Certainly. But that’s not a good enough reason to bring Jeter back if the performance doesn’t truly warrant it.
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Point was that it’s kinda premature to be concerned about Jeter & Rodriguez manning SS & 3B in 2016. They could suffer career ending injuries, they could retire, they could move to other positions, they could be traded, someone could come up through the minors, another FA could become available, so on and so forth.

A lot can happen between now and Opening Day 2016.

as a baseball decision, I think they should let Jeter go after 2010 and throw everything they got to trade for Hanley Ramirez . sentimentally that be tough though.

but we’re still 2 years from that decisision, so we’ll see.

when I saw the title to this post about Tex bunping Jeter, I was not thinking of him supplanting Jeter as the face of the franchise. My first thought was “where are they going to stick Jeter after the finally acknowledge he can’t play SS anymore.” If he maintains some semblence of his pace, he will be a legitimate threat to get to 4K hits. The Yanks will want to find a place for him to do that. Pete Rose was moved to 1st at the end of his career to get him past Cobb. With Tex, that isn’t an option. Can he play left field?

A lot can happen between now and 2016.

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Indeed, but not a lot of good can happen when a team has an insane amount of money on the books for aging players. Either the team is going to be overpaying or, in the event of a trade, they’re going to be subsidizing player salaries for other teams.

A lot can happen between now and 2016.
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Certainly. But that’s not a good enough reason to bring Jeter back if the performance doesn’t truly warrant it.

Yankee fans would get over Jeter not being on the team in 2011 if they had to. I’m not saying the Yanks would let that happen but I’m saying that it wouldn’t end the world if the Yanks decided drop the sentimentality for once and make the right baseball decision with their old fart players.

but I care about winning too much to be okay with having a $50 million, 83 year old left side of the infield in 2016.
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A lot can happen between now and 2016.

Maybe you’re right, but if so, so what? If Jeter’s making the Yankees gobs of money, and he surely is, why shouldn’t he get paid for it?

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You’re absolutely right, and I wasn’t arguing that overpaying Jeter relative to his performance is unwarranted, I was merely pointing out that it will happen. However, while it may be a fair arrangement, I still find it annoying, and I’m sure many of you would agree with me. The type of fans who frequent blogs discussing metrics such as RCAA and zone ratings tend to be the fans that care more about winning and rivalries than the “brand” of the Yankees, wouldn’t you agree? I mean, I enjoy watching the various phases of the storied careers of Yankee greats unfold as much as the next fan, but I care about winning too much to be okay with having a $50 million, 83 year old left side of the infield in 2016.

Who cares what he’s done in his career? I don’t want to be paying for feats accomplished 10 years ago. That’s just not sensible.
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Well, we clearly just disagree here. But I’m not talking about what he did ten years ago. I’m talking about what he’s done over the last few years. Next year will be interesting. If he bounces back, I think we have to see 2008 as a fluke. If he doesn’t, well, I might be more inclined to agree with you. And so might the Yankees, actually, though probably not.

compare it to what Jeter’s done in his career.
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Who cares what he’s done in his career? I don’t want to be paying for feats accomplished 10 years ago. That’s just not sensible.

By no means am I forgetting who Jeter is and how great he was for a period of time. But that’s really not important enough when deciding to give a 36 year old man a contract that will pay him $20M a season when he won’t be a top-5 player at his position and hadn’t been in a few years.

Point is, we can love Jeter and thank him for the great times but we can’t just give in to him just for sentimentality’s sake. I know the Yankees will, but I’m using “we” as the much smarter folks who comment on this and other sites whose insight often doesn’t seem to permeate through the thick skulls of management.

It has nothing to do with what performance they expect out of him over that period, it’s just a branding issue. Jeter is critical to the Yankees brand, so they’re not going to let him go.
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Maybe you’re right, but if so, so what? If Jeter’s making the Yankees gobs of money, and he surely is, why shouldn’t he get paid for it?