both parties involved are simply money hungry, regardless of the fact they all have cash to burn, or give to me!!!! or the hungry, homeless, and naked!!! Especially the naked if they look like I think Hal look under that bed sheet suit.
hehe
yep
A-Rod is a better player by his numbers. Jeter is s greater player by his legacy. But now his greed is tarnishing his reputation. See, the earth will shift if Jeter hits 3k in a different uniform. But no team is going to pay a 37 yr old legend better than 45/3. He’s holding up other Yankee offers. He’s a jackass.
A-Rod is a better player by his numbers. Jeter is s greater player by his legacy. But now his greed is tarnishing his reputation. See, the earth will shift if Jeter hits 3k in a different uniform. But no team is going to pay a 37 yr old legend better than 45/3. He’s holding up other Yankee offers. He’s a jackass.
Wow.. what an unrealistic cock.
That is insane…
Yeah seriously…Derek, you need to take it easy.
Wow. I know the Yanks have a lot of money. But that’s ridiculous. He’s gonna have to come down A LOT.
GFL with that, Jeter.
6 years 150 million…wat…
Lets see if Jeter comes close to anywhere near that number in the open market
Based off his numbers last year… I wouldn’t offer him $10 million a year.
Well if they aren’t gonna budge goodbye Jeter. I don’t care what anyone says the Yankees aren’t giving him that.
Thanks for the memories Jete. I’ll be breaking out this sucker for Opening Day, 2011.
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Hahahaaha, what a joke. Jeter’s a glorified Marco Scutaro at short these days.
He is worse than Scutaro these days.
Jeter is dreaming…..
to finish your sentence…Jeter is dreaming of being a Pirate, and may get his wish.
if he leaves new york, hes gonna make about 7MM, Tigers?
Peralta?
The Tigers should sign him to a minor league contract.
If he leaves NY, due for a serious reality check on salary demands. That the rest of MLB does not pay for PAST performance out of NY.
Seriously, I hate to say this, but he may not play Major League Baseball in ’11.
I’d love to see that!
Might happen.
this whole jeter thing might change the yankees from the dark evil empire soo many mlb non yankees(jealous) fans like to call them to some thing a little less evil and dark
If he leaves NY, due for a serious reality check on salary demands. That the rest of MLB does not pay for PAST performance out of NY.
Jeter has lost his mind. He’s got to stop living in the past. Yanks should offer 4 yr/60 and let him see who else is gonna give him that kind of green.
I agree, 4/60 to 4/70 max.
With the 4th year an option
take away the fact that Jeter is a “life-long Yankee” and your deal sounds kind of stupid.
If he was a “life-long Tiger” he’d be looking at 1 year – $3 million TOPS
He would make a lot more than 3 million, come on. He was worth almost 10 last year and he had a down year. Jeter would be able to find something like 2/18 or 3/24 on the open market
Why, the Yankees already have the best offer Jeter is going to get at 3/45? I don’t think there is another team that would do anything close to that. Cashman is right, Jeter needs to test the free agent market to see just how ridiculous his perspective of his value is.
The Yankees have all of the leverage… If I was Cashman, the offers would only go down from here.
Wow.. Just retire Jeter wtf. You’re not 28 anymore. This coming from a die hard Red Sox fan.
I know it would never happen, but wouldn’t you love to see how badly all the yankee fans acted if Jeter went to the Red Sox.
And seriously, I could see him doing some good for the kids that play on that little team they have down in Tampa.
But not for 3 years $45 million… that’s just stupid
I think that Gold Glove REALLY went to Derek’s head.
I think the 15 years of getting fellated by the media went to his head.
Hope this blows up big time. They should have anticipated this scenario when the gave Arod far too many years. Joy!
The Yankees perpetuate this nonsense by overpaying for average players like Carl Pavano and AJ Burnett. Now they have their britches caught on their own pitchfork. Go get them Jeter!
Those are really poor examples because Carl Pavano received bigger offers from other teams and chose NY. Likewise, AJ received a similar offer from the Braves.
Kei Igawa is whom I would’ve used…
Hey, if Jeter wants to make $4MM a year, be my guest.
They let Torre walk. They let Bernie walk. Even though he came back in 2009 they let A-Rod walk. They will let Jeter walk. No team will even come close to that number,
Lol @ attempting to compare Jeter with Bernie and Torre.
not to mention that the Yankees didn’t let ARod walk, he walked away and the Yankees still offered more than anyone else.
and used a ton of money from texas to pay him his newer deal…
Oh man… The Yankees are going to look pretty foolish when Jeter signs that 6 year/$150m with the Nationals.
…But it doesn’t really sting that bad, since ten seconds after the signing ceremony the heavens will split open and Jimmy Hoffa will ride down from the clouds on a flying washing-machine with flames coming out of it’s cycle-selector and trailing an army of self-blinded typewriter salesman waving back-issues of Redbook and smiting everyone for having picked the wrong religion all this time.
I nominate this for “comment of the year”. That’s gotta be an award on this website, right?
Amen suffern. One of the better comments I have read in awhile.
lolwut
Best comment ever.
Here’s my take: “Oh man… The Nationals are going to look pretty foolish when Jeter signs that 6 year/$150m with the Nationals.”
Why, is he friends with Obama or something? Maybe Jeter should sign with the LA Galaxy.
at least one person thought I was being serious… just to clarify… this was sarcasm.
I have to admit, I think Jeter is a good fit with the Nationals. They are an up and coming team with some very high profile young talent and overpaying for a proven clubhouse leader now could help turn that franchise into a money machine within the next five years. Jeter could do it for the money and say publicly that he did it to play with and help mentor some of tomorrow’s brightest stars. Eh? Eh?
Good points. 6/150 is still way too high. Overpaying him for 4 or 5 years though, could be a pretty good business decision.
Yeah I can’t think of any player i would give 6/$150 million.
Yeah I can’t think of any player i would give 6/$150 million.
i hope you being sarcastic…the nats are going to look like huge idiot…jeter will single hand-idly ruin their potential. besides dont they have a young cheap good SS in desmond or did he move to somewhere else on the diamond
I was being 100% sarcastic…
But if he did sign there, it wouldn’t ruin them, Desmond would move to second… they were looking for a secondbaseman anyway…
He’d mentor all the young players… not just chill on his rocking chair drinking prune juice.
However, I do not think that spending that insane amount of money on an average shortstop is a good move…
Nor do I think Jeter would play with the Nats…
Nor do I think they would offer him more than 10 million and 2 years. (in other words, they don’t plan on signing him)
Essentially… there is a zero percent chance he’ll sign there…
although you know if he does sign with the nats all those baseball writers who chose him for the gold glove, when looking at stats WHICH IS WHAT AN AWARD IN A SPORT SHOULD BE BASED OFF OF. will pick the nats to win it all at least twice during that 6 year span
I’m not quite sure I’ve laughed this hard at anything in my entire life. Now I hope nobody signs him.
You mean you have doubts that no team will? I don’t.
John, please tell me that was a joke. It doesn’t even take beginner reading comprehension to realize that’s not what he said. He said he hopes no one sign Jeter, meaning he doesn’t want Jeter to sign with a team this year.
No, I think he will be signed somewhere, not for that money…but I think he will be signed.
I hope that no one wants him at all though, because that would be hilarious. I don’t think it’ll happen, but I can still wish for it.
I think this whole thing is awesome. Jeter’s true self is showing, no longer the golden boy everyone made him out to be. He’s a greedy SOB who believes he’s above the team..or he believes he is the team, either way.
It now looks like this one is going to take a long time. 6/150 with no leverage, hello. Yanks have offered 3/45. It looks like they should have offered him arbitration, he would have made 20 for one yr.
Sure, he’s been the face of the Yankees for 15 years, but c’mon…take the $15 mil/yr terms and keep quiet.
Brian Cashman is handling this thing beautifully.
I’m not sure if that was sarcasm of not. I actually Cashman has done a fairly good job with this. Certainly Jeter must be considered the one with egg on his face right now.
Not a touch of sarcasm. Cashman is handling this really well. I still think it’s inevitable that Jeter returns to the Yankees and the fact that Cashman didn’t say what he really thought and politely told Jeter to test the market was professional.
He is and you are correct. Where the problems with this greed began mainly was that weird and out of control contract HE gave to Arod when they just kept bidding against themselves for NO reason, then ended up with that absurd 275< contract with another boatload of incentives on top of it, now Jeter, Rivera, then Posada going to want a part of that gravy train.
Cashman should have maybe though ahead some before giving out absurd contracts and bidding against ghost teams. he brought this ALL on himself and deserves it all now.
i thought it was one of those siteinbrenners that gave arod the contract and not cashman…and also considering there was at least 50 million of that 275 being paid by texas and at the time Arod was being called the best hitter ever, everyone thought he was for sure going to break bonds’ record and be clean…well now he is going to break the record but only partially clean. plus he really has not fallen off like jeter has so its a tiny tiny tiny tiny tiny bit justifiable and considering the yankees pretty much print their own money its a tad bit ok
Jeter will end up being a spring training non-roster invitee with the Yanks come March.
I kind of just want to see Yankees given in to Jeter’s demand just so Yankees can be screwed for years to come!
Jeter has lost his frickin’ mind.
That is the last straw. I knew Jeter was a bit of a selfish jerk but really? 6150? He wasn’t worth that when he was in his prime! I really, really wish I lived in Jeter’s head. It must be a magical, rose-coloured world in there.
I agree with all that Jeter is way off the mark here and recently I suspected that he was valuing himself less about his worth or legacy and more trying to stay in line with Arod. However,I take exception to one thing you said….” knew Jeter was a bit of a selfish jerk but really”? ….Really? You knew he was a selfish jerk? Based on what? He’s been one of the few Yanks along with Mo that have never caused a problem. He should take the 3/45 or maybe even 3/$60 if he can get the Yanks there but let’s not make it sound like this is the usual for him.
Based on 2004 when The Yankees traded for A-Rod. Everyone knew the best course of action would be to put A-Rod at SS as he was the superior fielder, but did that happen? No. And only so that Jeter’s ego would not be bruised. Then when A-Rod was having his struggles in the playoffs did Jeter help his sleep-over buddy? No. He threw him under the bus. That is how I know he is a selfish jerk.
A) Jeter doesn’t make out the lineup cards and if Torre felt that Arod was better suited to play SS then what was Jeter going to do….sit out? No he may not have been enthused but he would’ve had no choice. Secondly, how did he throw Arod under the bu s during the playoffs? I’ve never heard any Yankee go out of their way to make excuses for any other Yankee’s struggles in the post-season. If you don’t like Jeter….cool. If you feel that Jeter asking/getting more than $15 mil per is obscene……great and I agree with you. But let’s not take this opportunity to make it seem that Jeter has been anything less than one of the greatest team players in Yankee history upt to this point and let’s not making it seem that when he retires he will go down as one of the best all around SS in history. This is not a SS that going to reach 3,000 hits and finish with a .275/.350 career line. This is a guy who already or will rank top 3 or near in every offensive category for a SS.
I admire Jeter. I think he is a HoF player. He was on 5 WS winning teams. He dated Jessica Alba. But he is selfish. He put up a stink when A-Rod came to the Yankees about not wanting to move. He doesn’t fill out the line-up card but you know that you don’t move Jeter cause he would be offended. And he did throw A-Rod under the bus in the 2006 playoffs when he was lowered in the order to 7th. Look it up.
Jeter might not fill out the lineup cards, but you know in a vacuum that ARod at SS and Jeter at 2B was the best option for that team (and guess what Cano could have easily played 3B) that would have been by far the best defensive lineup. It was pretty obvious (as well as the numerous stories at the time that supported it) that Jeter did not want to move off SS. Jeter may go down as one of the best offensive SS’s but defensively he has always been a liability. He might be a great player and a leader that has helped the Yankees accomplish what they have, but he isn’t perfect, and in this case he hurt the Yankees.
A) Jeter doesn’t make out the lineup cards and if Torre felt that Arod was better suited to play SS then what was Jeter going to do….sit out? No he may not have been enthused but he would’ve had no choice.
Or he could have gone and cried to King George and/or the Media about it.
… This is a guy who already or will rank top 3 or near in every offensive category for a SS.
And that’s only because King George told Torre to keep his Jetsey weetsey at SS and move A-Rod
and arod is still the better player and will continue to be the better player witha longer career…please dont say roids there is only proof of that for a year or two while in texas
actually i do remember reading about how jeter refused to move to 3rd….how torre wanted to put arod there becuase HE WAS BETTER but jeter said now so the steiners said no also thats what put a hige strain on arod and jeters friendship…..anyone else notice how when they won it last year everyone ran to arod and not jeter thats says something right?
excellent point – even today A-Rod would make a better shortstop than Jeter.
Bye bye Derek – maybe he will sign a 1 year deal and play for the Rays.
He’d actually do the Rays a bunch of good.
I think a young team like the Rays could use an old veteran like Jeter on the bench.
Does jeter think he is some man god?
Or a centaur for that matter? (A-Rod *Cough*)
I don’t think I can add much to what everybody else already agrees is the obvious consensus. That this deal is ridiculous.
If I’m Cashman, I laugh outrageously at Casey Close and tell him “I’m never calling you again about Jeter. If you want to come back to me with a reasonable demand, feel free to. I’ll be looking forward to it.”
Jeter’s decline has begun. Compare the 2010 numbers of Jeter and Scutaro.
Jeter: born June 26, 1974
Scutaro: born October 30, 1975
Advantage in age: Scutaro
Jeter played in 157 games in 2010; Scutaro played in 150.
Jeter’s BA = .270 Scutaro’s BA = .275
Jeter’s HR = 10 Scutaro’s HR = 11
Jeter’s OBP = .340 Scutaro’s OPB = .333
Face it: their numbers are very similar for 2010. How much is Jeter really worth on the open market, based on his 2010 performance?
Jeter is still pissed about the A-Rod contract. That’s what this is all about.
You’re exactly right. He wants A-Rod money. Jeter isn’t content with being the “better Yankee” . He wants the money and the years given to A-Rod.
and if jeter was ever the type of player arod was he would get it but he never was never will be. Arod was in his prime at SS one of the few players in the game who would kill you with average, on base%, steals, rbis(i know not a single player stat) and home runs and of course Defense. jeter is and always was a high average high obp player with a decent glove…if jeter ever hit for the power arod did and does he could justify getting that kind of money from the yankees but he doesnt and he wont
Jeter certainly is way off. But in the comparison was 2010 flukish for Jeter whereas those numbers are par for Scutaro.
They are par for Marco but Jeter wants to be paid superstar money and he is no longer a superstar. He is what he is, an aging middle infielder that should make Scutaro money not Pujols money.
Again…..I’m not advocating that he should earn more than the 3/$45 deal that was offered. However, 2011 will prove whether or not 2010 was flukish or the start of his decline, meaning that he will be a .270/.340 hitter from here on.
It would not surprise me to see him post a much better 2011. Great hitters that weren’t on steroids don’t usually fall of that much from one year to the next. Jeter did hit .334/.406 in 2009 and I would be shocked if he isn’t close to being a .300/.370 hitter rather than a .270/.340. That being said, he had a bad year in a contract year thuse he deserves to be paid closer to a .270/.340 hitter than a .334/.400 one with a nice little “Yankee legacy” surcharge tacked on that basically equates to the 3/$45 mil on the table.
Just because Team Jeter is living in a distorted reality of what his next contract should be doesn’t mean we have to resort to be historical revisionists and view his career and past as anything other than spectacular. If you can’t give him props to being a HOF SS and an all-time top 5 over the last 50 years then you’re a hater.
I agree
Well said. I like making fun of Jeter as much as anyone, and he’s clearly deluded, but you can’t just look at his 2010 line. He had a monster 2009.
I agree Jeter is going down as the best all around short stop of all time. He will end up with 6 or 7 championships have the most hits by a shortstop,and be in the top hits of all time. He’s not just a hall of famer like Ripken.
My post was prefaced by this sentence: Jeter’s decline has begun. Shortstops his age don’t suddenly get better — not in the post-steriods era, anyway.
I expect decline but 2011 will give us a better idea of how precipitous that decline would be. Would anyone be shocked if he posted a .300/.360 10 hr, 20 SB year with the same below avg range but sure handed fielding? Not me.
Yanks should offer Jeter $25mm — but only for *one* year. If he and Close are so sure that a major bounceback is in store, they should be happy for the chance to play the market again in twelve months, when Jeter’s value would be higher. But of course they’d never agree to that, since they both *know* that all this bounceback stuff is hogwash.
ya, and it is not clear that the yankees would want tot go through this drama again next off-season.
agreed…i wish the Yanks would be bold enough to offer him 1 year and 25 mill…because it still might be the best offer out there…and it would give them the ultimate thing to have with multiple aging players and that’s flexibility…if he had somewhat of a bounce back year and the yankees didn’t have a better option via free agency or trade they could bring him back and for a lot less money because his 3000 hits would be past he would be grossly overpaid for it and he would be a year older slower and weaker…
If they were going to do that, they’d have just offered him arbitration. That way, if he refuses, the Yankees would at least get draft pick comp for him.
agreed…i wish the Yanks would be bold enough to offer him 1 year and 25 mill…because it still might be the best offer out there…and it would give them the ultimate thing to have with multiple aging players and that’s flexibility…if he had somewhat of a bounce back year and the yankees didn’t have a better option via free agency or trade they could bring him back and for a lot less money because his 3000 hits would be past he would be grossly overpaid for it and he would be a year older slower and weaker…
Does “cruz” = “crux?”
$25mil for an average bat and below average glove? Spoon me sideways.
let him leave, hes pissing me off. Id take Eduardo Nunez at short.
I don’t know the stats, but I didn’t feel — subjectively — like the ’10 team was diminished with Nunez in the lineup. Ditto Golson, whose frozen rope to get Carl Crawford at third was one of the highlights of my in-person baseball viewing season last year, down here in the sunshine state.
Time to start a petition.
Let’s set the Jeter’s contribution to the Yankees bonus at 7 million extra per year, an extra year, some incentives,and a mutual optionLet’s count 2010 as 70% of his value, 2009 as 25% and 2008 as 5%..Based on this… fairly arbitrary formula…he would have:12 HR, 67 RBI, 21 SB —.287 .AVG.357 .OBP.395 .SLG.752 .OPS… and he’s a below average fielder…When Miguel Tejeda signed, he got a 1 year/6m deal with a better OPS and stats in general using the same formula.. less SBs of course…so, someone slightly better than him would not deserve any more than a 2 year/18m deal…and add the Jeter Money Bonus (7m/season)… 2 year/32m… add the Jeter Year Bonus (extra year and option)… 3 year/48m, with a 4th year mutual option for 14 million, with a $3m buyout… and make a bunch of different incentives that would let him earn a few extra millionI would not go above that offer if I were the Yankees, even though everything I just said was arbitrary/opinion/doesn’t have much fact behind it…
lol Jeter still thinks he’s in his prime. He better wake up, those days are long gone.
long gone? check his stats from 2009.
What would Jeter be asking for if he had 09 type season? 10yr/500 million?
….the deed to the team, the stadium, and the YES-network.
Yes, that sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? Ahhh, this is so hilarious.
i heard in the open market jeter will be lucky to get offered 2 years at 10 mil a year… that’s a little different than 6 years at 25 mil a year. i think the yankees are crazy to give him more than 4 guaranteed and more than 15 mil a year… even that’s pushing it. I’d only give him that much because of what he means to the franchise.
Chipper signed a contract a few years ago where he probably could have got more from another team at 13 mil a year (after back to back great years including 2008 when he won the batting title). The last two years he’s shown his age a litte, and while i hope he recovers and is more like the chipper of 2007 and 2008, I know we’ll never see the MVP of 1999 again. Now the 13 mil a year sounds a little steep for a going on 39 year old who just had reconstructive knee surgery. That being said, you never know how someone’s body is going to handle getting older, and omar vizquels and julio francos are few and far between. If jeter signs a contract for a ridiculous amount like this it is just pure selfishness.
Look at Jeter’s stats over an average 162 games on baseballreference.com. Then look at Hanley Ramirez’s stats over an average 162 games. Then look at how old they are. Then look at how much Hanley is making over the next four years as he enters the prime of his career. Then look at Derek’s contract demands as he enters the decline of his career. Now tell me what Jeter is smoking.
I hate the Yankees but I at least used to respect Jeter. Now I just think he is a BUM with an over inflated view of himself.
If I were Hank, I would tell Jeter and his stupid agent where to go… and it isn’t kokomo.
Are Jeter and his agent just pretending last season didn’t happen? He was horrible! When you have a crappy contract year, you don’t get a raise… you take a cut.
I would stand firm at $45M over three years. That still makes him the highest paid SS in baseball and is very resonable.
He will not find better in this market… what a fool.
Wow. I have nothing to say that hasn’t been said already.
who knew Jeter did hard core drugs
15M is generous enough, seriously Jet, wake up. Yanks don’t pay for Merch sales, they pay to win.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Jeter is ruining his image severly. What a pig.
Jeter is overrated, period. always was. Hes just a normal everyday shortstop that has happened to be very durable and play alot of years. He was never nothing more than above average.
Realistically, he should get 2yrs/15m for the kind of season he had, and the fact that hes being unreasonable.
Dude..you are way off. Arod was the better SS during his stint there but Jeter is still a lifetime .315/.385 SS closing in on 3,000 hits to be only the 3rd one to do it behind Honus Wagner and Cal Ripken and may even pass Wagner in another 3 or 4 years if he hits 150 hits per.
That’s not true. a .314 career average, and .385 career obp don’t make you an average player. He’s going to be in the HOF, played (hopefully) his whole career for one team, and he has 5 rings. If you’re going to say now he’s an average player or something along those lines it’s different, but you can’t say he’s a “normal shortstop” and that “he always was”
LOL ….that is all.
Are we going to start paying players for their contributions to the team (in past seasons)? If that’s the case, David Ortiz should “get” a 5 year $100 MM contract because he was the best clutch hitter from 2003-2008. Hmm.. Or maybe he genuinely feels he should get A-Fraud money.
I love the broadcasters that use Jeter as the poster-boy for the MLB. Like HE is the ambassador of a good man. “He doesn’t have A-Rod’s off field issues, rumors or allegations.” Wrong! He’s backstabbing a team that he has been the face of for 15 years. This is the reason the average sports fan (or below) cannot tolerate sports and the amount of money they make. It’s a justification issue. The Yankees by no means are in a situation where they cannot afford to meet Jeter’s demands. Even as a die-hard Red Sox fan, I can see that Cashman is doing the professional thing here. He is trying to break the presidence that the player has total control over the contract. This is the one player you’d think they’d just hand over the check book and tell him to fill it out accordingly. Never in five lifetimes would I think Jeter of all people would stoop to this level, as if he’s some hungry, street sleeping hobo with no money. Give me a break! Since he wants to go on the past, it’s fair to say that since he entered MLB, he’s made a ton of money. His Nike contract alone made him richer than rich. So if you want to play the “I am worth x amount to the NY Yankees so I should be paid for more than just my on-field performance” the Yankees should play the “Derek, you’ve also made hundreds of million in salary and endorsement deals, so why do you need to be greedy when we are trying to avoid A-Rod mistakes and have a comptetive team for years to come”
I don’t think he is backstabbing his team. Maybe he feels that is in line with the money the team profits from having him there, which seriously wouldn’t be too crazy. Most people understand the monetary part of a franchise with analyzing only the team budget, but do most of the people calling Jeter crazy and selfish actually know something about the Yankees’ profits?
Now that his 30,000 sq ft house is about finished in Florida he could focus on baseball again. He’ll now have a better year in 2011. Isn’t his 5,000 sq ft condo in Manhattan up for sale for $20,000,000.00? He needs more money to feed the ego.
They should let him go. He’s bidding to lead the team into a decade of sub par performance, as in the late sixties. A-Rod was a mistake, no need to repeat it. He’d probably enjoy playing for the Giants, and would help them at 18 mil for two years.
As a Giants fan, I would rather have Renteria back for that amount of money.
Pure greed. Jeter has all the money he needs in the world from playing baseball and to add all the endorsements to his name. It’s going to be a weird 2011 at this rate.
This just in!!!!!: Derek Jeter signs a lifetime contract where he will finish his playing career and then transition into a coach which will pay him for his previous 15 years which he apparantley didn’t get paid for (kinda backwards from the dude from Office Space) and the deal expires when Jeter does, a $30 MM per year salary.
2011: $30 MM
2012: $30 MM
And so on. I digress.
Derek Jeter… GTFO
No but seriously, i can’t believe that. How does he think he should make more per year then he did in his prime. I can kind of understand 20 per just because it’s not a decrease in salary, but they want more then he made in his prime.
Wow, that’s crazy. Also, how would 6 years at 75 million shield the Yankees from the luxury tax? Aren’t they already over that mark WITHOUT Jeter and Lee?
I was wondering the same thing.
I wouldn’t pay him $60M over 6 years. He’s not the same player.
I hope they do waste the money on him. I hope they sign all their grandpa players to big contracts out of loyalty so I can watch the Yankees hit rock bottom. It would be the best thing to ever happen to MLB.
If i were Cashman I’d take the initial offer off the table right now. Make him beg for the initial offer when spring training rolls around and then offer him less.
Well, I wouldn’t do that…but I would hold firm and not give one inch. As a Yankees fan who has appreciated everything Jeter has done for the team, he’s absolutely delusional with what he’s asking for.
I love how yankee fans (well not all of them but the ones who’ve commented on this) are trying to justify this and not say how absurd it is. Jeter isn’t the same player he used to be plain and simple. He may be closing in on 3000 hits, .315 hitter, etc etc. He is not that today. Plain and simple. If they start paying players based on PAST performance, there won’t be enough money printed to support all of this nonsense.
Uh..Seems like most Yankee fans are saying take a hike. You can include me in that as well. I am a die hard Yankee fan, but this is ridiculous. Save the $15mm-$20mm per year and spend it elsewhere. One thing that’s been mentioned before, which is true, is that New Yorkers and Yankee fans are resiliant and we won’t miss a beat without Jeter. Nunez will do just fine filling in.
The question I’ve had to ask in this whole thing is where are his parents. After 15 years of watching Jeter, his parents have been present the whole time and his father seems like a fairly realistic, reasonable person, so here I am wondering if even his father has said, yo Jete, you ain’t thinking right..
I’d rather see the Yankees save that $20 mil per year, and go invest in Crawford and Lee than waste $20mil on Jeter. Especially if he’s letting his ego get in the way. He is supposed to be about the team, wanting to make the team better. Clearly he’s lost sight of that.
yo Jete, you ain’t thinking right..
His father strikes me as more of a “Bill Cosby” type than “Chris Tucker”.
More like “Derek…do you know how many Jello pudding pops you can buy with $45 mil”?
I did not really see any Yankee fans doing that. I thought most them were as astonished and saddened as the rest of us. I know we (deservedly??) give them a hard time, but your comment just seems unfair.
You know… if the other 29 teams in Major League Baseball team up, they can pay Jeter that contract and it will cost less than $1M per year/per team. Then just send his egotistical ass to Japan.
I am beginning to lose all respect for Derek Jeter. This is just starting to get ridiculous. And I am a die hard yankees fan. As must as I hate to admit it, If he doesn’t back off his demands, its about time for the Yankees to start considering plan B.
This is another reason I think Cashman should have offered Arb. to Jeter. That would put even more leverage in Cashman’s hands, as no team in their right mind would want to give up a draft pick for an aging shortstop that will demand way too much money.
The amazing thing about this entire situation is the intrinsic costs facing Jeter; his reputation will never be the same again, which is going to cost him his lucrative marketing career. Most of Jeter’s value has been tied to being the golden Yankee and the anti-steroid era player.
To the poster who called him average, that is incorrect. He is a HOF caliber player whose value is inflated because of the team he played for and the talent around him. To me, Jeter=Joe Morgan. Their numbers are both HOF worthy, but their value in baseball history is directly tied to the success of the team, rather than the success of the individual.
Whomever is driving the negotiations bus, which I have a feeling is not in fact Jeter, is really doing a disservice to himself. The thing that has always amazed me about players is that they let the agents drive the negotiations, rather than work on their behalf. Look at Scott Boras as a prime example; often times players sign where he advises them to based on the salary versus the players’ desires.
I disagree. In this case I think Casey Close is doing his client’s bidding. I think he’s been directed to try and get an “Arod type” deal. In theory, Jeter should be a Yankee as long as Arod is. In reality Arod will probably be a much more productive hitter than Jeter will be at age 40-42. Arod’s contract was insane and ill conceived and I bet Cashman is seething over the fact that his bosses went over his head and negotiated that deal with Arod a few years ago.
Arod’s deal was done with the thought of the Yanks capatilizing off of all those pending milestones. Assuming Jeter signed a 4 year deal he could have 3 major milestones approaching soon as well.
3,000 hits
3,421 (passes Wagner for most hits by a SS)
3,500 hits
3,514 (moves into top 5 all time behind Rose, Cobb, Aaron and Mays).
If he can stay healthy and get his usual 600 PA he can easily get 150 per for 4 years even if he had a weak .270/.340 line.
However, no team should BASE a contract on milestones as opposed to base salary and incentives.
I wonder what kind of pay cut Rose Aaron and Mays took in their final years.
Wagner was not a full time SS. Jeter already has the SS hit record.
MB923 is right, he passed Aparicio already who was the previous leader
I think he overestimated the “leverage” he thought he had with the fanbase/media. Little does he realize the old axiom applies: NO INDIVIDUAL IS BIGGER THAN THE ORGANIZATION
Okay, so it’s pretty obvious that Jeter is acting like an a’hole. My question is: Is he doing it on purpose or is this guy really this oblivious to reality?
Or are the Yankees leaking false information to the media to make Jeter look bad?
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.
Love you much, Derek, but if you want a Sabathia-like contract, then go pitch like him. Otherwise, take the 3/45 deal or go home.
I wonder where are all the people who were giving me crap for saying that if Jeter left I wouldn’t shed a tear as a Yankee fan. Now you can see part of the reason why right there…
I hear you. Those people have their foot in their mouth following the loss of their switching hitting catcher who happens to be one of the best hitters in the AL for less than that subpar closer they’re paying. Tony Mazz and Dan Shaungnessy were right on the money in their articles yesterday..Cough cough..and I think those people you refer too are still chewing on that Thanksgiving treat. People not from New York, don’t know us long time New Yorkers…Jeter who?
6 years 150m? thats something Cliff lee’s looking for. Find out who’s really looking for that if its Jeter or the Agent. Because the world knows Jeter wont be playing baseball anywhere if his agent wont come down from that price LOL.
As a die hard Yankee fan and watching Jeter his whole career, he is just tearing his legacy and career apart piece by piece and its going against the values we have seen him set. Just accept the fact that your skills on the field are deteriorating and that you will not get 6/150 ANYWHERE in planet earth. To me the fact that it seems as though he is trying to get A-rod money just doesnt make any sense since A-rod will never be the “True Yankee” like Jeter is and that A-rod is just flat out better and younger than Jeter. I just hope that Jeter sees that on the open market he will not get even close to as much as he wants so he comes crawling back to the Yankees. Come on Jeter you know you dont want to go anywhere else so just take the 3/45 and move on and stop acting like a child, learn a little from the Mike Mussina experience a couple years ago!
As much as I’m a fan of Derek Jeter, respecting him for his class, love for the game, and charitable work, this negotiation is potentially showing his true colors. I mean 6yr/150 mil? Didn’t the Yankees offer Lee that? I would think that Lee would contribute a bit more towards winning than Jeter can right now, that’s based off skill at age. Lee is 32, and is not a power pitcher, and may pitch well into his late 30s. Jeter should not be asking for this insane amount of money given the 2010 year he had. If he asked for this last year, maybe he would’ve had some leverage. But that’s not what happened. I mean does he REALLY want to be a Yankee, finish his career as a Yankee, like he said all these years? Or was it just for PR and the money? My friends are questioning him and my loyalty to him, but it’s only a matter of time before I begin to have my doubts about the guy.
perhaps minka is the one controlling the negotiations and telling Jeter he’s worth a mile of the moon, half of Yankee stadium and 7 mini coopers. Lol
Jeter’s 2010 line is NOT flukish – it’s the shape of things to come. Skill-wise he has turned into Marco Scutaro. “Yankees legacy”, 3000 hits and marketing revenue aside, imagine if Theo gave Scutaro 3/$45M until 2013.
I think Jeter’s agent has done his client more harm with this rebuttal. It gives Cashman license to sit back and let them come to him. Unless the Steinbrenners override, I don’t see how Jeter wins this negotiation.
Dude you are way off base. I don’t expect another .330/.400 year from him but exactly what are you basing this idea that .270/.340 will be his norm from now on? How can you intelligently come to that conclusion?
And again, I doubt Casey Close has anything to do with it. Close oversaw CAA’s entier baseball division and has 20 agents that answer to him. I’m sure he is well aware of the market for his client. Problem is, he works for his client and thuse has to do his bidding. I work w/ ppl in the entertainment biz and most of the time you have to show due diligence and SHOW them their worth much easier than you can tell them. The big pink elephant in the room the last 3 years has been Arod’s contract and thanks to Randy Levine, Hanks and/or Hal, Cashman is in a bad situation where he has to try and negotiate realistic deals (by Yankee stanadards) for vets w/ Arod’s deal serving as everyone’s measuring stick. Think about….prior to Arod getting an extension could any of us imagine Arod being a Yankee longer than Jeter. Thus is the problem. Cashman doesn’t want to throw good money (whatever he gives to Mo and Jeter) after bad (whatever Arod earns from 40-42).
jeter is getting to the end of the “bounce back” stage of his career. not saying he couldnt put up all starlike numbers again, but it gets less likely as he ages.
If Jeter agrees to play 3b, will the Angels make a run at Jeter?
Jeter signs with LAA for 4yr 60mill; hometown discount(lives in Cali)
1. Aybar-SS
2. Jeter-3b
3. Hunter-CF
4. Morales- 1b
5. Abreu-RF
6. Crawford-LF(Free agent signing)
7. Rivera-DH
8. Napoli-C
9. Kendrick-2b
4 years/ 60 million is 3 times the market value not a hometown discount.
honestly i woulnt mind jeter, but i can’t really picture him in anything besides a yankees jersey
Given how much money Jeter wants because he’s the face of the franchise ALONE, regardless of his deteriorating skills, one has to wonder how much Pujols will ask for, especially given his face of the franchise status, younger age, and the fact that his skills aren’t deteriorating.
If he’s smart, he won’t ask for something ridiculous. What would be considered ridiculous, I do not know. I haven’t really looked into what he deserves. That said, I still think he’s hands down the best player in MLB and the guy is going to get paid.
He should get more than anyone has ever gotten, but who knows if any team can actually afford to do that while still being competitive. There could be another Rangers-style bankruptcy coming..
Looks like the Yankees will Have to come fome from shopping at Black Friday Because Jeter wants all of the money they have!
Ok, I mean I know right now Jeter’s demands are ridiculous and he has zero chance of getting this deal. But It’s amazing how one bad contract dispute turns the entire Yankee fan base against the man. Jeter’s asking for a lot of money that none of you are going to personally be paying him, he didn’t stab your grandma at the Thanksgiving dinner table or anything, let’s chill out a little bit. Yes we can be all up in arms over his contract demands, but let’s not forget the 15 years and 5 world series that he’s been a big part of. He’s not a bad guy because he wants to try and land one last huge contract, especially one we know he won’t actually get.
Part of bargaining is starting at a high number so you have somewhere to come down, it just so happens this year Jeter had a below average year and doesn’t have much bargaining power.
I think the reason Yankee fans are mad at him is that by asking for this contract he’s basically saying he doesn’t care about the team or its fans. I’d be angry too if I was a Yankee fan.
You talk about what Yankee fans owe Jeter. What about what Jeter owes the yankees? Do you think Jeter gets even half the fame he has now if he played out his career at say…..Oakland? No, he wouldn’t even be a blip on anyone’s radar. I’m very sorry that this is happening to loyal yankee fans.
Again, this is a negotiation process, this is how it works. Does anyone really think Jeter is going to get this amount? I’m sure not even his agent thinks it, but why not try and get as much as possible, that’s what free agency is for. On top of that, everyone is going wild over this one report, which was disputed within hours.
I’m not positive where I said anything about anyone owing Jeter anything at all, but I do believe he’s earned a bit of leniency when it comes to this, he has 15 years of being a team player, working as hard as he could, and being a great ball player.
This is what’s getting me, “Do you think Jeter gets even half the fame he has now if he played out his career at say…..Oakland?” Jeter is an all time great short stop regardless of his down year last year, yes he would have been a star anywhere he played. Did playing in the Bronx help? Of course it did, but being one of the best short stops of all time will get you headlines no matter where you play. People are acting like this is Kei Igawa or something.
I just cant’ believe how one incident is managing to explode everything that my fellow New York fans have thought for the past 10 years or so. Everyone needs to calm down a little bit, step back and take a deep breath, is Jeter asking for a lot? Yes, but it’s not like he’s demanding he receive this or he’ll burn down the city. It’s just a negotiation and these guys are basically playing with monopoly money. Again….we all need to calm down.
Dude you Jeter can be replaced so easily. OMG he is an idiot. Please Cashman laugh him out and pick up Nick Punto, better defense not a better bat but way cheaper haha
The Yanks have created this monster. They spent the last 5 years spending money like drunken sailors. Now Jeter wants some of the gold. He will look bad if he backs down and the Yanks will look foolish if they give in to him. If the Yanks let this drag on they risk going in to spring training looking for a shortstop. Oh, the drama!
Thanks for the comment John Lackey..
No arguement from me Johnny Paycheck. The Sox have spent like fools too. Look at how much money the Sox and Yanks have spent in the last 10 years. It’s not like one or the other wins every year. It’s not what you’ve got, it’s how you use it. BTW, don’t forget J.D. Drew, Pavano, Lugo, Johnny.
Yo, Ortiz wants to give a shout out! “Dar Jeter lo que quiera .. que como yo es todo vez que el jugador que merece mucho dinero durante muchos años. Estas personas estar loco.”
can we get the translation too please???
“Give Jeter whatever he wants..he like me is all time player who deserves lots of money over many years. These people be crazy.”
thanks
It’s Christmas. [Sorry, can’t do the spanish thing]
Isn’t this simply a case where the agent now has the aging client believing his worth is more now than before because he is:
1. Closing in on 3000.
2. Lock for the HOF
3. Way too popular in New York.
4. He banged Mariah Carey then dumped her.
I’d donate a paycheck just for #4
it’s crazy to even give him 3/45 but 6/150?!
OVERRATED!
LOL i’d let him walk, I feel bad for the yankees and their fans that this jackass is trying to basically extort his team
BTW, anyone still under the impression it’ll be easy to move Jeter to the outfield?
I have a feeling that if A-Rod never opted out and got a raise, Derek wouldn’t be doing this
I just really hope Mariano takes the first offer the Yankees give him and do not start this drama once again.
I can’t see the Yanks holding out over an extra year. 2/$30 is very fair.
Jeter isn’t taking a 2 year/$30 million deal. I agree that it’s fair and that’s about what he should get at the most, but he is not going to get that little.
i think he was talking about mo….
Jeter in the open market gets 7-9 million a year. If i am the Yankees, I tell Jeter get a offer from another Team and we MAY beat it. The Yankees own him nothing. I am sick of the Media kissing Jeters ##%#@
Is it April 1st already?
Does the $150M for Derek include the cost of a time machine?
Jeter better keep dreaming
Okay I think I finally figured out the logic here. Jeter wants at least 6 more years to win 5 more rings for his other hand. You see he has been putting all his rings on one hand and it’s making the other one jealous. He figures he needs to get as many years as humanly possible to equal the hand love. But Jete, all you have to do is win 1 more in that three year contract from Cashman, and boom 3 rings per hand. Problem solved!
Yanks fanatic since 1955 (age 7 in ’55, 16 World Championships in my lifetime, 5 in a row from 1949 to 1953 ). Huge Jeter fan since ’95. That said, my opinion on his current contractual demands….. “TOTALLY UNREALISTIC”. Derek is coming out of this as the greedy bad boy. Hate to see it. Sometimes players tend to put too much faith in what their agents tell them to do (ask Damon and Arod). At least Arod pulled the reigns in on Boras. Question: Who is the agent more concerned for, the player or their own cut in the deal? Que the Jeopardy theme song.
Dude should have negotiated a contract extension after his crazy ’09 season… when his inevitable decline was not so obvious.
good point…i wonder why that didn’t happen…
Let him walk
Sign Jaun Uribe
Take the savings and sign Mo, Lee and 1 of Werth or Crawford
Or how about Beltre at 3rd and ARod at SS?
The media would kill Arod playing SS lmao. I wouldn’t mind seeing that happen though if Jeter doesn’t bring that price down.
The media would kill Arod playing SS lmao. I wouldn’t mind seeing that happen though if Jeter doesn’t bring that price down.
Bill Madden is a shill for the Yankees. How else do you think he was given the rights to write the book about George. It was made clear to him what he could, and could not, publish in his book and he toed the line like a good little stooge. So now he is doing the Yankees dirty work for them.
Bill Madden is a shill for the Yankees. How else do you think he was given the rights to write the book about George. It was made clear to him what he could, and could not, publish in his book and he toed the line like a good little stooge. So now he is doing the Yankees dirty work for them.
wow talk about greed!!! The yankees would be better letting him go then have him for $25million lets face it Jeter isn’t a-rod and Jeter isn’t going for any milestone alltime records. On the open market he would get more than 10-12mil per year if even that. The Yankees have the best offer and they should stand pat or see Jeter go.
He will be a dodger.
He will be a dodger.
wow talk about greed!!! The yankees would be better letting him go then have him for $25million lets face it Jeter isn’t a-rod and Jeter isn’t going for any milestone alltime records. On the open market he would get more than 10-12mil per year if even that. The Yankees have the best offer and they should stand pat or see Jeter go.
Here is a point in Jeter’s favor. If you look at Mays, Aaron, and Rose they all made their top salary into their forties when their skills were diminishing. Jeter will have a chance in the next 5 yrs. to set some records for the Yanks
Mays, AAron, and Mantle, signed 1 year contracts. If you had a crappy year, for what ever reason, you went into negotiations expecting a pay cut. The only question was how much of a cut. The primadonnas of today have a crappy year and expect a raise. Classic example, Javier Vasquez. Look at the year he had this past season and he wants, on the market, a 3 year / $33MM. He should be hiding in the corner embarrassed by his performance or lack there of. No sanity or morals left. Mercy.
The Yanks might be wise to look into trading for Jose Reyes or Stephen Drew.
Mets would NEVER deal Reyes to the Yankees.
Don’t say never, they were quoted as having almost no payroll flexibility earlier in the week, it may be enough to motivate them…Likely? Probably not; Within the thin realm of possibility? Yes
In order to help Jeter save face the Yanks are probably going to be the one’s to budge.
I would offer the following.
a) $5 mil signing bonus
b) 4 years @ $17.5 mil per and a 2015 vesting option if he has 600 PA in 2014 for $17.5 mil
c) $3 mil milestone bonus for 3,000 hits, 3,500 hits
d) “Service” contract of 10/$20 mil
total dollar value, including vesting option: $118 mil.
I think your on to something with your offer. Get er done.
That makes sense to me. If that is the $120 million that Madden is referring to then I can live with that.
I think your on to something with your offer. Get er done.
What is the need to increase the 3 years, $45 million offer? Even that contract is bloated.
So, why give him an extra 70ish million?
Hell NO…if they offer him that many years for that much money…the Yanks will have a very tuff time winning a WS…a contract like that is only good for Jeter…but not the Yanks…i don’t think it boost revenue for the Yanks because he will probably be so bad in his 4th and 5th years…and Arod will also be in decline in the DH spot…his power should be decent but his average is going south…
why do the Yankees need to help Jeter “save face”…if Jeter wants to do that. all he needs to do is lay off the crack pipe and get back to reality…he’s already been paid over $200 million in salary and made what another $100 mil in endorsements that would NOT have been possible had he played for any other team…
I say that the Orioles should sign him. Buck brought him into the Majors and Willie is now the bench coach. Angelos would make a bloody fortune in ticket sales alone. Buck, Willie and Jeter would captain that team to the World Series within 2-3 years.
if the yanks will not overpay (more than they are already offering), what makes you think the orioles will?
To me, it makes good fiscal sense to Peter Angelos. Signing Jeter would triple his season ticket sales overnight and increase his attendance by 40% in the first year. That translates in to big profits for him. And considering he has taken it on the chin over the last 10 years I would be willing to be bet he could use the bump in revenues.
This is all predicated on the fact that I don’t believe a word that Bill Madden says because he is a shill for Hal and Hank-enstein. I don’t believe for a minute that Jeter actually thinks the Yankees would consider paying him that kind of money. If it’s true then why is Madden the only one reporting it? You’re telling me that none of the other reporters have gotten that info?
Wow. Seriously exaggerating Jeter’s popularity outside of NY.
I’d be shocked if he contributed to even a 10% increase in attendance for any team, let alone 40%.
Jeter:Baltimore::Wade Boggs:Devil Rays
And we know what happened there.
This is the first time I’ve ever checked out a MLB Trade Rumors posting, and LAUGHED out loud.
Jeter and Casey are crazy! Crazy!
I knew the guy had a big ego, but WOW! I really hope he gets his face in the sand over this one. Big time!
Jeter’s demands are mercenary and ridiculous. I’d let him walk and not bat an eye. If Jeter doesn’t feel that he’s being paid enough, I’d him to have to get a common job like most of us have. Imagine if he wouldn’t be able to live off of his past athletic glory as so many ex-athletes have as inept commentors when they retire. If he hadn’t been so well compensated thus far as a player, he might be waiting tables somewhere. Sorry….my heart doesn’t bleed for poor Jeter…who is supposedly owed so much by the Yankees.
Jeter’s demands are mercenary and ridiculous. I’d let him walk and not bat an eye. If Jeter doesn’t feel that he’s being paid enough, I’d him to have to get a common job like most of us have. Imagine if he wouldn’t be able to live off of his past athletic glory as so many ex-athletes have as inept commentors when they retire. If he hadn’t been so well compensated thus far as a player, he might be waiting tables somewhere. Sorry….my heart doesn’t bleed for poor Jeter…who is supposedly owed so much by the Yankees.
Furthermore, who do you think was more valuable to whom?
Jeter to the Yankees? Or the Yankees to Derek Jeter.
Who here honestly feels made the other richer?
you can tack that on your post below by hitting the edit button. it would make it easier to read without scrolling down to see what your “furthermore,…” was in addition to.
Furthermore, who do you think was more valuable to whom?
Jeter to the Yankees? Or the Yankees to Derek Jeter.
Who here honestly feels made the other richer?
The media portrayed him as a team guy who played the game the right way,etc etc. I hope the Yankees don’t cave in and give him a penny more. The guy is an employee who has been paid handsomely. The Yankee’s dont have an unlimited budget. Arod was a big mistake that will inevitably backfire on the Yankee’s for being MUCH too generous with years/ money.
Which is why I think is going on with Derek. In years past they didn’t let some of the players get what they want, especially with 2 other Yankee members of the dynasy, although 1 is a manager, with Bernie and Torre.
Which is why I think is going on with Derek. In years past they didn’t let some of the players get what they want, especially with 2 other Yankee members of the dynasy, although 1 is a manager, with Bernie and Torre.
Wow, they managed to float a bidding price that even Boras wouldn’t have the balls to offer.
Wow, they managed to float a bidding price that even Boras wouldn’t have the balls to offer.
Mark Wahlberg should shoot Derek Jeter, Again.
This is gonna end bad for everybody
for that kind of money he can go ahead and play for another team and that comes as a yanks fan. He couldn’t even get more then 10 mil from another team on the open market yet he wants 25 per for 6 yrs yea right. showing that all he wants is money when he’s declining
We all know that he won’t leave NY. This is all just BS to try and get more money, but nobody is going to give him more then the Yankees, so the Yankees just have to wait for Jeter to come back down to Earth. The Yankees have all the leverage now because Yankee fans realize how ridiculous the contract Jeter wants is, and Jeter knows how stupid he would look in a uniform outside of the pinstripes. I’ve never seen an 36-year old average fielder with a .270 average ask for so much money above his worth….
That sounds like the right kind of contract Jeter should expect from the yankees. No other team in the world would give that, but the yanks might. He’s only 36.
Six years, $150 million for Jeter? Agent Casey Close: “The recently rumored terms of our contract extension are simply inaccurate.”
—– Way off I see. So instead of 6/150, they probably meant 10/500
Indeed, way off
Let him walk!
Agreed No team will pay him half of what the yanks offered. I do think they will sweeten the deal with insentives based on millstones on hits, all star games and Gold Gloves. Jeter is thinking there is no way they let me go im the Capn, the star, the king of New York, im a legend. Well not at that price hes asking. One last thing he is going back to NY no question end of disscusion.
Let him walk!
GUYS THIS JUST IN!!! Jeter has bought the Astros and had signed himself to a $300 million ten year deal. He’s firing Mills too and is making himself the first player/manager/owner!!!
I hope the Yankees sign him to that $150 MM deal. He will top Kei Igawa and AJ Burnett for most overpaid/least productive athlete in MLB.
Man, Alexei Ramirez should ask the White Sox for $3.5 billion.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Jeter has the Edge. The Ford Edge, that is.
He isn’t built Ford tough though..
And the Manny-Ramirez-offseason-drama-of-the-year award goes to… my goodness, we have joint winners this year! The winners are Derek Jeter and the New York yanks!
Oh yeah, no these reporters are crazy. Jeter and his agent aren’t asking for 6 years and $150 million…that would be crazy. Instead they are seeking the much more reasonable $120 million over 5 years. Casey Close will go down as the greatest agent on the face of the planet if he pulls this off. This contract would cripple the Yanks in a few years if he doesn’t perform up to his already subpar standards.
there is nothing wrong with Jeter wanting the money, they couldn’t have won championships without him, it has nothing to do with how much of a team player he is. The Yankees are making untold millions per year by having Jeter on the team and wearing a Yankee uniform, he earned that money
He just came off a $189 million dollar contract…I’d say he’s “earned” it already…it’s time to pay based on age, production, and expectations, and the Yankees are ALREADY being very generous with their current offer. He won’t get anywhere near that from any other team.
I hope they tell him to try.
I guarantee the source for every single reporter who’s stated he wants $150M, or $24-25M/yr, is either Brian Cashman or Hank Steinbrenner. I’m starting to agree with the agent on this one. It’s baffling how the Yankees have treated this whole ordeal in the way they’ve been painting Jeter as some sort of greedy villain. I hope he gets so angry that he signs for 1/2 the price with a rival team. I’d take him on the Red Sox for $10M/yr in a heartbeat.
Except that 3yr/45mil offer is a pretty good one for Jeter. And there were earlier reports Jeter wanted a minimum of 4 years and considering the fact he hasn’t taken their 15million offer per year, he likely wants upward of 20 million.
Except that 3yr/45mil offer is a pretty good one for Jeter. And there were earlier reports Jeter wanted a minimum of 4 years and considering the fact he hasn’t taken their 15million offer per year, he likely wants upward of 20 million.
Yankees have overpaid their players so bad for years that now the players just expect it. Jeter went from gamer to grinch in 2.3 seconds!
Get off your high horse richie.
The funny thing in all this is the Gilette trio are undoing their image. Tiger needed to get laid, now Jeter needs to get overpaid, now we just wait for Federer’s bed to be made.
Of all the teams to NOT wanna overpay and especially to Derek Jeter???? Holy Steinbrenner.
Jeter. Your stupid if you think even the YANKEES will pay that much for a shortstop that is way past his prime. Your not bad. But your not worth 23mil. Maybe 16mil. Cause your a vet. But that’s the most.
Yes, yes you’re stupid.
He could always sign with Colorado. I heard the school systems are really good.
Come on, Baltimore, sign Jeter! I know you want to, Buck Showalter!
Derek Jeter is showing his true colors. Team captain, perfect teammate, role model, etc…the guy is an athlete first and foremost. I think everyone, including myself, forgot about that by getting caught up in all the “oh it’s Derek Jeter, he’s dreamy” nonsense. Jeter just lost his “aura” with me. From here on out, he’s no different than A-Rod opting out.
I don’t doubt that Jeter returns but if he doesn’t…you won’t see me shed a tear. He’s meant everything to this organization, been a cornerstone and is one of the faces of MLB today. But c’mon Jeter…$22-23M a year? A RAISE from $18M coming off a HORRIBLE year and AND at 36? C’mon dude…yes these are the Yankees but damn. Be realistic here.
I hope this doesn’t have any impact on Cliff Lee, either monetarily or as a black-eye for the Yankees. The Yankees focus has got to be split right now on Lee, Jeter and Rivera, which isn’t good. If the Yankees give raises to Rivera and Jeter, thats less they have to spend elsewhere. And how should Cliff Lee feel seeing how this whole thing is going on with the Yankee icon and the FO? I know if I’m Cliff Lee I’m like “wow…really?”.
If the Yanks won’t give him that much who would? Jeter is gonna be out of luck.
The Yanks offer was generous. I’d have offered him 10 M a year for 3 years not 15.
Jeter is the most overrated player in baseball history. The very fact that no other teams in baseball are even interested in him just shows how overrated and overpaid he is. His gold glove was a gift from heaven, Jeter even at his best was just an average fielder and he is not even that anymore. As for his career numbers, they are similar to Bill Buckner, Al Oliver and Miguel Tejada, all great players but not superstars. Don’t get me wrong Jeter is an above average player, he is just nowhere near as good as all the hype he gets. He’s never won an MVP, batting title etc. He plays on a team that has a $200M payroll every year so he’s never had to face any adversity. As for his role as Yankee captain, half his team was on steroids and he knew nothing about it? Gimme a break!
He’s in the top 5 offensive shortstops of all time. I think he is overated but he’s still going to get 3,000 hits.
you can’t even put Al Oliver and Derek Jeter in the same category, Are You Kidding? Jeter is a first ballod Hall of Famer.
Jeter is the most overrated player in baseball history. The very fact that no other teams in baseball are even interested in him just shows how overrated and overpaid he is. His gold glove was a gift from heaven, Jeter even at his best was just an average fielder and he is not even that anymore. As for his career numbers, they are similar to Bill Buckner, Al Oliver and Miguel Tejada, all great players but not superstars. Don’t get me wrong Jeter is an above average player, he is just nowhere near as good as all the hype he gets. He’s never won an MVP, batting title etc. He plays on a team that has a $200M payroll every year so he’s never had to face any adversity. As for his role as Yankee captain, half his team was on steroids and he knew nothing about it? Gimme a break!
He’s worth no more than 3 years, 45 mil.
He’s worth no more than 3 years, 45 mil.
I would offer Jeter 3 years at 18 million a year and if he doesn’t take it let Nunez start!
You’ll regret that about 2 weeks into the season. Nunez is nothing good.
Ya uribe would be a much better option.
Is Jeter being over[paid at 15 mil per season? ABSOLUTELY. However, It’s the Yankees. If you are Derek jeter, atre you okay being the 6th or 7th highest paid player, per year on the Roster?
AROD made 33 mil last year.
Sabathia made 24mil
Jeter made 22
Texiera made 20
Burnett made 16.5
Rivera Made 15.
Theya re all gonna make MORE THIS YEAR, except for Jeter.
Add Cliff Lee to the mix, or jayson Werth, or Carl Crawford, et al….
And there is a little rationale for Jeter’s demands.
Seriously. If you are derek Jeter, are you okay with AJ Burnett making more money that you?
Jeter wants 5/110- Yanks 3/45. He ends up getting something in the middle. Let’s say 4/72 with an option for a 5th, or a contract with less money and more incentives.
In other news, Jeter & reality are far apart.
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