Derek Jeter has a terrible VORP

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Newsday: Davidoff: Derek Jeter has a terrible VORP
Published 8 days ago at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Newsday: Davidoff: Derek Jeter has a terrible VORP “This is why I think all these newfangled stats are nothing but a bunch of garbage, invented by people who have too much time on their hands and a desperate need to prop up certain players while tearing down others."* (*from the engaging Davidoff the cuffers in the comments) M-Crash asked me this morning to check Derek Jeter’s VORP, so I did. Here is his ranking among shortstops (13th overall). Here is his overall ranking (tied for 124th with J.D. Drew). Of course, of course, it’s still early, and Jeter historically hits ...

Odds and Ends: Bay, Roberts, Cliff Lee
Published 7 days ago by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... that the D'Backs were close to acquiring Cliff Lee in a deal for Carlos Quentin this winter.  That would just be unfair, Lee as a part of that rotation.  Ken Davidoff notes that the Mets discussed Lee as well. ...