I've never said WAR is the be-all-end-all tool.
I'm very stingy on who belongs in the HOF. I'm not changing my criteria over Jeter. I don't think Schilling belongs, either, so it's not a Yankee thing.
I'm also very stingy on those that get in just because they played 20 years of better than mediocre ball.
I think Jeter's defense was so bad, it lowered his overall value to pint where he's close, but I'd vote no. Maybe by his last chance ballot I might change my mind.
I like WAR. I use WAR, at times but not often. I think it has flaws, and maybe this case highlights one of them.
Jeter was a horrible fielder for more than half his career. He played a position where defense is extremely important. Maybe I over value SS defense, and I'm dead wrong, but it's who I am. I would not vote for Jeter on the first ballot and probably every one until maybe his last year on the ballot.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?