Is Derek Jeter Finished?

Is Derek Jeter's career coming to an end? Many people believe so and why shouldn't they. Everybody knows that when a professional athlete gets older in years their performance starts to diminish. Jeter is 37 and the first half of the season critics were all over him. Jeter was all done they said, the Yankees should have never signed him for an extra three years. Well, 51 million dollars is a lot of money and the Yankees could have been much more productive with the spending.

In the first half of the season, Jeter batted a measly .270; he just could not get it going. The only positive thing to come out of the first half of the season was his record-breaking 3,000 hit as a Yankee. His 3,000 hit was a memorable one too, considering that Jeter never had a lot of power to begin with, the chances that his 3,000 hit would be a home run was astronomical.Remember, he wasn't hitting very well to begin with and before he got injured he was even worse.

When he hit that home run, he joined Wade Boggs as the only other player to ever hit their 3,000 hit as a home run. A respectable mark to hold in the history of baseball. Not to mention, that he was facing David Price and his dominating 95 to 100 miles per hour fastball. Although, Jeter was struggling, especially against pitchers that threw over 95 miles per hour. Throughout the years Jeter's bat speed has declined ordinarily.