If we have to talk about one of the best shortstops in recent decades in the MLB, a good example is Derek Jeter. Batter of more than 3,000 hits in the majors, leader in the field of one of the best Yankee dynasties of recent times and respectable defender in the infield. The Hall of Famer today was a superstar without discussion.
For this reason, the game rewarded Jeter for his talent, making him one of the highest paid of his time. Not in vain, in the 20 years he was with the Yankees, he ended his time as a professional with a multimillion-dollar personal fortune as a result of salary income of at least 265 million dollars.
Such amount of money is due to the sum of his contracts every year with the Bronx Mulos.
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But that amount doesn’t include postseason bonuses with the Yankees — he won the World Series five times — and his bonus for being a first-round pick in the 1992 draft.
Now, what we can be sure of is that Jeter’s value today would be greater than that $265 million.
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A great contract for the Captain, of the same tenor as Francisco Lindor and the 341 million dollars for 10 years that the Mets gave him, would have been totally logical. He has the numbers, he has the quality and, above all, he has the winning ability on the field to deliver it to him.
