Headlines

  • Rockies Fire Bud Black
  • Cubs Promote Cade Horton
  • Rafael Devers Unwilling To Play First Base
  • Pirates Fire Manager Derek Shelton
  • Mariners Claim Leody Taveras
  • Rangers Hire Bret Boone As Hitting Coach
  • Previous
  • Next
Register
Login
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Pro Football Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Rumors

MLB Trade Rumors

  • Home
  • Teams
    • AL East
      • Baltimore Orioles
      • Boston Red Sox
      • New York Yankees
      • Tampa Bay Rays
      • Toronto Blue Jays
    • AL Central
      • Chicago White Sox
      • Cleveland Guardians
      • Detroit Tigers
      • Kansas City Royals
      • Minnesota Twins
    • AL West
      • Houston Astros
      • Los Angeles Angels
      • Oakland Athletics
      • Seattle Mariners
      • Texas Rangers
    • NL East
      • Atlanta Braves
      • Miami Marlins
      • New York Mets
      • Philadelphia Phillies
      • Washington Nationals
    • NL Central
      • Chicago Cubs
      • Cincinnati Reds
      • Milwaukee Brewers
      • Pittsburgh Pirates
      • St. Louis Cardinals
    • NL West
      • Arizona Diamondbacks
      • Colorado Rockies
      • Los Angeles Dodgers
      • San Diego Padres
      • San Francisco Giants
  • About
    • MLB Trade Rumors
    • Tim Dierkes
    • Writing team
    • Advertise
    • Archives
  • Contact
  • Tools
    • 2024-25 MLB Free Agent List
    • 2025-26 MLB Free Agent List
    • 2024-25 Top 50 MLB Free Agents With Predictions
    • Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2025
    • Free Agent Contest Leaderboard
    • Contract Tracker
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Agency Database
  • NBA/NFL/NHL
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors
  • App
  • Chats
Go To Pro Hockey Rumors
Go To Hoops Rumors

Sherman’s Latest: Rivera, Jeter, Mets

By Steve Adams | November 21, 2010 at 2:35pm CDT

Joel Sherman's latest column for the New York Post touches on some issues relevant to both New York teams. Let's take a look:

  • Sherman wonders why Derek Jeter's contract situation has garnered such overwhelming amounts of attention, while Mariano Rivera's has drawn significantly less. Sherman opines that Rivera may be the most irreplaceable pitcher in baseball over the past 15 years, and that his contract situation is equally important and deserving of attention.
  • The Mets know their flexibility is lacking this offseason, and may have as little as $3MM-$5MM to spend on free agency.
  • The Mets' managerial search will likely be over no later than Tuesday, according to Sherman.
  • Sherman expects the Mets to wait until later in the offseason (after January 1 perhaps) for free agent prices to drop. He says the Mets will try to sign a reliever, possibly two, and possibly an affordable second baseman and reclamation project starter.
Share 0 Retweet 0 Send via email0

New York Mets New York Yankees Derek Jeter Mariano Rivera

Regular Season Award Winners Cashing In
Main
Five Teams Interested In Wily Mo Pena
View Comments (38)
Post a Comment

38 Comments

  1. icedrake523

    14 years ago

    My guess is that $3-5M is just a BS number Sherman came up with.

    Reply
    • Infield Fly

      14 years ago

      Yeah, could be. Either way looks like they’re making a big drawn out show of the manager search ’cause they really have nothing else of consequence planned for the rest of the offseason.

      Reply
  2. Adam K

    14 years ago

    I did not read Sherman’s article, so this comment may be redundant, but it seems as if Jeter’s contract situation is getting attention because of the questions surrounding his abilities and the demands he is supposedly making. No one is really sure if he can continue to hit at his established level (especially given the year he had in 2010), and his defense has significantly regressed with age raising questions about his ability to play shortstop over the life of a multi-year deal. On the other hand, Mo is ageless. No one doubts that if he says he can pitch, he will be an elite closer. He still throws one of the two or three best pitches in the game, even in his early 40s. He is certainly irreplaceable and that why his contract is not getting attention. Its a given that the Yankees will sign him. They can’t afford not to.

    Reply
  3. Ian_Smell

    14 years ago

    You know who would be a good reclamation project? Kelvim Escobar.

    Reply
  4. twins33

    14 years ago

    I think Rivera has less attention on him because he doesn’t seem to be requesting +20 million (minimum) more than he’s actually worth. The three to four years is fine for Jeter, but he should be making 20-30 something total at most. The Yanks should set it at that and say take it or leave it. They are already bending over backwards at 3/45.

    Mariano doesn’t seem to have the high demands, though I think the only thing I’ve heard is the two years, nothing about money. They should concentrate on him, he seems to have less of an ego and isn’t demanding the moon. He certainly deserves it more than Derek “me, me, me” Jeter.

    Reply
  5. BoSoxSam

    14 years ago

    Mariano is still good, so he’s going to get a contract he deserves. Jeter is being paid for “intangibles”, not play. He was awful in 2010. That’s why Jeter’s contract situation is so much more interesting.

    Reply
  6. johnw

    14 years ago

    Jeter’s contract negotiations are garnering more attention because the expectations are outlandish. Its not like any other team is going to offer anything even remotely close to whatever the Yankees do. Make an offer, and if Jeter declines, give him Bernie Williams’ home phone number so they can commiserate on how they have been mistreated.

    Reply
  7. VanBlue

    14 years ago

    Rivera’s contract negotiations should be short and sweet. He is still an elite player and deserves everything he has gotten in a Yankees uniform

    Jeter is absolutely nothing like he used to be and he just got done a MASSIVE contract that he never really played up to….so if he is being offered an already huge contract for more than just several years….I am not sure how he turns it down

    Reply
    • JerseyJohn32190

      14 years ago

      Considering how much teams usually regret giving out 7+ year contracts by the end, I’d say Jeter lived up to his 10 year contract and then some.

      Reply
  8. MetsEventually

    14 years ago

    WOOF @ 5 million.

    Reply
  9. BobbyJohn

    14 years ago

    Jeter gets all the attention because he is already WAY overpaid relative to what he produces and he’s still asking for outrageous money. Three years and $45 million is at least twice what he could get on the open market.

    As to the comment that Rivera is maybe the most irreplaceable pitcher of the last 15 years, that is simply ridiculous. I don’t care how good and reliable a reliever is he is typically no more valuable than a league-average starter in terms of overall team success.

    Reply
  10. not_brooks

    14 years ago

    Another one of these? Seriously?

    Tim & Staff: Can’t you guys just ignore all of this Jeter/Rivera/Mets Manager BS until something actually happens?

    Reply
    • Alan J

      14 years ago

      They wont do this because much like with ESPN, talking about the Yankees and Red Sox stirs interest…or at least they think so.

      As long as some reporter…who claims to know somebody who says they are close to someone who is close to the situation..wants to put the name Jeter in their story, it will get printed.

      Reply
      • Slopeboy

        14 years ago

        You’re right on. Besides, today’s Sunday and Football rules, so they need something to stir interest. What better than Jeter & the Yanks?

        Reply
    • TDKnies

      14 years ago

      Nope, because people are still mad at Jeter and his agent for their “tactics” in negotiating thus far. :p

      Reply
  11. jdub220

    14 years ago

    “Sherman opines that Rivera may be the most irreplaceable pitcher in baseball over the past 15 years…”

    Even over Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens and Greg Maddux? I don’t think so.
    Most irreplaceable reliever? Sure, but not the most irreplaceable pitcher.

    Reply
    • MB923

      14 years ago

      Agree and I’m a Yankee fan.

      Reply
    • YanksFanSince78

      14 years ago

      I get what you’re saying but it’s so hard to fathom another Mariano. How many RP have had 6 years of a sub 2.00 ERA and a sub 1.00 whip? Or who’ve had 4 years where they IBB more than they’ve allowed HRS?

      Reply
      • MB923

        14 years ago

        Wow, what years were those, I had no idea of that

        Reply
      • MB923

        14 years ago

        Actually I just looked it up

        Matter of fact it’s 5 years where that happened, and 1 year he had the same amount

        Year- IBB/HR

        1996 – 3/1
        1997- 6/5
        1999 – 3/2
        2004- 3/3
        2006- 4/3
        2010- 3/2

        Reply
      • moonraker45

        14 years ago

        Moe is insane.. and he’ll go down in history as the most dominant relief pitcher in history..

        but those seasons you just listed are instances when he gave what 70 innings?? Johnson, Clemens, Maddux gave triple the work, they were clearly more irreplaceable just in terms of workload alone.

        Reply
    • TapDancingTeddy

      14 years ago

      I love Rivera, but you can’t even use him unless you’ve got a late lead. So I agree that starting pitching is more important than relief.Following that thinking you have to pick a starter over Rivera even though he’s been more consistently good than any starter over the length of his career.

      Reply
  12. TapDancingTeddy

    14 years ago

    I’m shocked at how many Yankee fans seem to be posting (here and elsewhere) angrily about Derek Jeter.

    He had an awful year, but there’s no reason to believe he’s done. The fact is that no one knows what his next three years will look like statistically, and it’s going to cost the Yankees a lot to find out.

    My feeling is that 3/45 may or may not work out for the Yanks, but if you’re going to overpay for someone at least do it for a player who has helped you win in the past. I’d only be upset if they were importing someone who was arguably over the hill.

    Reply
    • MB923

      14 years ago

      Well as I said people were saying he was done after 2008, and then he had one of the best years in 2009. I do not expect him to ever repeat that kind of year, but no one should be surprised if he bats .300 next year.

      Reply
      • TapDancingTeddy

        14 years ago

        I agree with you 100%. I may be a fool for thinking this, but I’m expecting a couple of years like 2008 from him before he’s done. If he makes two out of three like that, 3/45 is not overpaying by much when considering the jersey sales, etc.

        Reply
  13. eponine

    14 years ago

    i believe at the end of last season it was reported on ny sports radio that a source from the yankees said the public would never hear about contract negotiations with jeter. i interpreted that to mean that jeter would get whatever he wants. it’s a little surprising he’s only being offered 3 yrs. also, why is this being made public?

    the yankees never should have signed that huge arod deal. jeter probably looks at that and thinks he’s done more than arod for the yankees. i bet jeter was hoping for a 4 yr 100 million dollar deal.

    Reply
  14. qbass187

    14 years ago

    “Why” is the Jeter contract situation getting the most attention?
    Seriously guy? Uh, because Sherman and the rest of the NY sports “media” frauds won’t stop taking about IT!
    No one else on the planet gives a s%1t because it really is a forgone conclusion he’ll resign w/ NYY.
    What a clown; This is the biggest NON-story of the offseason and this doosh is wondering aloud “why” HE can’t stop talking about it…unbelieveable.
    STFU.

    Reply
    • Backup_Slider

      14 years ago

      Kick his a%s, qbass.

      Reply
  15. Matthew Costanzo

    14 years ago

    I realize the Yankees seemingly have a blank check ready for Cliff Lee, and for most players that they pursue. I love Derek Jeter, the year he came up was the first year I remember every watching baseball, it was also the year my father took me to my first Yankee game. Jeter may not have the range, or the power, and as last year’s stats might depict (which I believe to be an untimely fluke for him), the hitting ability, as some short stops of today, Jeter’s value to the Pinstripes and Yankee organization and fans cannot be measured by any dollar value. I disagree with how these negotiations seem to be proceeding (of course I only know as much as I can read from reporters). It is my belief that Jeter would take a substantial pay cut from the 15 million he’d be getting per year with the 3/45 they offered him if they were to give him let’s say, 5 years, with the 6th year as a mutual option. At this point in his career, I think he is looking for length of contract, not value. People automatically assume his contract proposal was turn down due to the salary. While that may be true, I certainly do not know, however, I think it was turned down more so because of the limited number of years he is guaranteed to be in the Yankee uniform, and furthermore, playing in general. Give him a contract for 5 years, make it 55 – 60 million dollars with incentives for every milestone he is sure to pass. I think Jeter has the wherewithal to know when his productive days are over and is not interested in hurting the Yankees or putting them in any hole. Figure he has 2 – 3 years left as SS, if that, he can slide over to the DH spot for his remaining years in Pinstripes. I realize the Yankees treat him like a prodigy, but for the past 10+ years, that’s what he has meant to us as fans. I think he’d be willing to take a little less, knowing we are pushing hard to sign for Cliff Lee and that contract is going to be worth a pretty penny. But, then again, who knows. I just don’t want to see this turning into another Bernie Williams Incident where in 3 years he gets invited to Spring Training.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Please login to leave a reply.

Log in Register

ad: 300x250_1_MLB

  • Top Stories
  • Recent

Rockies Fire Bud Black

Cubs Promote Cade Horton

Rafael Devers Unwilling To Play First Base

Pirates Fire Manager Derek Shelton

Mariners Claim Leody Taveras

Rangers Hire Bret Boone As Hitting Coach

A.J. Minter To Undergo Season-Ending Lat Surgery

Blue Jays Sign Spencer Turnbull

Blue Jays Sign José Ureña

Ross Stripling Retires

Rangers Place Leody Taveras On Outright Waivers

Triston Casas Likely To Miss Entire 2025 Season Due To Knee Surgery

Orioles Recall Coby Mayo

Dodgers Recall Hyeseong Kim

Triston Casas Suffers “Significant Knee Injury”

Angels Place Mike Trout On 10-Day Injured List

Rangers Option Jake Burger

Tigers Designate Kenta Maeda For Assignment

Reds Option Alexis Diaz

Orioles Move Charlie Morton To Bullpen

Marcus Stroman Has Setback In Rehab From Knee Inflammation

MLBTR Chat Transcript

Rockies Fire Bud Black

Latest On Blake Snell

Cubs Sign Tommy Romero To Minor League Deal

Orioles Activate Zach Eflin

Jose Altuve Exits Due To Hamstring Tightness

Rockies Select Ryan Rolison, Transfer Kris Bryant To 60-Day IL

Giants Notes: Hicks, Encarnacion, First Base

Mets Among Teams To Show Recent Interest In Luis Robert Jr.

ad: 300x250_5_side_mlb

MLBTR Newsletter - Hot stove highlights in your inbox, five days a week

Latest Rumors & News

Latest Rumors & News

  • 2024-25 Top 50 MLB Free Agents With Predictions
  • Nolan Arenado Rumors
  • Dylan Cease Rumors
  • Luis Robert Rumors
  • Marcus Stroman Rumors

 

Trade Rumors App for iOS and Android

MLBTR Features

MLBTR Features

  • Remove Ads, Support Our Writers
  • Front Office Originals
  • Front Office Fantasy Baseball
  • MLBTR Podcast
  • 2024-25 Offseason Outlook Series
  • 2025 Arbitration Projections
  • 2024-25 MLB Free Agent List
  • 2025-26 MLB Free Agent List
  • Contract Tracker
  • Transaction Tracker
  • Extension Tracker
  • Agency Database
  • MLBTR On Twitter
  • MLBTR On Facebook
  • Team Facebook Pages
  • How To Set Up Notifications For Breaking News
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Pro Football Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Rumors

Rumors By Team

  • Angels Rumors
  • Astros Rumors
  • Athletics Rumors
  • Blue Jays Rumors
  • Braves Rumors
  • Brewers Rumors
  • Cardinals Rumors
  • Cubs Rumors
  • Diamondbacks Rumors
  • Dodgers Rumors
  • Giants Rumors
  • Guardians Rumors
  • Mariners Rumors
  • Marlins Rumors
  • Mets Rumors
  • Nationals Rumors
  • Orioles Rumors
  • Padres Rumors
  • Phillies Rumors
  • Pirates Rumors
  • Rangers Rumors
  • Rays Rumors
  • Red Sox Rumors
  • Reds Rumors
  • Rockies Rumors
  • Royals Rumors
  • Tigers Rumors
  • Twins Rumors
  • White Sox Rumors
  • Yankees Rumors

ad: 160x600_MLB

Navigation

  • Sitemap
  • Archives
  • RSS/Twitter Feeds By Team

MLBTR INFO

  • Advertise
  • About
  • Commenting Policy
  • Privacy Policy

Connect

  • Contact Us
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • RSS Feed

MLB Trade Rumors is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, MLB or MLB.com

hide arrows scroll to top

Register

Desktop Version | Switch To Mobile Version