2010 Cashman told Jeter he would rather have Tulo at SS

[poprocksncoke]

lol

In 2010 Brian Cashman told Derek Jeter that he’d rather have Troy Tulowitzki playing shortstop | HardballTalk

 

[navamind]

Not sure why people are getting up in arms about it. Tulo was obviously better.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

it wasn't even just Tulo...Cashman said he was prepared to run off a list of several other players but he thought he had made his point by naming just one.

 

[Rock Strongo]

 

[Villain]

So Cashman is not an idiot?

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

So Cashman is not an idiot?

Nah, just spineless

 

[Cyder]

So Cashman would rather have a guy with all the promise in the world with a rookie contract than a guy in his mid thirties? Shocking!

 

[Villain]

Nah, just spineless

Do you think he has that much say? I feel like ownership would've never allowed that.

 

[broncosmitty]

Would anyone have wanted Jeter over Tulo at that point?

If Cashman had said Jhonny Peralta itd seem like a stronger statement.

 

[navamind]

It'd be one thing if this had been prior to their 2010 seasons, where Jeter was coming off a season that compared very well to Tulo's. But Jeter was coming off a season with a 90 OPS+ and rated as a below average defender. Tulo finished in the top 10 in the NL in WAR despite missing nearly 40 games.