Yankees moving Jeter to 1B in 2011?

[Crazysilver03]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/10262008/sports/moresports/brewers_mull_deal_of_fielder_135325.htm


The Yankees need a first baseman but aren't likely to chase after Fielder for two reasons: He is a below average defender and they are going to need first base for Derek Jeter when he re-signs following the 2010 season.

This is the first I have seen of any such mention of the Yankees moving Jeter to 1B. Has anyone seen anything else?

[geschinger]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/10262008/sports/moresports/brewers_mull_deal_of_fielder_135325.htm



This is the first I have seen of any such mention of the Yankees moving Jeter to 1B. Has anyone seen anything else?

Sounds like speculation on the writers part. I don't buy it though, I can't see the Yankees locking up 1b with someone likely to be offensively challenged in 2011.

[waroriole]

Sounds like speculation on the writers part. I don't buy it though, I can't see the Yankees locking up 1b with someone likely to be offensively challenged in 2011.

I can if it's the "chosen one."

[24fps]

Sounds like speculation on the writers part. I don't buy it though, I can't see the Yankees locking up 1b with someone likely to be offensively challenged in 2011.

Gotta be speculation. Jeter doesn't have the range either.

[Moose Milligan]

Its nice to see Jeter have a slow, steady erosion of skills...he's been on the defensive slope for awhile now....

[Frobby]

The Yankees are kind of trapped by Jeter, I think. He's the symbol of modern Yankee greatness, and they won't be able to cast him aside even when cold-blooded logic says they should. In 2011 he'll be 37 and pretty much done, I expect. They'll still have to sign him to a pretty lucrative deal and will end up paying a ton of money for a guy who at that stage will be about as good as B.J. Surhoff was in his 2nd stint with the Orioles.

[TonySoprano]

Pride keeps them from doing the smart thing, having ARod and Jeter switch positions.