Trade A-Rod . . . or Jeter???

[specialman1234]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...e=caple/061009

[bravosfan]

Re: Trade A-Rod . . . or Jeter???

No way in hell they'd trade Jeter.

[Stu]

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I love how the offseason meltdowns get progressivly worse each year the Yankees bow out of the playoffs. Everyone is looking for 1 person to blame (Arod, Stein, Jeter, Torre, etc) and everyone has a brilliant idea on how to "fix" a 97 win team.

[nyisles16]

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get rid of A-Fraud.. its clear he cant handle being in NY...

[TheMatrix31]

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Trade Jeter?! LMAOOOOOOO.

[Thrasha]

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They can't trade Jeter.

But at some point the ball-washing has to stop.

Jeter a leader? He's the inferior SS. They had a need at CF.

He would have made, probably, a very good CF. He doesn't have the greatest arm in the world, but he would probably be able to read the ball correctly and has the range to cover some pretty good ground.

If he had done that, that's 52 million less on payroll (Considering the Damon signing). Which could have gone to adding another pitcher (but really money hasn't really seemed to have been a factor but whatever).

Can you say positively that it would have gone to a pitcher? No. Adrian Beltre was a FA after the end of the 05 season, so he would probably be in NY right now.

Secondly, the fact that he didn't atleast offer a hand to A-Rod when he was getting dogged day in and day out in NY is not something a leader should do. Christ he stuck up for an admitted steroid popping SOB. Get over your ego and help a teammate out. Jeter shouldn't give one **** about ARod and what he may have said about him in an interview 5 years ago.

You've won a fistful of rings (albeit not while you were "leading" the team), when commentators even hear your name you can hear the automatic boner they get.

[skitch]

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Trading Jeter would be absolute franchise-suicide.

[Sandman42]

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As soon as i saw that it was from ESPN, I knew that it would be Jim Caple that wrote that. He is insane if he thinks the Yankees will trade Jeter.

[Brandon13]

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While it would be ridiculous and there is almost no chance that the Yankees will ever trade Jeter Caple does make a few good points.

Arod was the better shortstop at the time the Yankees traded for Arod. I know since Jeter was the captain and everything he was entitled to keep his position, but it would have made more sense, if your goal was to win a World Series, to make Arod the shortstop and have Jeter try another position.

Arod also takes way to much blame for the Yankees collapsing against Boston in the 2004 ALCS. I think it has just become the mindset of most people that Jeter does no wrong and Arod can do no right. But despite Jeter having a career year and Arod having the worst year of his career, Arod still had the higher OPS. I'm not trying to say that he was better than Jeter this year because he clearly wasn't, but his overall numbers are still pretty damn good and I think that is lost on a lot of people.

Now, the rest of the article was pretty much b.s. and there is no way to defend what Arod did this season in the clutch and in the playoffs but there were a couple of good points in there.

[SPTO]

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Trading Jeter would be the modern equivalent of trading Babe Ruth.

It's not going to happen.

[rj9949]

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Trading Jeter would be the modern equivalent of trading Babe Ruth.

It's not going to happen.

The modern day equivalent to trading Ruth???

Jeter wont be traded because he's the face of the franchise and there best player, I dont think you can get equal value for what he brings in the clutch and the playoffs, You hear about the intangibles in baseball and thats what the guy has. But i wouldnt compare it to the Ruth trade. But i still think hes and average player if he's in KC. (sorry thats my yankee hate)

[EWRMETS]

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They couldn't trade Jeter cuz the fans would revolt. But the way Jeter hung ARod out to dry was not becoming of a Yankees captain. I have a lot of Yankee friends that like ARod a lot more than Jeter as crazy as that is to some of you on here.

[SPTO]

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The modern day equivalent to trading Ruth???

Yep, it would do irreparable harm to the franchise and would be the physical manifestation of the impending dark ages for the Yankee franchise. You go and trade Jeter and the Yankees become just another big money franchise trying to win it all on a big budget.

Jeter is a link to those World Series teams where it was a mix of youth and veterans that won not merely because the Yanks have the biggest payroll but because the players were character guys and gritty, hard working TEAMATES. The Yankees without Jeter will just be another team with 25 guys playing for themselves rather then the team.

[Stu]

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Yep, it would do irreparable harm to the franchise and would be the physical manifestation of the impending dark ages for the Yankee franchise. You go and trade Jeter and the Yankees become just another big money franchise trying to win it all on a big budget.

Jeter is a link to those World Series teams where it was a mix of youth and veterans that won not merely because the Yanks have the biggest payroll but because the players were character guys and gritty, hard working TEAMATES. The Yankees without Jeter will just be another team with 25 guys playing for themselves rather then the team.

They already are a team trying to win on a big budget with 25 guys playing for themselves...

[teebone]

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Trading Jeter would be the modern equivalent of trading Babe Ruth.

It's not going to happen.

No, its not even close to that.