Jeter's value "can't be overstated" because he "embodies the heart of a champion."

[Kuzzy Powers]

Sources tell Wallace Matthews of ESPNNewYork.com that the Yankees are expected to offer Derek Jeter a three-year contract in the range of $45-60 million.
"The Yankees are going to overpay him," said a source with intimate knowledge of the talks told Matthews. "The question is, how much are they going to overpay him?" If we're going solely on production, quite a lot at this point. But with a player like Jeter, his value in New York goes beyond statistics. According to two sources, no other team has shown interest in Jeter or called the shortstop's agent, an indication that it's a foregone conclusion a deal will eventually be worked out.

[Chrispy]

I have no doubt in my mind he will resign, its just for how much and how many years

[Mogriffjr]

Jeter wins gold glove today........




























LOL.

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Jeter's agent still bringing the lulz:

"There's a reason the Yankees themselves have stated Derek Jeter is their modern-day Babe Ruth," said Jeter's agent, Casey Close, according to the New York Daily News.

"Derek's significance to the team is much more than just stats. And yet, the Yankees' negotiating strategy remains baffling."

Jeter became a free agent for the first time in his career when his 10 year, $189 million contract expired at the end of the 2010 season.

"They continue to argue their points in the press and refuse to acknowledge Derek's total contribution to their franchise," Close added, according to the report.

The Yankees have reportedly made Jeter an offer for three years and $45 million. But Jeter is seeking a deal lasting at least four years and preferably longer, a source told ESPNNewYork.com's Wallace Matthews last week.

Pretty sure Babe Ruth never slugged .370 in a season or played (below average) short stop.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Jeter isnt going anywhere, the Yankees are right to call his bluff. Nobody is going to pay Jeter more than the Yankees will, and he knows this. I don't blame him for trying to get more years, but it isnt going to happen.

On MLB Network, Verducci said an unnamed Yankees source told him (i'm paraphrasing):

"Let's be realistic. Where is Jeter gonna go? Cincinnati? Then let him go."

Jeter isn't picking up and moving to some other city at this stage of his career, plus he's a savvy guy who understands his legacy....not to mention earning potential until the day he dies as a prime NYC celebrity/sports icon.

[Chrispy]

full version:

But Jeter, the source said, wants at least a four-year deal, preferably five or six. According to the source, there is at least one voice inside the Yankees' hierarchy urging the front office to play hard ball with Jeter.

"Tell him the deal is three years at $15 million a year, take it or leave it," the person taking the hard-line approach said. "Wait him out and he'll wind up taking it. Where's he gonna go, Cincinnati?"

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Jeter isnt going anywhere, the Yankees are right to call his bluff. Nobody is going to pay Jeter more than the Yankees will, and he knows this. I don't blame him for trying to get more years, but it isnt going to happen.

On MLB Network, Verducci said an unnamed Yankees source told him (i'm paraphrasing):

"Let's be realistic. Where is Jeter gonna go? Cincinnati? Then let him go."

Jeter isn't picking up and moving to some other city at this stage of his career, plus he's a savvy guy who understands his legacy....not to mention earning potential until the day he dies as a prime NYC celebrity/sports icon.

Pretty much.

[EmpireWF]

They'll eventually come to terms on a 3-year or a 3-year with a 4th year option for about $18 mil a year and Jeter will continue having very good offensive years while claiming GGs.

[Warner2BruceTD]

"We understand his contributions to the franchise and our offer has taken them into account. We've encouraged him to test the market and see if there's something he would prefer other than this. If he can, fine. That's the way it works."

-Brian Cashman

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/11/cashman-encourages-jeter-to-test-the-market.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MlbTradeRumors+%28MLB+Trade+Rumors%29

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Yep, Yankees poker facing Jeter like crazy right now. Really, Jeter would be crazy to play anywhere else, and everyone knows it.

[Bigpapa42]

This situation alone is making baseball free agency fun this year. I truly hope that the Yankees don't capitulate on this. Jeter isn't about to sit out the year. I'm really curious how he would react if they started looking around at other shortstops...

[Kuzzy Powers]

Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Derek Jeter "chooses not" to be a Yankee.
When asked about Jeter and the negotiating process, Cashman said: "He should be nothing but a New York Yankee. He chooses not to be." Cashman told Newsday's Ken Davidoff that the Yankees have offered multiple deals and received just one counter offer. The Yankees have already offered a three-year, $45 million contract, but agent Casey Close didn't like the proposal and said the Yankees' negotiating strategy has been "baffling." Cashman said Tuesday that Jeter "should test the market" if he doesn't approve of the club's offer. These negotiations are quickly getting ugly. Buckle up.

Haha.. I love it.

[kmanharris]

Haha.. I love it.

I am all for Jeter ending his career as a Yankee but he will not get a better offer from another team, its not going to happen. This reeks 100% of Jeter's agent. I just don't see Jeter doing this on his own.

[Chrispy]

lol @ baffling, go try to field another offer from another team and see what they give Jeter, his agent should just shut the fuck up and accept the deal. Im glad the yankees are playing hardball, i would love for Jeter to stay a yankee but if he does leave its not the end of the world.

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http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2010/11/26/2010-11-26_jeters_price_is_high____it_is_far.html?r=sports%2Fbaseball%2Fyankees&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nydnrss%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2Fyankees+%28Sports%2FBaseball%2FYankees%29

Turns out when Hal Steinbrenner said these Yankees-Derek Jeter negotiations might get "messy" he wasn't merely posturing. But did anyone really believe they'd get this messy?

Some day, somehow Jeter and the Yankees are going to tie the knot again, if only because it would be suicidal on both their parts not to. But right now they're at least $80 million apart, probably more, and neither side is budging. If you ask me, the Yankees shouldn't have to budge off their reported three-year, $45 million offer to their iconic team captain for a lot of reasons. The problem is, in taking the justifiably hard line they have, telling Jeter to go shop their offer to see if anyone else is inclined to even come close to matching it, much less topping it, they've now painted him into a corner from which it will be hard to get out of and still save public face.

Better they should have just told the world how greedy and unreasonable Jeter and his agent, Casey Close, are being in this negotiation. To do that, however, apparently would have been to betray an agreement the two sides made going in - which was not to negotiate in the media or reveal each other's positions. The reason the Yankees' offer is out there is because whenever a club makes an offer to a free agent it becomes common knowledge in the central offices of baseball and throughout the industry. On the other hand, the players' and agents' asking prices never get revealed unless they themselves let them be known.

Throughout this process, Close and Jeter have never revealed what they're actually looking for - which is why so many Yankee fans, opposing club officials and nationwide media types are asking: Why are the Yankees treating Jeter this way? But sources close to the Jeter/Close camp have said their starting point was six years, $150 million and that they aren't budging on $25 million per year - which would effectively get the captain about even in annual average salary to Alex Rodriguez, the real benchmark from their standpoint in this negotiation.

I suspect this is why Yankee GM Brian Cashman lashed out the way he did the other day after Close told the Daily News' Mike Lupica he was "baffled" by the Yankees' hard-line stance with Jeter.

Cashman is clearly frustrated. The Yankees made no secret of where they were coming from in this negotiation - that it was a baseball negotiation, a business negotiation, and not a public relations and marketing negotiation. Just the same, they structured their offer to be significantly higher in both years and dollars than any 36-year-old shortstop, coming off a season in which he hit a career-low .270 and his OPS dropped 161 points to .710, also a career low, could expect in the open market. They did that because, as everyone knows, Jeter is not just any shortstop. He is an iconic Yankee shortstop, and, as such, the Yankees are prepared to pay him upwards of $2 million more than any middle infielder in baseball today for the next three years. Add the $45 million to the $200 million they've already paid him and, at nearly $250 million, Jeter will have been paid more than any other player in the history of baseball except A-Rod and (when he gets his next deal) Albert Pujols.