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'Honesty hurts': GM told Derek Jeter that Troy Tulowitzki was better option in '10

Four years before hanging up the pinstripes for good, Derek Jeter reportedly was told by Brian Cashman exactly where he stood during testy contract negotiations with the New York Yankees general manager.

According to Sports Illustrated, Jeter, in the midst of talks after the 2010 season, asked Cashman whom he'd rather have playing shortstop for the Yankees.

Cashman's answer: Troy Tulowitzki, among others.

"Do you really want me to answer that?" Cashman told Jeter, according to SI. "We're not paying extra money for popularity. We're paying for performance."

Jeter was coming off a 2010 season in which he had 10 home runs, 67 RBIs and a then-career-low .270 batting average. Tulowitzki, meanwhile, was coming off another stellar season with the Colorado Rockies, belting 27 home runs with 95 RBIs and a .315 average.

Jeter, who was seeking a four- to six-year deal in the area of $22 million to $24 million a year, eventually signed a three-year, $51 million extension with the Yankees, with whom he retired after 20 seasons in 2014. Tulowitzki was traded to Toronto this season and has sparked the Blue Jays' run toward the top of the AL East standings, where they trail the Yankees by two games entering Thursday.

Cashman told the New York Daily News on Wednesday that he didn't provide any quotes from Jeter's negotiations to Sports Illustrated but that he "didn't confirm or deny" the report and didn't take issue with it. He confirmed that SI spent time with him but also that the magazine talked to others and "did a lot of homework."

And although Cashman said Jeter was the "greatest player I will have ever had," the general manager told the Daily News that he still has a job to do and has no problem answering players' questions "directly and honestly."

"Sometimes honesty hurts. But if you're being paid to do a job, do the job," Cashman told Sports Illustrated. "You have to honor the job description; if not, you're a fraud or stealing money. You can't fake your way doing this. You either do it or you don't."
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This kind of goes in line with my thinking of how we do contracts... The first contract is always great (CC, A-Rod, Jeter's 10 year deal in 2001), but when that contract runs up or has a Player Opt Out clause, and they use it, the 2nd contract ALWAYS bites us in the butt.
 
i have no problem with those comments. Tulo was obviously the better SS in 2010.

Cashman knew Jeter wasn't going anywhere & Jeter knew he was a Yankee for life
 
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If we win current percentages of Home & Road....

We'll get 14-15 Home Wins
9-10 Road Wins

That's good enough for 90-92 wins.



Where we'll need to pick up space / should pick up space is in the next 12 games (we play Cleveland, Houston, Atlanta & Boston)

Toronto plays (Angels, Texas, Detroit, Cleveland)
 
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At one point we were scoring runs like it was nobodies business. Now it's like we can barely score more then 2 runs a game.
 
Stephen Drew if you blow this :smh:

Edit: Seriously why do we continue to bat this guy.
 
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@Yankees: Joe Girardi announces that Michael Pineda to return Wednesday, #Yankees to use 6-man rotation.
 
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