Apparently the Yankees offered free-agent shortstop Derek Jeter a three-year deal worth 45-million dollars. That's 15-mil a year for those of you, like me, who are mathematically challenged.
My advice to Jeter would be...SIGN THE CONTRACT!
He isn't a 15-million dollar a year player anymore. Who is actually? But Jeter will be over-paid because he is Derek Jeter, closing on in 3,000 hits and the owner of 5 World Series rings. They aren't paying him for his .270 average this past year and hios diminishing range at shortstop.
Jeter is one of my favorite players ever. He's been classy all the way. But the Yankees offer is more than fair. It is generous.
Jeter is said to want more years and that is the sticking point. Well, if he plays well the next three seasons he'll get another contract, won't he?
Can you imagine Jeter signing elsewhere? A few years ago, perhaps. But what team would give Jeter, at the age of 36, a contract of five or more years for 20-million a season. No team would.
Jeter should just sign the contract and play.
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