He is bad at defense. I don't know which "dumb" stat you are referring to, whether it's dWAR, or Range Factor, or UZR, or any case, literally every analytical stats that's available says Jeter is bad at defense. Out of every other shortstops that had tenure with the Yankees organization, Fred Stanley has the lowest Range Factor, of 4.60, while Phil Rizzuto is at 5.13. Derek Jeter's best season is 4.52, and for majority of his career he is below 4.0, which is HORRIBLE for a shortstop. Derek Jeter's career dWAR is -9.4. His fangraphs defensive war is -19.8. His DRS (defensive runs saved above average) is -162 and UZR is -66.1. You can try to find any reputable analyst or reporters who can defend Jeter's defense. You'll find none. Literally every reputable people in baseball will tell you that Jeter was terrible at defense, without using stats. Cashman before the 08 season sat down with Jeter and told him that he needs to work on his defense, because he has no lateral range. No one had the balls to tell him before then, and Jeter himself said he didn't know he was that bad. After the meeting, he did go through training, and actually improved ALOT (still below average but got a lot better). That "dumb" stat you're referring to says Ozzie Smith is the best defensive SS ever, which is accurate. Also says Andrelton Simmons was the best defensive SS of the last decade, which is also accurate. Literally every play in this video is a routine play for any everyday shortstop. It's actually comical that you can come to the conclusion that Jeter is good at defense by watching this clip. Derek Jeter is an all-time great. He doesn't need people like you to smother his ass to make it seem like he was Jesus Christ. He was a terrible defender, but one of the very best offensive guy at his position in the history of this sport. There's nothing wrong with that.
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My favorite Yankee and ball player of all time.
I wish Jeter would play for the Yankees again I miss him a lot he is the greatest Captain ever.
Um those were the best? Most were routine plays and hit right to him. This has got to be a parody.
Yeah they were the best lol he sucked in the field. Great hitter tho.
Chien Ming Wang what a outstanding player😢
Haha imagine saying this guy is bad at defense bc of some dumb stat. People make me laugh.
a dumb stat that read only tracked when he was already a 32 year old. So it's from 32-40. kinda cherry-picked from the get-go.
06 team should have demolished Detroit in the DS.
He is bad at defense.
I don't know which "dumb" stat you are referring to, whether it's dWAR, or Range Factor, or UZR, or any case, literally every analytical stats that's available says Jeter is bad at defense. Out of every other shortstops that had tenure with the Yankees organization, Fred Stanley has the lowest Range Factor, of 4.60, while Phil Rizzuto is at 5.13. Derek Jeter's best season is 4.52, and for majority of his career he is below 4.0, which is HORRIBLE for a shortstop. Derek Jeter's career dWAR is -9.4. His fangraphs defensive war is -19.8. His DRS (defensive runs saved above average) is -162 and UZR is -66.1.
You can try to find any reputable analyst or reporters who can defend Jeter's defense. You'll find none. Literally every reputable people in baseball will tell you that Jeter was terrible at defense, without using stats. Cashman before the 08 season sat down with Jeter and told him that he needs to work on his defense, because he has no lateral range. No one had the balls to tell him before then, and Jeter himself said he didn't know he was that bad. After the meeting, he did go through training, and actually improved ALOT (still below average but got a lot better).
That "dumb" stat you're referring to says Ozzie Smith is the best defensive SS ever, which is accurate. Also says Andrelton Simmons was the best defensive SS of the last decade, which is also accurate.
Literally every play in this video is a routine play for any everyday shortstop. It's actually comical that you can come to the conclusion that Jeter is good at defense by watching this clip.
Derek Jeter is an all-time great. He doesn't need people like you to smother his ass to make it seem like he was Jesus Christ. He was a terrible defender, but one of the very best offensive guy at his position in the history of this sport. There's nothing wrong with that.
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-8.1 defensive WAR, and 254 career errors, so no, he was legitimately the worst defensive shortstop of his era
Correction: -9.4 dWAR