Chris CrockettWho Provided Most Value During Contract...Man-Ram Or Jeter?
April 29th 2010 13:15
Great piece by Bill Shaikin of the LA Times stating the case that out of all the huge money deals signed in baseball over the past 10 years or so, Manny Ramirez & Derek Jeter provided the most value. Check out some excerpts below.....
We don't have to look hard to find $1 billion worth of "Can we have a do-over?" contracts, all signed with the best of intentions: Todd Helton ($142 million), Alfonso Soriano ($136 million), Vernon Wells ($126 million), Barry Zito ($126 million), Mike Hampton ($121 million), Jason Giambi ($120 million), Carlos Beltran ($119 million) and Ken Griffey Jr. ($117 million).
Total World Series championship rings: zero.
Alex Rodriguez signed with the Texas Rangers for $252 million. Rodriguez lasted three years there. He led the American League in home runs every year, albeit with chemical assistance, and won a most-valuable-player award. The Rangers finished last every year, with declining attendance, and they could not sell stadium naming rights, even with that star power.
***Jeter signed with the Yankees for $189 million. He has not led the league in anything since then, except for plate appearances. He has played in all but two All-Star games since then, with four top-10 finishes in MVP voting.
The Yankees have won the World Series once since Jeter signed that contract, although they won four times with him before then and 22 times without him.
***The Red Sox won twice with Ramirez, after nearly a century of failure. He made the All-Star team in each of his eight years in Boston, with five top-10 MVP finishes.
Boston Red Sox signed him for $160 million.
Ramirez has the most home runs in postseason history, Jeter the most hits.
Total World Series championship rings: zero.
Alex Rodriguez signed with the Texas Rangers for $252 million. Rodriguez lasted three years there. He led the American League in home runs every year, albeit with chemical assistance, and won a most-valuable-player award. The Rangers finished last every year, with declining attendance, and they could not sell stadium naming rights, even with that star power.
***Jeter signed with the Yankees for $189 million. He has not led the league in anything since then, except for plate appearances. He has played in all but two All-Star games since then, with four top-10 finishes in MVP voting.
The Yankees have won the World Series once since Jeter signed that contract, although they won four times with him before then and 22 times without him.
***The Red Sox won twice with Ramirez, after nearly a century of failure. He made the All-Star team in each of his eight years in Boston, with five top-10 MVP finishes.
Boston Red Sox signed him for $160 million.
Ramirez has the most home runs in postseason history, Jeter the most hits.
Now, let me break the proverbial tie for the 'most bang for your buck' contract issue that Shaikin draws between Man-Ram & DJ in this article. It just wouldn't be fair if I didn't get to weigh in here... I love this shit. Not to mention, it's such an easy 'tie' for me to break.
Derek Jeter wins here in a landslide. When you're paying someone the amount of money that is mentioned in all of the above cases, there is so much that is expected out of the player. Number one, you must produce statistically. You also must provide leadership through thick and thin, bust your ass every day to set an example with your work ethic and do everything in your power to lead your team to victory, while being the 'face' of the franchise on and off the field. Manny Ramirez gave the Boston Red Sox the statistics & by all accounts he worked his ass off in the cage. Nothing else. He wanted to be traded after his first year here and then sold the fans on his whole 'Manny being Manny' BS and most of you ate it all up. Derek Jeter is the consummate professional and provides ALL of the above mentioned qualities. Yeah, go ahead give me some shit about my bromance with DJ and how I once wore his jersey on the Emmy Award Winning, TCFB Show. I don't care. No problemo! He's the winner of this little contest by far.
Chuck
~TCFB~
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Comment by Joe Soriano
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Jeter is also a great player skill wise.