Update on Jeter Negotiations

updating a thread began here and elsewhere last week, sources indicate that the new york yankees derk jeter will be paid more than he is currently worth on performance alone — a nod towards evaluating him also for the value of his brand and leadership assets. the offer is expected to be for three years at somewhere between $15 million and $20 million per year. some are characterizing this as overpayment, since there are $5 million dollar shortshops with lesser names (namely marco scutaro) whose 2010 stats were remarkably similar to jeter’s. according to espn.com and others — scutaro batted .275 to jeter’s .270, hit 11 home runs to jeter’s 10, drove in 56 runs to jeter’s 67. he was outscored by jeter, 111-92, but struck out just 71 times to jeter’s 106, and grounded into nine fewer double plays (13-22). in fact, jeter’s numbers are not that much different from those of ian desmond, the washington nationals second-year shortstop who hit .269 with 10 home runs and 65 rbis and plays for the major league minimum salary of just over $400,000 a year.