Now that is no longer an option as the Giants shortstop there are rumblings that Brian Sabean should go after a big name guy and the biggest name out there is .
Well here is some much needed perspective, both of these guys are coming off of career years but in the following season one was rendered a bench player by the end of the season and has huge question marks about him next season.
The other is asking for a contract that is worth over $100 million and is though of as a demi-god by the east coast media.
One of these players is going to be 24 next season the other 37. One is being threatened with a possible demotion to AAA the other is given special treatment and thought to demand however much money he wants.
Well these two are much closer then you would think:
Player A: .270/ .340/ .370 .320 wOBA, OPS + 90
Player B: .268/ .323/ .409 .314 wOBA OPS+ 95
Offensively these two are very similar, defensively they match up pretty evenly too coming in a touch below league average.
So the question is which would you rather have?
Player A is and Player B is . When you strip the veneer of the Jeter name and look at the season he had it is pretty poor. I understand that shortstop is thin but really $20 million plus? That would be a really dumb move to make.
If were are so concerned about Pablo bouncing back why wouldn't we worry even more about the fall off from a guy in his late 30's taking a nose dive AND making a ton of money. No thank you.
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