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Jeter struggled early on last season. His arm is very strong. With the exception of the first few weeks last year, he is accurate. He turns the double play well. He is possibly the best shortstop in the game when it comes to balls in the air. His range is possibly the worst of any regular shortstop in the game.

What keeps people from realizing his overall sub-average play is that when he gets to the ball, you are usually out. When a player like Knoblauch or Steve Sax made errors, it was throwing errors. When you boot the ball, people remember that. However, when you just don't get to it, people don't realize it. The infield, the play is over before most fans know it. It's not like the outfield, when you can actually easily see a bad route to the ball. Most fans don't realize that Melky Cabrera actually takes very bad routes to the ball. Compared to Bernie Williams, he looks good, and ask anyone about Melky, and they tell you he has a great arm. That's because you see his throws, not his routes, unless you are lucky to get to see a lot of games in person.

Just agree that Jeter is a poor fielder, and let the argument die. There isn't a Sox fan here who wouldn't want Jeter on his team instead of Lugo. That's like saying we'd rather have Giambi than Ortiz. I mean, Giambi can still somewhat play first base.

Silly, stupid thread.