Derek Jeter: do Yankees miss his bat?

Derek Jeter had his last good season as a batter in 2012 at age 38: 114 OPS+, led American Conference in Hits, AB, PA.

2012 and career:
BA .316    .310
OBP .362    .377
SLG .429    440
OPS .791    817

Jeter retired after the 2014 season; career OPS+ 115. Jeter had been the starting shortstop for the Yankees since 1996. He had 3,465 hits.

So far in 2016 Yankee shortstop Didi Gregorius is having his best season at the plate: OPS+ 105, career 92. He has 381 career hits.

2016 and career:
BA .295    .261
OBP .323    .317
SLG .456    .385
OPS .780    .702

OK, even the best of Gregorius is not as good as Jeter at 38 but Gregorius is doing much better than most expected when he was acquired:

• December 5, 2014: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the New York Yankees. The New York Yankees sent Shane Greene to the Detroit Tigers. The Detroit Tigers sent Domingo Leyba (minors) and Robbie Ray to theArizona Diamondbacks.

The Yankees traded starting pitcher Shane Greene. In two seasons with Detroit Greene has thrown 114 innings, ERA+ 64. I've been very critical of Yankee general manager Brian Cashman but that trade has worked very well for the Yankees. Chalk one up for Cashman.

However, for some perspective, Gregorius even at his best is number 16 of 27 shortstops in 2016, 17 of whom have at least as many home runs.

Rk	Player	OPS+	HR	Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Manny Machado	148	19	2016	23	BAL	AL	80	362	330	60	106	29	0	53	29	8	64	2	0	1	6	0	3	.321	.378	.582	.960	*65
2	Aledmys Diaz	142	12	2016	25	STL	NL	78	319	282	55	90	22	2	44	27	5	42	4	2	4	5	3	2	.319	.382	.539	.921	*6/H4
3	Corey Seager	139	17	2016	22	LAD	NL	87	376	341	59	102	22	3	41	32	4	73	1	0	2	7	1	3	.299	.359	.531	.890	*6/H
4	Xander Bogaerts	127	9	2016	23	BOS	AL	82	382	346	64	115	22	0	52	33	0	56	2	0	1	7	11	2	.332	.393	.474	.867	*6
5	Eduardo Nunez	120	11	2016	29	MIN	AL	76	326	305	44	98	15	1	37	12	0	41	3	2	4	5	20	5	.321	.349	.485	.834	*65/H4D
6	Carlos Correa	120	13	2016	21	HOU	AL	82	362	313	42	82	17	3	52	44	1	81	4	0	1	6	8	3	.262	.359	.460	.819	*6/H
7	Zack Cozart	114	14	2016	30	CIN	NL	77	323	295	49	80	22	1	38	22	3	44	2	0	4	6	2	1	.271	.322	.495	.817	*6/H
8	Jonathan Villar	113	6	2016	25	MIL	NL	81	356	306	42	90	19	1	30	43	2	96	1	3	3	4	28	9	.294	.380	.422	.801	*6/H
9	Trevor Story	112	21	2016	23	COL	NL	78	341	307	50	80	18	4	55	29	2	109	3	1	1	3	5	3	.261	.329	.550	.880	*6/H
10	Danny Espinosa	110	18	2016	29	WSN	NL	85	320	273	41	66	8	0	49	28	9	76	13	3	3	1	4	0	.242	.338	.469	.806	*6/H
11	Marcus Semien	107	18	2016	25	OAK	AL	86	324	296	41	71	11	2	44	27	1	75	0	0	1	3	5	1	.240	.302	.473	.775	*6
12	Brandon Crawford	107	8	2016	29	SFG	NL	84	334	292	35	79	13	4	55	33	7	61	3	0	6	7	3	0	.271	.344	.425	.769	*6
13	Troy Tulowitzki	107	15	2016	31	TOR	AL	63	266	234	27	56	8	0	43	26	1	61	3	0	3	5	1	0	.239	.320	.466	.785	*6/D
14	Francisco Lindor	106	10	2016	22	CLE	AL	84	367	325	54	97	17	1	43	30	2	48	2	2	8	9	13	3	.298	.353	.449	.803	*6/H
15	Brad Miller	105	13	2016	26	TBR	AL	78	299	278	34	69	13	4	30	20	0	66	0	0	1	4	4	3	.248	.298	.464	.762	*6/HD
16	Didi Gregorius	105	10	2016	26	NYY	AL	80	303	287	36	85	14	1	39	10	0	33	2	3	1	6	5	1	.296	.323	.456	.780	*6/H
17	Asdrubal Cabrera	101	11	2016	30	NYM	NL	82	332	305	36	81	16	0	28	21	3	64	6	0	0	9	1	1	.266	.325	.426	.752	*6/H
18	Jordy Mercer	99	5	2016	29	PIT	NL	83	331	285	37	78	12	1	30	35	6	47	4	5	2	6	1	0	.274	.359	.375	.734	*6/H
19	Addison Russell	99	11	2016	22	CHC	NL	80	320	277	35	66	11	2	49	37	5	80	4	0	2	6	2	0	.238	.334	.412	.746	*6/H
20	Elvis Andrus	95	3	2016	27	TEX	AL	80	318	287	39	83	15	4	38	25	1	38	1	1	4	11	12	6	.289	.344	.401	.745	*6
21	Ketel Marte	77	1	2016	22	SEA	AL	69	281	265	35	71	16	2	17	10	0	47	1	2	3	4	8	4	.268	.294	.355	.649	*6
22	Jose Iglesias	75	3	2016	26	DET	AL	79	300	273	37	69	13	0	20	21	1	31	1	5	0	9	5	1	.253	.308	.333	.642	*6/H
23	Adeiny Hechavarria	68	3	2016	27	MIA	NL	83	303	285	31	69	10	5	26	15	4	36	0	0	3	6	0	0	.242	.277	.344	.621	*6/H
24	Freddy Galvis	63	8	2016	26	PHI	NL	85	338	316	31	71	14	3	35	12	1	68	1	6	3	8	5	2	.225	.253	.364	.617	*6/H
25	Alexei Ramirez	62	3	2016	34	SDP	NL	85	324	308	26	74	14	1	30	11	2	44	3	0	2	7	6	7	.240	.272	.321	.593	*6/H
Rk	Player	OPS+	HR	Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
26	Alcides Escobar	60	1	2016	29	KCR	AL	85	383	360	29	94	14	3	22	12	0	51	1	7	3	8	11	4	.261	.285	.325	.610	*6
27	Nick Ahmed	55	4	2016	26	ARI	NL	81	276	254	25	58	9	1	20	13	2	53	4	2	3	7	4	1	.228	.274	.319	.593	*6/H

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Generated 7/8/2016.