Heyman: Jeter could ask for six
By
Even though Derek Jeter doesn’t plan to address his contract status until the end of the 2010 baseball season, it’s become quite the hot topic around the game. He’s becoming a free agent at age 36 and mans a position that few his age have played with much success. At the same time, he’s the face of a franchise and has been since 1996.
Over the last few weeks, as we’ve discussed Jeter, the general consensus has been that he’ll sign a deal for four years for somewhere between $20-$25 million a year. The Yankees probably won’t get that value from him on the field, but the good will and Jeter’s popularity should help mitigate the expense. What if Derek wants more though?
That’s the question Jon Heyman ponders today, and his sources indicate that Jeter may ask for as much as six years. His argument relies on putting down A-Rod.
The Yankees generally have treated their own big stars very well. But six years for a shortstop who’s 35 now is seen as a stretch, even by the execs who say they expect that to be the asking price. “Casey Close is a good agent. You don’t get if you don’t ask,” one executive said. Close declined comment.
Six years may seem extreme. But there is logic to it. Jeter saw his famous frenemy Alex Rodriguez get a 10-year, $275-million deal from the Yankees two winters ago that will take him to age 42. Jeter will be 36 by the end of the year, so six more years would take him to 42, same as A-Rod.
After seeing A-Rod get a contract taking him until he’s 42, why wouldn’t Jeter want the same? A case could be made that Rodriguez is a more natural fit as the DH, so playing into his 40s might be easier. But both are hard workers, extremely fit and without injury history. And Jeter’s the one who’s a Yankees legend.
Interestingly, Heyman also notes that the Yanks and Jeter nearly had a $118.5 million contract in place in early 2000, one year before he signed his big $189 million deal, but George Steinbrenner “nixed” that one. No word on how many years that would have covered.
That last historical tidbit is neither here nor there, but Heyman’s speculation on a six-year ask is worth considering. After all, the worst the Yanks can do is reject the proposal. I wouldn’t feel too comfortable giving Jeter six years, and it shouldn’t take that much to keep him around.
Above: Derek Jeter attempts to balance the World Series trophy on top of an unsuspecting Yogi Berra. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
130 Comments»
RAB Info
The Founders
Mike Axisa, Ben Kabak, Joe Pawlikowski
Editor-In-Chief
Mike Axisa Archives | Email
Managing Editors
Ben Kabak Archives | E-mail
Joe Pawlikowski Archives | E-mail
Contributing Editors
Larry Koestler (Archives)
Moshe Mandel (Archives)
Eric Schultz (Archives)
Weekend Writers
Hannah Ehrlich (Archives)
Matthew Warden (Archives)
Special Contributor
J.R. O'Grady (Archives)
Technical Consultant
Jay Gordon
Subscribe to RAB by RSS
Follow @RiverAveBlues
Search RAB
Yankees News from YESNetwork.com
- Dodgers-Yankees rained out, doubleheader set
- Yankees put 1B Mark Teixeira back on disabled list
- Two Charleston RiverDogs pitchers added to SAL All-Star Game
- Mattingly excited for return to the Bronx
- Sabathia steps up for Yankees in West Coast finale against Angels
- No new tears in right wrist for Mark Teixeira
- Angels send Yankees to fifth straight loss, 6-2
- Mark Teixeira leaves Saturday's game in fourth inning
- Wilson pitches Angels to 5-2 win over Yankees
- Cesar Cabral outrighted to Double-A Trenton
Banner Design By
The Tyler Austin Watch
Jeter: Can I have six?
Cashman: Sure, no problem.
Wait, were you asking about six years? No, you can’t have six years. I thought we were talking about something else.
Heyman’s Executives are the grounds crew at Citi Field…
Heh.
I saw that from the game, but what an adorable picture!
The yanks wont screw Jeter over… But the Yanks wont nickel and dime him… he gets different treatment then Damon for sure… But they yanks aren’t going to blindly give him 6 Years at 22 Mill Per… My guess is 4 years and in the 65-75M range…
The yanks wont screw Jeter over… But the Yanks wont nickel and dime him… he gets different treatment then Damon for sure… But they yanks aren’t going to blindly give him 6 Years at 22 Mill Per… My guess is 4 years and in the 65-75M range…The Yanks won’t screw Jeter over; they won’t nickel and dime him either. He gets different treatment then Damon for sure, but the team isn’t going to blindly give him 6 Years at 22 Mil per.
My guess is 4 years and in the 65-75M range.
————————
Fixed that for you.
/goodpunctuationisgoodcourtesy’d
Plus one.
Interestingly, Heyman also notes that the Yanks and Jeter nearly had a $118.5 million contract in place in early 2000, one year before he signed his big $189 million deal, but George Steinbrenner “nixed” that one. No word on how many years that would have covered.
From Cot’s Contracts: “tentative deal for 7 years/$118.5M (2000-06)”
The story I’ve always heard was Steinbrenner was fine with the deal, which would have been the largest in baseball. Juan Gonzalez was rumored to be working towards a 8/$140m deal with the Tigers. The idea was to wait for that deal to be finalized, then sign Jeter’s deal. That way the Yankees wouldn’t have to take the heat for giving out the biggest contract in baseball. Then Juan Gonzalez didn’t sign, and the Yankees decided to wait longer.
Why the hell would Steinbrenner care about handing out the biggest deal in baseball? They made Mattingly the then-annually highest-paid player back in the early 90s.
Yet another reason why the Yankees are better now George is out of the picture.
because George was so bad for business the past 40 yrs
Bo: 1
Strawman: 0
Remember, this happened the Yankees payroll was still somewhat in line with the rest of the league. At the high end of course, but other teams were close. This was also pre-luxury tax, so they didn’t want to do anything that would provoke the league to try to reign in their spending.
This was also pre-luxury tax, so they didn’t want to do anything that would provoke the league to try to reign in their spending.
An excellent point, repeated for emphasis.
I wonder what’s the chances DJ is willing to go the Wakefield route and sign a 1-year contract from here on out. DJ’s never been vocal about personal accomplishments, but lets say he wins a 6th championship this year, and is a shoe-in to pass the 3000 hit mark in 2011, what’s not to say DJ doesn’t feel the tug of starting another phase of his life.
I wonder what’s the chances DJ is willing to go the Wakefield route and sign a 1-year contract from here on out.
Close to zero.
it’s actually a negative %.
Stop with the Wakefield comparisons. Jeter is not a 65 year knuckleballer. (IMO, not based on any fact, or any quotes or really anything at all) The Sox are only keep Wake around so he can take the franchise wins lead away from Roger Clemens.
thats probably it
The Sox are only keep Wake around so he can take the franchise wins lead away from Roger Clemens.
Or you know, the cheap, quality insurance innings he provides.
this
considering his age and the fact that he won’t get regular starts again unless someone gets hurt, the odds of him picking up 17 wins in the next two years is pretty low
Close to zero.
http://moviechopshop.com/wp-co.....-cover.jpg (safe)
Fixed.
What’s the reciprocal of zero? It’s -5, isn’t it?
/public school’d
Good thing for him hes not a knuckleball pitcher and doesnt have to do that.
I agree with Bo.
(world ends)
I laughed.
As everyone else said, this isn’t happening. Maybe at the end of whatever deal he signs after this year.
Basically, if Big George got directly involved, it was a bad idea. Sadly true. Cashmoney got this.
Because Steinbrenner was so terrible at picking players or something.
He made a terrible choice apparently giving Jeter that long term contract.
Let’s not bow down at the altar of Cashman. Steinbrenner could easily have signed Tex, AJ, CC himself too. That didnt take a genius.
And Cashmans great minor league system has what. 1 player legit player in it?
He probably could have signed AJ no problem. CC took a little more finesse and Tex required secrecy, so that remains to be seen if he would have actually gotten those done.
Cashman’s minor league system is on the up and up. Wait till next year Mr. Bice, you shall see.
again, as a hippie-hatin, trailer-trash-shootin, nascar-lovin, aint-got-no-lottery-cause-its-fer-sinners redneck, i resent the implication that Bo and Bice are the same person and therefore are FROM alabama.
oh, and tommie, as far as punctuation goes…
/f&#<youiwontdowhatyoutellme
Because Steinbrenner was so terrible at picking players or something.
That’s not what Hughesus Christo is saying.
He made a terrible choice apparently giving Jeter that long term contract.
Not the point. Jeter was getting a contract either way. It might have been a shorter, less expensive contract. That would have been better. George didn’t make a terrible choice in giving Jeter a 10/189, but a 7/118.5 would have been a better deal for the Yankees. George’s actions weakened the Yankees financial position.
Let’s not bow down at the altar of Cashman. Steinbrenner could easily have signed Tex, AJ, CC himself too. That didnt take a genius.
A) Again, this is a red herring and/or a fallacy of the four terms. You’re talking about things nobody else is talking about and thus refuting arguments that nobody is making.
B) No, it DID actually take a stroke of negotiational genius to sign Tex, CC, and AJ; I don’t think Steinbrenner could have/would have signed all three of them himself. There were numerous overlapping entities (Red Sox, Angels, Braves, Giants, Dodgers, Orioles, Nationals) that all had significant interest in one or two of those three players. Cashman negotiated with the three of them and extended offers to the three of them in an order that kept the markets for all three of them alive simultaneously but kept the Yankees in the lead for all three players. That wasn’t easy.
And Cashmans great minor league system has what. 1 player legit player in it?
There’s no way of knowing that yet, because the scouts haven’t had several full winters of scouting’s worth of information to get better, more well rounded opinions and evaluations of the players. We may find out that a lot of these 3 and 4 star players are all actually five star players and we were unaware of it.
(Couldn’t resist on that last one.)
And Cashmans great minor league system has what. 1 player legit player in it?
There’s no way of knowing that yet, because
the scouts haven’t had several full winters of scouting’s worth of information to get better, more well rounded opinions and evaluations of the players. We may find out that a lot of these 3 and 4 star players are all actually five star players and we were unaware of itit hasn’t happened yet.Sincerely,
Theoretical Boe Morgan
“B) No, it DID actually take a stroke of negotiational genius to sign Tex, CC, and AJ; I don’t think Steinbrenner could have/would have signed all three of them himself. There were numerous overlapping entities (Red Sox, Angels, Braves, Giants, Dodgers, Orioles, Nationals) that all had significant interest in one or two of those three players. Cashman negotiated with the three of them and extended offers to the three of them in an order that kept the markets for all three of them alive simultaneously but kept the Yankees in the lead for all three players. That wasn’t easy.”
Mmmmm yeah not so much. Paying the most is always the easiest and it’s something we do quite well thankyouverymuch.
More Heyman bullshit.
We know he didn’t get info from Close and we damn sure know he didn’t get it from Jeter.
I can make headlines too;
Could Jeter seek 200 million dollars?
Speculation around the game is that Derek Jeter will get a nice contract extension from the Yankees at season’s end for three or four years for between $20 million and $25 million per. However, two
executives from competing teams nowof my buddies say they believe Jeter could ask fora six-year deal200 million dollars.So because he didn’t get it from one party to the negotations, it’s bullshit? That’s a rather extreme approach.
Let me reframe this charge for you: Why wouldn’t Jeter ask for four years as a ceiling? If he would settle for four, it would make sense to ask for six initially.
I’m not saying he’s making this up. My point is that just because two execs say “Jeter could ask for a six year deal,” does not make it a story. Basically, to me it’s a non story. I understand he has to fill pages in the slow season but this just came across to me as silly. When I first read it, it reminded me of the ESPN headline that said “Jeter say’s he wants to remain a Yankee.”
He also says though why it’s a story:
It’s also a story because of the fact that he’ll be 36 when he signs this deal.
I see your point but I think you’re discounting this too heavily.
I’m with Drew here. He isn’t saying that Jeter’s contract isn’t a story, but rather what two random execs are speculating isn’t a story.
And really the only reason the contract is a story this spring is because there is nothing else to talk about.
In the end, this article has no more insight to what Jeter will actually ask for than the hundreds of other articles have been and will be printed this spring.
And to answer why Jeter might not ask for 6 years, he might not want to play that long. Not everyone wants to play into their 40′s, and I’m sure Jeter will still have a lot going on after retirement.
You really dont think he has sources close to Casey Close or maybe even Close himself???? You may dislike Heyman but hes a national writer for one of the biggest websites out there and the bible of weeklies. The guy has great sources and is a very good reporter. Hes all over the Yankee beat too from his time at Newsday.
Considering his client, Derek Jeter. I’d bet that Close holds his card close to the vest. Not all agents puppeteer writers like Boras.
As I replied to Ben, two execs telling him that Jeter could ask for six is a non story to me.
His source is Glenn Close but I think he just rounded up. Whatevs.
You answered only one of his questions, but judging by the punctuation, Bo clearly asked FOUR questions.
Keep going.
!!!!
FTFSBGL.
you know derek in 2011 one million dollars isn’t that much money.
ok, ill ask for muah ha ha one hundred billion dollars
Jon Heyman? Ugh.
The word “frenemy”? Ugh.
Jon Heyman using the word “frenemy”? Someone please just shoot me now.
Fun side note: The term “frenemy” was just a question on Cash Cab.
Ha. Love that show.
I have an interesting question, say the Yankees do sign that Cuba SS or have another one of their shortstops in the middle minors really break out. Does that impact the negotiations at all? (By really break out, I mean like literally hit the cover off the ball and be in AA by the end of the season)
I doubt it, unless the kid plays Vizquel-defense and hits like Hanley. So, basically:
Oh and I mean Major League Hanley, not Minor League Hanley (which was still good for an SS).
No, any of the perspective IFA players would be too far away, the SS we have all have huge flaws or are merely utility players in the future—if they even get there. Angelini probably has the most actual talent…well, we know his story.
Prospects rarely determine negotiation for big market clubs like the Yanks. We don’t really have much in the way of up-the-middle IF talent. Non factor.
I like to come up with my own misguided speculation for shits and giggles.
JMK: Jeter could ask for David Patterson’s position as Governor of New York.
JMK: Jeter could rebuff a contract so as to dedicate his life to developing cold fusion.
JMK: Jeter could ask for lifetime of Nutella and Swiss sandwiches.
Or he could ask to do David Patterson on SNL. That would be fun.
Jeter’s too good for TV. Blockbusters or bust.
http://gothamist.com/attachmen.....terbum.jpg
http://www.hulu.com/watch/1249.....-taco-hole
Both safe.
Zach Galifinackas of the Hangover is hosting SNL this week, while SNL is on topic
was that Will Ferrell on the left?
How long do you guys think Jeet stays at short? Do you think he’ll be receptive to switching positions? What if they do get that Cuban SS or Pena starts playing well? What does that mean for Captain?
I put the chances of Jeter moving off of SS at about…ten percent max.
How long do you guys think Jeet stays at short?
As long as he’s playing.
Do you think he’ll be receptive to switching positions?
Did my cat like getting his nuts chopped off?
What if they do get that Cuban SS or Pena starts playing well?
Hech is too far away and still a prospect. Who knows how he’d be? Pena will never have the bat.
What does that mean for Captain?
Absolutely nothing.
Did my cat like getting his nuts chopped off?
That’s the second time you’ve used this joke, JMK. For shame.
Hah, so you think! I have five cats.
Pics or it didn’t happen. I won’t let you recycle jokes so easily!
The sad thing is, the answer to the oft-repeated question of “Did my cat like getting his nuts chopped off?” is…
Yes. Yes, JMK’s cat liked getting his nuts chopped off. If anyone would own such a cat, it’s The Overshare.
You want to see my cats genitals? I have more respect for those furry things than I do the whiskey tango nanana I take home. I won’t even dignify that request.
Now, getting onto more important matters: first off, I like that joke — I like cats; I think nuts being lopped off is funny and horrifying — so you shut your whore mouth when Willie Mays is talking to you!
No, I want pictures of the five cats you sick, sick person.
That I can probably do. Promise you won’t bust out the lotion. I can’t bear the thought of someone getting off to pictures of my cats.
I was only like…quarter serious.
And, scouts honor.
http://doubledeckerbuses.org/b.....kitten.jpg
You think it’s a joke.. It’s really a horrifying tale of a late night in JMK’s garden apartment.
“How long do you guys think Jeet stays at short?”
“As long as he’s playing.”
Yeah, but what if he simply can’t play anymore? What if his skills atrophy so bad that he’s hurting the team? For someone who says he’s all about the team and winning, don’t you think he’d be willing to make a move? Obviously he wouldn’t want to, but you don’t think he’d do it for the good of the team?
That’s why he won’t be getting a six-year deal. In fact, I’m guessing it will be a four-year, though I’d prefer a three. I think as he’s nearing his milestones, they’ll just have to bite their tongues. It’ll be too much of a PR hit and unless he’s really, really, really terrible, his positional value anywhere but SS or 2B would render him average. But I suppose if he’s that bad, they’ll have to find a way to DH him. It’s hard to look so far into the glass of the crystal ball, but just my two million cents.
He’ll stay at short as long as his defense is non-awful. As to how long that is . . . who knows. Three more years?
Maybe I am on the otherside of the fence with this but I think the Yankees have no choice but to ante up for 6 with Jeter and i think the article nailed two big reasons why:
A) It’ll allow him to go until 42 which is what the Yankees went with Arod. And (B) His natural legacy with the franchise and in the game of baseball. Granted he is probably not worth six for 25 million per…But if the yankees tag say 20 per to the deal I think it may be plausible and still pay off for the Yankees.
Unlike Arod, Jeter’s game does not revolve around power. So if a 40 year old arod loses the gaudy hr numbers due to decrease in power with age his deal becomes an albatross. Jeter’s game on the other hand is more tuned for hitting the ball the other way (which he does better then anyone else in baseball, and slapping in some doubles. And his popularity and marketing appeal also bring in alot of revenue for the Yankees which also has to be equated.
Don’t power skills tend to age better than contact skills? Also, A-Rod hits for a pretty high BA for a slugger, but I’d say Jeter’s very good contact skills and slightly above average power are likely to age worse than Rodriguez’s good contact skills and supreme power skills.
Unlike Arod, Jeter’s game does not revolve around power.
Right and wrong. Jeter doesn’t have power. But A-Rod doens’t only have power. A-Rod can hit for average, hit for power, and get on base at a good clip. Jeter can hit for average, can’t hit for power and also can get on base at a good clip.
A-Rod’s deal is in no way a gauge for what Jeter should get. If Jeter’s agent goes in there saying, “Hey! A-Rod’s deal runs through age 42!” The Yankees reply by saying, “Derek Jeter is not Alex Rodriguez.”
Now, this will never happen because neither party would insult the other by comparing Jeter to one of the best players alive.
Also, to act like Jeter will be immune to a dropoff (vs. Al) because he hits the other way is crazy. If he loses his bat speed, those oppo hits don’t drop in.
True. They end up foul in the stands the other way.
Jeter isn’t Arod.
That’s correct. Jeter is the best player in the game since Pete Rose. Arod had one great October. Hardly comparable to 13-15.
I can’t believe a Yankee fan would say something so ignorant.
All of this is batshit insane.
I can’t believe a Yankee fan would say something so ignorant.
Forget SBGL, this is the most ironic thing ever on this site.
Hey guess what? A-Rod >> Jeter.
Not enough.
ARod >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jeter.
CentWAR Centaur™.
I know but you have to take away a few “>” for being clutch AND for being a “True Yankee” AND a “5 Rings Club” member.
Obviously.
I had already factored all those variables into the equation when I made my statement.
Um, no.
Also Jeter gets some credit for not cheating.
Don’t ya think?
Jeter is the best player in the game since Pete Rose
Really?
Derek Jeter and Pete Rose:
Both never the best player in the game. Not even for a second.
Clearly you never saw Pete Rose play
1999
*tear*
I can think of at least two things wrong with that sentence.
Yes.
By the way, I don’t count cheaters, and luckily neither does the hall.
Really? You don’t think any current HOFers have cheated?
Stealing signs? Sure.
Arod, Big Mac, Bonds, Sosa.
Same crap.
Oh to be
young andnaive.You’re so clever
ietc? haha
You can’t be real.
You’re right. I’m nuts.
Jeter isn’t the greatest Yankee since Mantle.
And he’s not Arod, because he doesn’t hit grand slams with 8 run leads in the 8th inning against the Rays.
If you’re referring to the last game of last year, A-Rod’s first home run gave us the lead in that game. In fact, in the same inning.
No, I’m not. And I think you know that.
Steroids can’t give you balls.
Actually, they make them smaller.
That’s really the difference between the two
players. One has always been ready.
The other was a mess from day 1 in NY
and probably because of the guilt he had knowing
that his regular season accomplishments weren’t
real.
In 2005, Mariano Rivera should have won the MVP.
That doesn’t get you just a little bit?
Arod has one guilt-free Oct, and all is forgiven?
I’d love to do business with this crowd.
In 2005, Mariano Rivera should have won the MVP.
That doesn’t get you just a little bit?
Mariano Rivera is likely my favorite or second favorite player in the history of the game. He has never deserved an MVP (or even a Cy Young); the closest he ever got to deserving one was 1996. He’s a relief pitcher. He’s the best relief pitcher in the history of the game, but he’s still a relief pitcher that, in a very busy year for him, will only affect 80 or so innings over the course of a season. If you disqualify A-Rod, there are still tons of players I’d choose as MVP over Mo for that year.
Arod has one guilt-free Oct, and all is forgiven?
There wasn’t really anything to forgive because I always enjoyed having one of the greatest players in the history of the game, steroids or not, on my favorite team.
Also,
The other was a mess from day 1 in NY
and probably because of the guilt he had knowing
that his regular season accomplishments weren’t
real.
A-Rod’s numbers with the Yankees:
.300/.401/.567/.968, 152 OPS+. He averages 44 HR per 162 games. If that’s a man who is a mess because of his guilt, I’ll take nine men who are messes because of their guilt.
Totally agree. +2
Heh. I know you’re not serious, which makes this all the more hilarious.
What the… huh?
Jake is my new favorite poster.
Also, A-Rod had more than one great October. He had an excellent October in 2000 (but OH NO IT WASN’T WITH THE YANKEES, IT DOESN’T COUNT) and, yes, a very good October in 2004. Like, he was pretty much THE reason we got out of the first round. Maybe it would have been better if we didn’t get out of the first round, knowing how things turned out. But whatever.
Are you joking?
You’re going to argue that Arod was great in 2000?
If he was, then why wasn’t he taking steroids in Oct from 04-07?
I love how you being up 04. Ball slap. Not the way to become a Yankee.
Are you joking?
No.
You’re going to argue that Arod was great in 2000?
…yes? He OPSed over 1.000 in a losing effort in that series against the Yankees. He had a home run that basically single-handedly won a game. What are your standards?
If he was, then why wasn’t he taking steroids in Oct from 04-07?
I dunno, maybe he was? Or maybe he just had a bad few games?
I love how you being up 04. Ball slap. Not the way to become a Yankee.
From the 07 ALCS: Dustin Pedroia is clearly not a True Red Sock.
Arod was awesome in 2000.
So was Jeter.
Jeter was clean.
Here’s a trivia question: which one is the HOFer?
Actually, they both are.
And there’s no way to know whether Jeter was clean or not. Do I THINK and HOPE he was clean? Sure. Is there a possibility that he was just as dirty as like 80% of the rest of the guys in the game? Yup.
Oh, and you do realize it’s silly to pontificate over who’s a better person, Jeter vs. A-Rod, when your example of the ultimate player is Pete Rose?
Rose never gambled while he played,
BUT you have a damn good point.
Rose was also one the biggest asses to
ever play the game. Still, we have not seen
anything like him since.
If you were old enough to have seen him,
you’d agree that he changed the like no other.
Arod isn’t getting in the Hall, and not because
he doesn’t have my vote. If Big Mac
doesn’t get voted in because he juiced,
then neither does Arod.
Same story.
POWERBARS!!!!
Arod’s deal was signed before anyone knew that his breaking The home run record would be completely meangingless.
Think he gets that deal now?
Counterpoint…
Derek Jeter should not get “extra years” or “extra money” because he is Derek Jeter; that is flat-out bad business and a bad move for the Yankees. Wayne Gretzky, arguably (and in my personal opinon) the greatest and most dominant athlete in any sport, was not given special treatment simply because he was Wayne Gretzky – and he was in his prime at the time of his deal with the franchise that he was “the face of.” Why? Because overpaying one player based on sentimentality is not in the best interests of the team. Jeter should receive a contract that is market-value of a 36 year old shortstop performing at the level he performs at this year or expect to go elsewhere.
The Yankees will move to New Jersey before Jeter goes elsewhere.
He’s retiring as a Yankee, and he’s getting what he wants.
Bank on that.
Under that logic we should have Rivera go.
I don’t get the Gretzky point. He left teams for (1) More money, (2) legacy, (3) chances to win. He was getting paid at the top of the league at 36, 37, 38 as a role player because he was Wayne Gretzky.
Yup I think someone forgot to follow Gretzky’s career to the end…
(hedges bets)
Gimmie $80 on 4yrs/100M and $20 on 5yr/120M.
if you’ll do that, would you consider 6/135?
when will he break the hit record…he needs 4257 and has 2747 now… lets say he hits 200 this year dropping 6 a year after that…man thats still only 3839…he’d have to go at least two more years…can jeter hang around for 8/9 years at that pace or keep it from falling that far that fast…
/thatwasjustforyoutommie
I don’t see Jeter taking a pay cut.
Yeah at least he’s not lazy.
ietc
Before this year is over Jeter will get six.
Six rings, baby.
Scott Boras is just pissed he isn’t getting a cut of Jeter’s contract so he has his lapdogs Heyman and Rosenthal start making things up.
This is getting out of hand. I’m a huge Jeter fan, but to suggest that he should get 6 years is just bad business. Frankly anything more than 4 years is absurd. He’ll be a 40 year old SS who doesn’t hit for power. Iconic or not – such a player doesn’t get a 6 year contract, and nor does he get $25m/y. At best he keeps his current salary.
If he want’s six years give him 90/6 and tell him the alternative is 80/4.
The Yankees would not look cheap if they offered him that, and he would look greedy and stupid if he rejected it.
Here’s what you do: he wants 6 years? he gets $15M per; 5 years? $17M per; and so.
So he can pick from:
6/90
5/85
4/76
3/63
2/46
1/25
Just to be boring and refer to the actual post, where was the put-down of Rodriguez in the Heyman squib?