We’re now a couple weeks into Derek Jeter’s first-ever voyage into free agency. He isn’t, of course, your typical free agent, as he isn’t particularly interested in signing on with another team, but he also isn’t Yankees property for the first time in his career, and from the sounds of things, he and the Yankees remain pretty far apart in contract negotiations.
Derek Jeter Wants More Years Than Yankees Are Willing To Give
The Yankees would love to get Jeter signed to a three-year contract. The 36 year old is coming off the worst season of his life, but he is just a year removed from batting .334 in 2009. However, Jeter doesn’t want to sign something so short, with one source saying that he’s set the minimum at four years, with a preference for five or six. Jeter wants to sign the last contract of his life, and he evidently doesn’t feel like he’s three years away from retirement.
Naturally, this is how negotiations always start, and eventually you have to figure that one side will budge. The longer this goes on, though, the more damaging it could be to the player-team relationship, as neither side wants to feel disrespected.
The Derek Jeter/Yankees situation is not one that looks like it’s going to resolve itself easily. Stay tuned.
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