Except, Jeter, himself, has said that he cannot (will not?) play the OF:

http://tinyurl.com/5bxbmv

By that logic Steve, the Yanks should make Eddy Curry their new 1B.

Seriously though, the logical move for Jeter is to right when Abreu’s deal is up, or left when Damon’s is.

His best skill with the leather has always been his ability to track and catch the ball in the air and his best fielding tool is his arm. I think he’d do well to follow the Robin Yount career arc – though Yount made the switch earlier.

He may be smaller, but Jeter’s problem at SS has been his range and a slow first step, and I don’t see how moving him to 3B helps that.

On the other hand, ARod has played at least adequately at 3B, and his arm and range would be wasted at first.

A-Rod is bigger. Bigger guys should play first. Jeter, being smaller, probably has a longer life at 3rd than Alex.

I’m just curious, why would you move two players to make this switch, when its logistically easier to move one guy?

I agree Joel, Tony Clark had the one big hit that should’ve scored a go-ahead run in game 5, but other than that he was terrible. That freak injury to Olerud really was a big turning point in hindsight.

I always thought that a subtle turning point in the catastrophic 2004 ALCS was when Olerud was lost for the series. He had a huge HR off of Pedro early in the series, and had really stabilized our defense. I’m pretty sure he made a ton of money, but he was an underrated player.