Since it’s been a little over a year since the captain decided to hang up his cleats, I figure it’s a good time to take a look at his replacement, Didi Gregorius. Let’s start out by looking at his stats from the 2015 MLB season:
GP: 155
AB: 525
R: 57
H: 139
2B: 24
HR: 9
RBI: 56
AVG: .265
It’s hard to deny that Didi had a solid season last year. While these aren’t comparable to Jeter numbers (even in his first season as Yankee), it’s hard to complain. He hit .02 points above the average of all qualified shortstops last season, which is a promising statistics What I’d like to see from him is a little more power. He’s a big guy, standing at 6’3”, so the potential is certainly there for him to go off for a 20 home run season.
Didi Gregorius
So far this season Gregorius has gotten off to a hot start, hitting .333 through 5 games with 3 RBI’s and a homerun. I expect him to improve on most if not all of his numbers from last year as he should be settled in now and there’s less pressure for him to follow in Jeter’s footsteps.
~Gregory Hold