Who's better- Derek Jeter or A-Rod ?
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Derek Jeter has been known time and time again to be a good player when it counts. When the game is on the line, Jeter is the one who always performs at his best. Come October, he's the guy you always need to look out for.\n\nA-Rod, on the other hand, is a statistician's player. He's got a great batting average, great fielding percentage, on base percentage, etc. But notice whenever he joins a team they seem to do worse? After he left Seattle, their wins improved the next season. When he left Texas, their wins improved the next season. And now he's in New York, and who knows if he'll ever get a ring.
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Yankees because Steinbrenner is always going to be willing to outspend EVERYBODY. \n\nbtw I'm a Cardinals fan so I dont care who is better.  :)
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you forgot derek jeter out with a sore thumb and a-rod and giambi out with the stomach virus... but don't worry!! i trust that the yankees know what they're doing!!\nGOOOOOOOOOOO YANKEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Steinbrenner,for me it goes back to the 70s Reggie Jackson he was a big JERK as are most of the players ARod is the biggest one of them all he makes sure everyone knows how much money he gives to charity the player who dosen't tell how much has the class (Jeter) the only 2 players who have class are Jeter and Giambi who I met when he was on the A's he gave my brother and me a bunch of autographs.
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I'd have to go with A-Rod at the moment. His stats are similer to Pujos but A-rod plays a slightly more demanding defensive posisiton. A close second is Pujos. \n\nFor the season that's close. Pujos, Berkman, Swisher, Hafner and Thome are having really good years. Nobody is really just taking the year by storm yet. Several other players with a hot streak could be right up there with this group. \n\nJose Contraras on the other hand is having a monster year so far. 5-0 with a 1.41 ERA. Webb is next closest with 6-0 2.30 ERA. \n\nSo best player this season I'd hand it to Contraras so far.
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McGwire swung for power in every at-bat of his career, while Pujols is a bit of a smarter hitter. By that I mean he knows when not to hit for power. Albert is also faster than McGwire, and he is a better defensive 1st baseman.
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well, being a yankee fan of course  derek Jeter. He is loyal to his team, plays well and hard for us. and most of all is a prime example of a person who grew up in the dumps of the bronx and now is an extradinary athlete and person. i think about him everytime i play a sport
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Derek Jeter\n-- #2 of the New York Yankees (Captain)\n-- Starting Position: Shortstop\n-- 1566 Games Played\n-- 6330 Career at-bats\n-- 1992 Career hits\n-- 1193 Career runs scored\n-- 319 Career doubles\n-- 49 Career triples\n-- 174 Career homeruns\n-- 793 Career RBIs\n-- 662 Career walks\n-- 1116 Career Strikeouts\n-- 222 Career Stolen bases\n-- .387 Career On-Base Percentage\n-- .463 Career Slugging Percentage\n-- .315 Career Batting Average\n-- Four World Series Championships ('96, '98-'00)
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yes i do despise the red sox.  a rod is not my favorite yankee.  my reasoning behind this is because he did not come up a yankee.  he is a natural star. i feel that my favorite yankee is derek jeter. he has a lot of talent and was brought up in the yankee farm system.  i think to be a true yankee, you have to be brought up learning the ropes in the yankee farm system, anything less would consider you an accquisition in order to try to improve the team.  as we all know, the yankees do not have many farm players coming up and it is sad.  maybe if we rasied more talent, we could win our 27th.
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because they got abreu and he is a lot younger and more talented than old gary.  bobby is still producing and only getting better where as gary is nearly past his prime and more injury proned.  they cant give away a-rod, no baseball org. in their right mind would want to take on that sort of contract.  and the yanks will never get rid of jeter, he is too clutch in the playoffs and have been around for a while and everyone loves him in new york.  but yes the yanks do need pitching but they believe in a powerful offenses and not pitching as shown in the past.  but there are a lot of free agents on the list this year and i would not be suprised to see the yanks throw there money around like they do every year.
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A-Rod is still one of the best players in the major league.   His contribution on "physical stats) is still outweighing the distraction he has created.
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Yes, Alex Rodriguez actually proposed to Jeter last night and he said yes.  I heard it made Johnny Damon very upset though.
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Ok I will admit I am a Yankees fan but I will try and give you my unbiased opinion. Derek Jeter is slightly overrated but he is still a great player. For one his defense is very overrated he is an average at best defender who tends to make a few exceptional plays a year that stick in peoples minds. His hitting though, for a shortstop is exceptional. He is one of the best offensive shortstops to every play baseball. Not the best but top 10. So far in his first 11 seasons he has hit .314 with 1936 hits, 1159 runs, 169 home runs, 763 RBI's and 215 steals. If he was able to keep up his current pace for 6 more years (very reasonable he will only be 37 then) he will have 3172 hits, 1897 runs, 277 home runs, 506 doubles, 1249 RBI and 353 steals. \n\nThat would place him 15th on the all time hits list 12 hits behind Cal Ripken. That would be the third most hits ever by a shortstop. And 6 more years is just a conservative estimate. He would be only the fourth person to retire with 3000 hits 500 doubles 200 home runs and 300 steals with Paul Molitor, Willie Mays and Rickey Henderson.\n\nShortstop has never really been a power hitters position so his 20 home runs a year is pretty good. The last thing that builds Jeter's legacy is his winning. He came up at the start of the Yankees run, he has played in the playoffs every year of his career (minus his initial short callup) and in the playoffs he has hit .307 with a .379 OBP and a .463 SLG\n\nSo I guess I agree with some of your points, he is a sub-par fielder and if he had played on the Pirates and not made all those playoffs he wouldnt be as well known. But he would still be a hall of famer. His numbers are great so far and if he can stay healthy he should end up with some very impressive numbers. Another reason a lot of people love him is the intangibles. He is the Yankees captain, he hustles on every single play, he has kept his nose clean and not gotten into any trouble. He is basically the all american pretty boy and everyone loves that. Whether this is worth 20 million a year I dont know. I dont think he is worth that much on the field but his marketing value probably makes up the difference. I hope that answered your question.
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I am not a big fan of either of the two players, but I think that they are both some of the best players ever in baseball. No matter what they did or used in the past, they still have the ability to do what they did. Anyone can take steriods, few people can hit 700+ homeruns and Rose is the hit leader.
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This is in interesting question. I am 24, from south of Boston, and have been a Red Sox fan my whole life. Clearly I hate Jeter, but my initial thought was that Jeter is definitely better. After looking at the stats though, it is actually very close.\n\nHere's how it works. The only 2 common offensive stats that actually mean anything are on base percentage, and slugging percentage (and on base percentage is about 3 times more important). Other stats that are meaningful include number of strike outs per plate appearance and number of pitches seen per at bat. \n\nWith those stats, you can actually accurately predict how many runs a team will score in a season.\n\nWith that in mind, here's the breakdown.\nNomar's career OBP = .369\nJeter's career OBP = .387\nNomar's OBP this season = .429\nJeter's OBP this season = .426\nNomar's career SLG = .547\nJeter's career SLG = .462\nNomar's SLG this season = .621\nJeter's SLG this season = .477\n\nOver the course of his career, Nomar has struck out once every 9.98 at bats.\nOver the course of his career, Jeter has struck out once every 5.64 at bats.\n\nIt is a well known fact that Nomar frequently swings at the first pitch.\nIt is a well known fact that Jeter sees a high number of average pitches per at bat.\n\nAs for fielding stats, those are much harder to determine, but it has been proven that fielding abilities are much less responsible to overall contribution than offensive abilities. Still is should be noted that both players have about the same range and that Jeter has a higher fielding percentage than Nomar does. Nomar is now a 1st baseman though and is an above average defensive 1st baseman.\n\nSo, based on that breakdown\nJeter has a slight edge in OBP.\nNomar has a distinct advantage in SLG.\nJeter has a notable advantage in pitches seen per at bat.\nNomar has a notable advantage in ratio of strike outs per at bat.\nJeter has a slight defensive advantage at SS.\n\nWith all that said, it seems that the large difference in SLG may actually prove that Nomar is the better player...which very much surprises me to write. The numbers don't lie though.\n\nAgain, even though the whole world of baseball is in love with stats like batting average and number of saves and other circumstancial stats, those numbers are basically meaningless.
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I don't think it makes any difference.I don't think A.Rod is as good as they say but he still is good.The Yankees have all the money they could want so getting rid of him won't really make that much difference financially because money isn't an issue for them.At this point they couldn't get rid of him.No one would pay him that kind of money.
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Hit, hit with power, run, field and throw. The basics, yet few players fit this mold. Today, it would have to include Vlad Guerrero and Alex Rodriguez, although A-Rod isn't asked to throw a lot. The best ever five-tool player? Mays and Aaron, without question followed by Clemente.