Jeter talks hit another snag?

Plus, Tulowitzki is younger and very good. Jeter should just stop stalling.

spamkrieg on all fronts

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Originally posted 08:42 AM ET  12.02 by ChiSoxFan

Plus, Tulowitzki is younger and very good. Jeter should just stop stalling.

Who is Tulowitzki?

4 years - 17.5 million per.

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Originally posted 09:05 AM ET  12.02 by brotha68

Who is Tulowitzki?

a better ss than Derek Jeter

Yawn.....

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that's a given...he's 10 yrs younger...i'm faily certian the rockies will regret that deal in a few years. no player should be given a 10 yr deal.

agreed

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that's a given...he's 10 yrs younger...i'm faily certian the rockies will regret that deal in a few years. no player should be given a 10 yr deal.

What are Tulo's offensive stats over the last 5 years?

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Originally posted 09:08 AM ET  12.02 by ChiSoxFan

a better ss than Derek Jeter

In what capacity?

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Originally posted 09:21 AM ET  12.02 by brotha68

In what capacity?

every aspect of the game right now

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Originally posted 09:21 AM ET  12.02 by brotha68

In what capacity?

You really have to ask?

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that's a given...he's 10 yrs younger...i'm faily certian the rockies will regret that deal in a few years. no player should be given a 10 yr deal.

Afraud agrees with you.

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Originally posted 09:21 AM ET  12.02 by brotha68

What are Tulo's offensive stats over the last 5 years?

2007 - .291, 24 HRs, 99 RBIs, .838 OPS
2008 - .263, 8 HRs, 46 RBIs, .732 OPS (missed 1/2 the season w/ an injury)
2009 - .297, 32 HRs, 92 RBIs, .930 OPS
2010 - .315, 27 HRs, 95 RBIs, .949 OPS

He's 25. He's also a good defensive player. Jeter today shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath as Tulowitski.

BTW: Jeter got a 10 year contract that was larger than Tulowitski's at about the same age. Given Tulowitski's numbers, you can't even say it's a crazy contract if you compare it to Jeter's.

Verducci wrote a great piece about this earlier this week that pretty much mirrored my thoughts and I think the thoughts of a lot of Yankee & Jeter fans. It's really easy to junk him if you never liked him or the Yankees in the first place - which seems to be the case for a lot of the posters on here - but I don't think you can honestly dismiss his contributions to the game or the team. Verducci also points out that Jeter was getting back to his usual form by the end of the season and I, for one, don't for a second believe he is done. If I were him, agreeing that he doesn't NEED the money, I would tell the Yankees to spam off, sign with the Giants or Dodgers and have the best season of my career. I say this as a life-long Yankee fan who will honestly not watch another Yankee game if that happens. Sick to death of watching them screw over their core players and paying out the arse for big-name, no ethics schmucks.

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Originally posted 09:21 AM ET  12.02 by brotha68

What are Tulo's offensive stats over the last 5 years?

Go look it up, Baseball reference dot com.

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Originally posted 10:34 AM ET  12.02 by Piltdown Rabbit

BTW: Jeter got a 10 year contract that was larger than Tulowitski's at about the same age. Given Tulowitski's numbers, you can't even say it's a crazy contract if you compare it to Jeter's.

you shouldn't compare contracts to Jeter's, period.

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Originally posted 09:05 AM ET  12.02 by brotha68

Who is Tulowitzki?

If you don't know who Tulowitzki is, you haven't been paying attention to the game since at least 2006.

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Originally posted 10:34 AM ET  12.02 by Piltdown Rabbit

BTW: Jeter got a 10 year contract that was larger than Tulowitski's at about the same age. Given Tulowitski's numbers, you can't even say it's a crazy contract if you compare it to Jeter's.

The Rockies also aren't the Yankees - you're dealing with an entirely different economic structure there. We'll see in 10 years if Tulowitski leaves the same footprint with the Rockies that Jeter has made with the Yankees and throughout baseball, as a matter of fact.

Wake up Derek. Ruth , Willie Mays, Joe Montana, to name a few of many superstars, ended their careers with different team.
Nothing is given. Contracts are about what you may do for a team in the future. They have nothing to do with the past. You look selfish to turn down that kind of money.