Couldn’t you simply say Happy Birthday Captain and be done with it? These are issues that are not necessary for Jeter and the Yankees to address now. He will be resigned, he will be rewarded. He will not simply get a pay raise for onfield performance but he will get a raise simply for the fact he IS the icon of the New York Yankees and is one of the best Yankees both on field and off I can remember in my life time. With the amount of revenue he helps bring to Yankees just for showing up, he deserves a raise. Lord knows the Yankees have the money. Jeter will get his 3000th hit barring inury, he will get it in pinstripes and he will be honored in monument park before he is 50. The reason why they gave Posada that raise was because they felt he DESERVED a bump because of his past performance AND because they had no one else even remotely available to catch.

This diary borders on the idiotic. You admit that he’s “playing the best defense of [his] career”. He’s hitting this year at just about his career average for AVG, OBP, SLG and RC. He’s stolen 17 out of 18 bases this year, well on his way to a career high. For the first time in a while, he’s healthy. (If you don’t believe he was hurt the last couple of years, look at both his SB percentage as well as his SB attempts per PA; they were both way down in 2006 and 2007 but they’re better than ever this year.) Yet you want to put him out to the OF pasture and cut his salary. Go root for the sox, will ya’?

Jeter’s best days are behind him, and he’s already been well rewarded for his contributions to the 4 World Series titles … if you think he’s worth $22 million based on his production, you’re crazy.

Some people think Jeter is going to play forever and refuse to accept the reality of the situation. The Yankees should make sure Jeter never wears another uniform, but Jeter plays a part in that too.

And he won’t be a SS for much longer … this is his best defensive year EVER and he’s still only slightly above average, that’s saying something.

He has been paid handsomely for his tenure. It would be a smart idea to get this done this off season. Can you imagine what the 2010 season would be like if he was in his walk year? I think the idea of him moving to the outfield should at least be braoched. If the above cited HOFamers moved for the good of the team, could he do less? That would depend upon who the new SS would be. Definitely an “elephant in the room” scenario.
None of the outfielders on the current roster are mainstays. All nice players, but no locks. To my mind, Matsui is gone. Damon? Do you resign him? Swisher, Nady, Cabrera and Gardner, if any/all of them stay, fine, but there’s no O’Neill in that group.

i would cut his salary by at least half. man-crushes aside, he should be happy to get 8 mill a year for 3 more years. one of the greatest yankees of recent memory, but he isn’t that great anymore. so kill me for saying it (he’s not a stalwart for a softball team but a MLB player, there should be no loyalty). don’t tie up the yankee cash in players over 33. as hard as it might be to take, the yankees will still exist past jeter, posada and mo. let’s get some new guys who are good. all you crybabies who will inevitably yell at me don’t know anything about sports and getting the real best players. PS- brian cashman is awful and is the biggest factor holding the yankees back.