MLB Players Poll: Most Overrated Player

[Dice]

Top three players are Yankees. A total of 7 guys in the top 10 are either Yankee or Red Sox players

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1106/mlb-players-poll-most-overrated-player/content.1.html

[DieHardYankee26]

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Top three players are Yankees. A total of 7 guys in the top 10 are either Yankee or Red Sox players

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mul...content.1.html

They talked about this yesterday on Around The Horn, and as Michael Smith said, "185 people do not make A-Rod's money, and have not had Derek Jeter's life." Some weird ones. Joba? Who overrates Joba?

[24]

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I fail to see how Jeter on a whole is overrated he has compiled 15 consecutive seasons of 150+ hits. He will have over 3000 by the time his Career is done, a .313 batting average along with 1000+ RBI's and over 230 homers. Jeter Is a born leader, tough as nails and refuses to give up. not to mention the fact that he has played every season for the same team which is a rarity in today's game. His fielding is a tad bit overrated but on a whole Derek Jeter is an amazing athlete. while he has definitely lost a step he is still a key contributor for the Yanks

[Sportsforever]

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I fail to see how Jeter on a whole is overrated he has compiled 15 consecutive seasons of 150+ hits. He will have over 3000 by the time his Career is done, a .313 batting average along with 1000+ RBI's and over 230 homers. Jeter Is a born leader, tough as nails and refuses to give up. not to mention the fact that he has played every season for the same team which is a rarity in today's game. His fielding is a tad bit overrated but on a whole Derek Jeter is an amazing athlete. while he has definitely lost a step he is still a key contributor for the Yanks

3 yrs/51 million...how is he not overrated?

[TheShizNo1]

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I fail to see how Jeter on a whole is overrated he has compiled 15 consecutive seasons of 150+ hits. He will have over 3000 by the time his Career is done, a .313 batting average along with 1000+ RBI's and over 230 homers. Jeter Is a born leader, tough as nails and refuses to give up. not to mention the fact that he has played every season for the same team which is a rarity in today's game. His fielding is a tad bit overrated but on a whole Derek Jeter is an amazing athlete. while he has definitely lost a step he is still a key contributor for the Yanks

I'm not sure, but I don't think careers were taken into account. More like maybe the last couple of years.

[BatsareBugs]

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Albert Pujols made the list. It's already terrible, but from the players? Jeez.

[Sportsforever]

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Albert Pujols made the list. It's already terrible, but from the players? Jeez.

Did you notice they listed Pujols as the Cardinals 3B? Either the people putting the list together don't know baseball, think it's 2001, or they are saying that Pujols is overrated as a 3B.

[TheMatrix31]

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Not sure who the most overrated player in baseball is. There's too many damn players to sift through and figure it out, lol.

[Chrisksaint]

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Well it's pretty obvious that Yankees are gonna dominate the list when you consider they are the most hyped and scrutinized players in MLB usually.

[Chip Douglass]

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3 yrs/51 million...how is he not overrated?

To be overrated, you have to be somewhat good in the first place.

Jeter is quite bad.

[BatsareBugs]

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To be overrated, you have to be somewhat good in the first place.

Jeter is quite bad.

You don't to be good in the first place to be overrated.

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To be overrated, you have to be somewhat good in the first place.

Jeter is quite bad.

Jeter used to be one of the best players in baseball what are you talking about

[jvalverde88]

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Jeter used to be one of the best players in baseball what are you talking about

Keyword is used to be. He is no longer that.

[NYJets]

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3 yrs/51 million...how is he not overrated?

Overpaid is not the same as overrated. He got that contract for marketing reasons not because the Yankees felt he was worth that on the field. Yanks knew they were overpaying. If a number of other teams had offered similar deals because they thought they were still getting a hall of fame shortstop, I could see that as a reason he's overrated, but that's not the case. Jeter's decline has been widely reported.

[DieHardYankee26]

Keyword is used to be. He is no longer that.

No. Chip said that in order to be overrated you have to have been good in the first place. I think we can all agree that at one point, Jeter was quite good.