Life Without DJ
August 18, 2008, 3:50 pmCan you picture it? The Yankees without Derek Jeter? It’s hard to imagine, but with Jeter’s contract coming to an end after 2010, it could be a possibility. Joe Sherman has written about the concept and wonders if the Yankees will extend Jeter or pass him up, as he is aging and showing some signs of decline. Now, do I think that Jeter will ever leave the Yankees? No, I don’t. I just don’t see it happening, at least not in 2010. As long as Derek Jeter maintains a respectable level of production, he’ll be with the New York Yankees, he’ll get another contract (albeit a lesser contract) and he’ll end his career as a Yankee. Let’s not forget what Hank Steinbrenner said earlier this year about “taking care” of Jeter. Also, we’ve seen the Yankees (under Hank and Hal) provide loyalty-driven contracts to Mariano Rivera and Jorge Posada.
I think they’ll do the same for Jeter (unless Hanley Ramirez is suddenly available…).
running out of things to write about?? why write about this?! no way would the Yankees ever let Jeter not end his career in New York…. ridiculous thougt…
[...] or less the face of the franchise these day, the team is still Derek’s. The Steinbrenners, as iYankees remind us, also plan to take care of Jeter once this deal is up, and I don’t think Hank meant in the [...]
Jeter will always be a Yankee.
The Yankees regretted the way Bernie left so they gave two dynasty Yankee’s (Jorge and Mariano) huge deals to keep them.
Jeter will always be a Yankees, that’s what I believe as well. It’ll be interesting to see if the Yankees convince Jeter to move out of short for his final contract, though (DH?).
Since Jeter is only 2nd best SS on team, I think Yankee management has to question themselves if they want to continue being nice guys or go for the wins (like the Red Sox).