Derek Jeter: Should he still move to first base?
Before this year started, a lot of writers said that Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees should move to first base because he’s no longer a good defensive short stop. They’ve put together all of these graphs by Dave Pinto, SAFE from Bill James, zone ratings and a whole bunch of other nonsense. They’ve said he never threw the ball to first base with his feet set and jumped up and threw the ball too many times.
Now how do you feel? He just won the gold glove. Did he deserve it? Do some of the writers in the past who criticized Derek Jeter think the award is a farce?
I feel Derek Jeter did very well this year and I don’t remember his play at short stop hurting the Yankees in anyway. Instead, he made some outstanding plays. I can’t remember them all but I do know that Jeter did not hurt the Yankees.
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November 12th, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Is this really a debate? I understand that the Gold Glove is a joke of an award, but Jeter was above average in every defensive stat this year. Plus, if you watched the games it’s impossible to not notice his better range and in general outstanding defense this year. There is no way the Yankee organization is debating whether Jeter should be moved to 1st base. Plus, would you move Teixeira to DH or what? Anyone who believes Jeter should no longer be the Yankee SS is out of his/her mind.
November 13th, 2009 at 1:50 AM
You’re 100 percent right. I feel he’s still a good defensive first baseman. I remember at the start of the year, there were some writers saying he’s not that good and he should move to first base in the future. I feel they are wrong.