Who is a better shortstop, Reyes or Jeter?

Question

this year, reyes leads jeter in almost every stat including avg, hr, runs, steals, hits, RBIs etc. i know jeter is one of the best, but for right now is it safe to say reyes is a better shortstop?

Answer 1

at this time reyes in better.

Answer 2

reyes would never  add up tp jeter , jeter worst years is reye best year. Please.

Hanley ramirez in the other hand give 5 to 7 more years he'll be the best shortstop  in all Mlb.

Answer 3

In my mind is Jeter better but in the stats Reyes is better! :)

Answer 4

Reyes

Answer 5

have to go with reyes simply because he is younger!

Answer 6

According to the baseball fan in my house, yes, it is safe to say yes, Reyes is the better shortstop. Jeter's defense is overrated.

Answer 7

JETER

Answer 8

Numbers-wise..

Jose Reyes is playing better than Derek Jeter this season.

His steals and run production give Jose the edge.

Here are the #'s..

Jose Reyes...

Fielding% ............  .968  (50 double plays)

Batting Average........ .297

Homers.....................11

Runs .........................73

RBIs ........................ 46

Steals ...................... 33

Derek Jeter...

Fielding% ............  .979  (51 double plays)

Batting Average........ .285

Homers....................... 6

Runs ......................... 58

RBIs ......................... 46

Steals ........................ 5

*If you're comparing these two from a career/acheivement standpoint, then Jeter wins hands down.  He's simply accomplished more.. and he's proven to be a solid leader & clutch hitter.

Answer 9

jeter overall

Answer 10

they both suck but i would say jeter is way better

Answer 11

Neither.  I would have to go with A-Rod.

Answer 12

Career wise, Jeter is better but Reyes is still young & has a great future ahead of him.

Answer 13

haha yea hes a better shortstop this year

Answer 14

Jeter - 4 rings

Reyes - 0 rings because he chocked when it came down to the stretch. Reyes also has attitude problems and gets puled from games for not hustling. That would never happen to Jeter.

Answer 15

At this point in their respective careers it is safe to say that Reyes is the better total package player.

Answer 16

Since we aren't talking about career numbers and we are talking PRESENT numbers, Reyes is better than Jeter. Reyes is entering is prime and Jeter is on the down side of his career. Reyes also fields better than Jeter. Jeter also was playing on a loaded Yankee team so we can all say winning a championship is a team thing. Reyes has been only playing for a couple of years. Reyes is better than Jeter right now.

Answer 17

DEREK JETER

Jeter is like a older Reyes

Answer 18

i think hanley ramirez is the best shortstop in the game hands down!

but i think jeter is more clutch than reyes and hanley, but still, hanley is the best!

Answer 19

that is not a fair comparision bcuz jose reyes is just aproching his prime and jeter is on the downside of a hall of fame career

neither of the two is the best shortstop in the game that award goes to hanley ramierez

Answer 20

One half of a season does not make a career.  All you have to do is pull up their respective stats and you will clearly see that Derek Jeter is, by far, the better shortstop.

Answer 21

tough call....one must consider this scenario: you are the manager and you can write down ANY shortstop name you want into your line-up--do you write jeter or reyes? If it's a regular season game, most may want reyes, but if it's game 7 in the WS, i'm thinking more would want to write down jeter's name, because he is more clutch.

Answer 22

As of now, yes Jose is a better shortstop than Jeter.

Answer 23

JETER!!

Answer 24

This is a joke, right? Jeter pays attention on every play, and he's a team player.  That automatically makes him better, and that's before you count the rings.

Answer 25

Jeter. After Reyes wins a World Series a couple times we can compare.

Answer 26

Jeter is a better shortstop.Jose has a serious attitude problem.Anyone else see him throw his glove down in the game against the yanks?

Answer 27

what do you think umhhmm.... REYES DUHH!!!!!!!!!!!

deters suck sometimes he looks like hes drunk and throws the ball the other way

Answer 28

How can you compare a 14 year vet, 3 time gold glove winner, 9 time all-star, ROY, World series MVP, 4 time champion, .316 carerr hitter to Jose Reyes. You can't. There's no comparison.

There's a lot more to baseball than just stealing bases. Jose Reyes couldn't carry Derek Jeter's jock strap! He will be lucky to even play as long as Jeter has.

Let me know when Reyes wins a gold glove or anything for that matter. Peace.

Answer 29

Anthony C... shhhh... the yankee fans might hear you.

oh, and there is NO QUESTION that jose reyes is the better player right now. he'll finish this year, and every following year with a better average, more hits, more home runs, more runs, more rbis and more stolen bases han derek jeter.

the man was a legendary yankee shortstop, ill give him that. but his reign is ending, and jose is just beginning

Answer 30

This as of right now isn't a fair comparison, sure in the year of the 08 season reyes is the "s**y" pick, but when the careers are all said and done with, i think Jeter may have more highlight reel plays and moments than reyes. In my opinion they along with J rollins are among the best in the game today, i better mention Hanley too. I would rank them as such

1a jeter

1b reyes

2 rollins

3 Ramirez