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Originally Posted by TheKilo
Lugo, in the second half of last season, put up these numbers:
.280/.322/.406/.728
Those numbers are more than serviceable, and more in line with his career statistics:
.271/.333/.395/.728
Taking defensive statistics into account, Lugo at $9mm is certainly a comparable value to Jeter at $20mm. Don't try to fool yourself.
You really think Jeter is worth $20mm?
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Yes. Why? Cause it aint my money. I never cared about salary, and unless their is a cap, I never will. I hate Cashman whining about the Yankees payroll. Go manage the Pirates.
Jeter is worth what anyone is willing to pay him. Baseball players, comparitively speaking, don't make what they deserve in the beginning, and then are overpaid later on in their careers. Say what you want about Wang and Cano, but those two guys last year carried the Yankees at points and made less than Arod's personal strippers.
My team isn't under a salary cap. Neither is yours. The only time I care about salary is if it gets in the way of getting other guys. That's it.
To weigh in on this argument, Jeter was, and is, a better value than Lugo. He's a fan favorite, i.e., he puts butts in the seats, he brings to the team in marketing probably twice his salary in a year, and he outperforms Lugo in pretty much every facet of the game. No comparison.