Is Jeter Washed Up?

festeringZit · May 4, 2011

It isn’t just that Derek Jeter is hitting .250. It isn’t just that he has two extra-base hits (both doubles) this year. It isn’t just that he’s coming off by far the worst year of his career.

Look at the breakdown of Derek Jeter’s 26 hits this year:

Infield singles: 11
Ground balls through left side: 2 (one a double)
Ground balls up middle: 4
Ground balls through right side: 3 (one a double)
Looper to right field: 2
Line drives: 4

We’re only talking about 116 plate appearances, and as Jeter says, a couple of four-hit games and he’s right back in it. But look at that collection of hits. Almost half of Derek Jeter’s all-too-rare hits were infield singles. Only six of the 26 were hit in the air.

http://joeposnanski.si.com/2011/05/03/the-captain-and-denial/?xid=cnnbin&hpt=Sbin

festeringZit · May 4, 2011

Jeter is one of the few Yankees (in 40 years) that I like/respect.

Dude · May 4, 2011

He's got to much Minka on his mind..She must be wearing him out..

Bryan24K · May 4, 2011

Media is blowing it up. He's not washed up, but also isn't the player he used to be. Middle of the pack ss right now.

stale · May 4, 2011

paftraft · May 4, 2011

If this is a big enough sample so that Jeter will continue at his current pace it may even be worse than when Pete Rose was going for 4,000 hits batting .264 with an anemic Slg. Pct. of .319. I think Jeter's slugging avg currently is .269 thats as bad as it gets!

hockey8799 · May 4, 2011

wait till next year he will be a .245 hitter..hes done

ToddInVegas · May 4, 2011

Tough to watch him struggle at the plate. If it was anyone else he would be moved to the bottom of the order but Girardi cant do that yet. If he's still hitting .250 at the all-star break I think he's gotta be moved.

With that line-up they can hide him a bit but they need some production from him. What concerns me more than his bat is where you put him in the field. He cant play short much longer, cant move him to 3rd or 1st. He's not hitting well enough to DH and I cant see him bumping Gardner in left field

I think they're stuck with him at short hitting .260 for the remaining 2.5 years of his contract

hockey8799 · May 4, 2011

gave him alot of money for a few more yrs....

festeringZit · May 4, 2011

His buddy Posada batting .160 ouch

taylor13 · May 4, 2011

That's what happens when you get old and don't do steroids....good thing his uniform still sells

barman · May 4, 2011

Jeter absolutely the starting SS on my soon to be announced Most Overpaid Players By Position roster

bigbet1234 · May 4, 2011

Done:>(

paftraft · May 5, 2011

2011 final stats: 245-265 range, 0-5 HR's, 35-55 RBI's

kidman232 · May 8, 2011

jeter now has the 2nd highest average of any yankee everyday hitter for the season

Betallsports · May 8, 2011

4 for 4 today with 2 Homers rxb@ll

bucsfan67 · May 8, 2011

Bryan24K said:
Media is blowing it up. He's not washed up, but also isn't the player he used to be. Middle of the pack ss right now.

agree, and he's the face of the franchise, so they can live with avg. numbers for awhile...its not like he's 0 for 30 or something........

billhill999 · May 8, 2011

He'll wind up .280 or better.
He looked 25 years ago again today, he had a solid road trip.

I wish Zit would do more of these Yankee hating threads.
Last year in in the beginning of May he did a Teixeria thread, and he wound up almost winning the MVP.

JoeFalls · May 9, 2011

he's too old to play in cold weather?

barman · May 9, 2011

THE CAPTAIN HIT TWO BOMBS!!!!!

reminds me of 2006-2007 here when aspiring young RF John Gomes would hit a couple HRs each month, make a couple of diving catches in the outfield (due to being stocky & slow) and punch out some third string Yankee infielder in a spring training brawl - leading many locals to rave about what a Hard Worker he was and boy we could sure use a couple more guys like him and oh yeah by early 2008 his career BA was .206.

(to his credit, the young lad burped out one pretty solid season with the Reds in 2010 to score a pretty nice phat extended contract, by George, but now back to being a sub .200 hitter and single handedly quashing Reds offensive rallies day after day with a big sweeping swinging KO)

Water usually finds it's proper level, especially when it's old water trying to compete with younger, faster, stronger water.

File THAT one for your Axioms of the Year contest

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