tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post115411378696172927..comments2008-12-09T13:57:32.312-05:00dakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02768386460112735397noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post-1154131539995471702006-07-28T20:05:00.000-04:002006-07-28T20:05:00.000-04:00Longtime reader Jeff makes a good point. HatGuy wrote:<BR/><BR/><B>If he [A-Rod] were making $10 million or even $15 million, the fans wouldn’t care. For the Yankees, that’s just a bit over the average paycheck. But he’s making $25 million, and if he’s going to make $7 million a year more than Jeter, he better be $7 million better than the most popular Yankee since Don Mattingly.</B><BR/><BR/>Jeff responds:<BR/><BR/>"The Yankees are paying Jeter $4 million a year, on average, more than<BR/>A-Rod. A-Rod is actually a decent deal for the Yankees."<BR/><BR/>That sounds about right to me. The Rangers covered 67 million of the 179 million dollars left on A-Rod's deal, leaving the Yankees to pay 112 million over 7 years. That comes out to an average annual value of 16 million. Jeter, meanwhile, signed a ludicrous 189 million dollar, 10 year deal in 2001. But the deal increases in value each year, so right about now he's making 20 million or so a year.<BR/><BR/><I>That's</I> an overpay.Juniorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08172624914735262408noreply@blogger.com