Yankees make Jeter signing official
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Dec 07, 2010 
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Looks like I’ll be driving to Tampa in a few hours.
The Yankees just officially announced the Derek Jeter deal, and there’s a press conference scheduled for this afternoon at Steinbrenner Field.
And now that I’m no longer standing in line for coffee, here’s the full press release from the team.
The New York Yankees today announced they have signed shortstop Derek Jeter, Major League Baseball’s active hits leader and the Yankees’ all-time hits leader, to a three-year contract through 2013 with a player option for 2014.
Among all active players with at least 1,000 games played, Jeter, 36, owns the Majors’ highest personal career winning percentage (.601, 1,379-914-2), and has appeared in more Yankees victories (1,379) than any other player in franchise history according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Jeter is also the Yankees’ all-time leader in hits (2,926), at-bats (9,322) and singles (2,163), ranks second in games played (2,295), doubles (468) and stolen bases (323), is third in runs scored (1,685), fifth in batting average (.314), sixth in walks (948) and extra-base hits (763), ninth in RBI (1,135) and 10th in home runs (234).
Jeter is an 11-time American League All-Star and earned his fifth Gold Glove Award in 2010. He led all Major League shortstops last season with a career-best .989 fielding percentage and committed only six errors – the fewest miscues in a full season in his career and the fewest among all shortstops in the Majors in 2010 with at least 110 games at the position.
He has scored at least 100 runs 13 times in his career, tied with Lou Gehrig for the most 100-run seasons in franchise history and tied for the second-highest total all time, trailing only Hank Aaron’s 15 such seasons. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, his 15 consecutive seasons (since 1996) with at least 10 home runs and 10 stolen bases is the second longest streak all-time behind only Barry Bonds (16 straight from 1986-2001).
Jeter, a four-time Silver Slugger Award winner and 1996 AL Rookie of the Year Award winner, owns the most hits in Major League history as a shortstop. With 2,274 games played at the position, he is second on Baseball’s all-time list in games at shortstop for one club, trailing the Orioles’ Cal Ripken, Jr. (2,302). According to Elias, it marks the third-most contests among players who never played a game at any other fielding position, trailing only Luis Aparicio (2,583) and Ozzie Smith (2,511).
Jeter has appeared in the postseason in 15 of his 16 Major League seasons and is Baseball’s all-time leader in postseason games (147), runs scored (101), hits (185), doubles (30) and extra-base hits (54), ranks third in home runs (20) and is fourth in RBI (57). Of the 2,295 games in which Jeter has appeared, in only one were the Yankees mathematically eliminated from postseason play (September 26, 2008).
In 2010, Jeter hit .270 (179-for-663) with 111 runs, 30 doubles, three triples, 10 home runs and 67 RBI in 157 games with the Yankees. He ranked second among all Major League leadoff hitters with 104 runs and 60 RBI, and fifth with 167 hits.
Jeter was originally selected by the Yankees in the first round (sixth pick overall) of the 1992 First-Year Player Draft.
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What are the final terms?
Kind of sucks to have to drive in the traffic to Tampa, you’ll be hitting the early rush hour on the way back. Doesn’t that kind of put you guys out of the winter meetings? Jeter is so selfish.
RiverAveBlues Jeter’s presser in Tampa is at 2:30 today, so Girardi’s presser in Orlando will be rescheduled. Was supposed to be at 3:30.
Heh
Well, even with the Nationals ready spend, spend, spend, don’t get too excited about Lee in
Washington.
“Not happening,” one Nationals source said.
“Zero chance,” said another.
http://voices.washingtonpost.c.....ff_le.html
“Jeter is so selfish.”
Isn’t the person who actually scheduled the presser for today the selfish one?
Isn’t the person who actually scheduled the presser for today the selfish one?
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They wanted to do it in Orlando, but Jeter said no.
Scheduling a presser off site during the WInter meetings highly unusual. Sounds like they were hoping to keep media presence to as minimal as a Jeter presser could be.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play......id=3306330
Did Dave Eiland change CC’s arm angle?
jerkface, try to keep your personal stuff in check.:)
Can’t blame the Nats front office for shooting down some of these rumors. I wouldn’t want my fanbase expecting something I couldn’t deliver either.
“They wanted to do it in Orlando, but Jeter said no.”
Yeah, I know this. But why did they have to do it today anyway? Did the person who scheduled it not know that that the winter meetings were this week?
ah Jerkface, you just can’t resist the opportunity to complain about Jeter…next you will be claiming its his fault you didn’t receive your brownie prizes
Jerkface December 7th, 2010 at 10:59 am
Isn’t the person who actually scheduled the presser for today the selfish one?
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They wanted to do it in Orlando, but Jeter said no.
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Can’t say I blame Jeter. It will be bad enough with the questions he will get from those that attend, with the winter meetings going on there will be less to cover his presser, as they won’t want to miss something breaking. If it were at the winter meeting all the press would be there.
Carl December 7th, 2010 at 11:01 am
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play&.....id=3306330
Did Dave Eiland change CC’s arm angle?
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Possibly, but Carl Crawford did throw better. Not sure why Tampa allowed a Yankee to mess with his throwing arm, though.
I wonder if Cashman has to be at the Jeter press conference ? It would seem to me that there is more pressing business in Orlando than going to Tampa. They should have waited until the Winter Meetings are over for the formality.
It’s plausible for the Nats to offer Lee a huge deal.
I’d guess that’s why Lee’s side wanted this rumor to get leaked now and why it’s closely followed the Werth deal.
This seems to be generated by the Lee camp and it’s clearly aimed at the Yankees.
It seems far too early for any team to be jumping to seven years on Lee. And whenever rumors get spread to reporters in NY or nationally rather than the local guys it’s agents trying to negotiate with the yankees through the media.
If the Yankees thought the threat was more serious they wouldn’t have been so unequivocal about not offering a 7nth year themselves.
Speculation is irrelevant. Until Lee has a tangible 7 year offer he doesn’t have an offer that goes past what the Yankees want to do.
This will just have to play itself out. It does seem like the Lee camp wants to move things forward now. They are trying to set the conditions for the actual negotiations by putting this rumor out there.
BloggingBombers Yankees to hold Derek Jeter press conference at 2:30 pm today in Tampa at Steinbrenner Field. This should be interesting.
jorgearangure @BloggingBombers That’s the first time the words: “press conference,” “Jeter,” and “interesting” have been used together
# GreenBeret7 December 7th, 2010 at 11:05 am
Carl December 7th, 2010 at 11:01 am
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play&.....id=3306330
Did Dave Eiland change CC’s arm angle?
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Possibly, but Carl Crawford did throw better. Not sure why Tampa allowed a Yankee to mess with his throwing arm, though.
lol
So we had 100 panicked posts over a Tweet that turned out not to be true.
Shocking.
If you are going to play GM, learn the first lesson GM’s learn at the Winter Meetings…….
Ignore all rumors and “buzz” because its usually just agents planting stories with no foundation to them.
pat December 7th, 2010 at 11:06 am
jorgearangure @BloggingBombers That?s the first time the words: ?press conference,? ?Jeter,? and ?interesting? have been used together
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pat-that’s hilarious
next you will be claiming its his fault you didn’t receive your brownie
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It will be, because he took so long to sign I forgot who I had bets with. I know you’re out there, punks, and I want my brownies!
REPOST:
Chip:
IMO you are nuts.
Sign Crawford….Yes !
Sign Russ Martin….You don’t know (no one does) how well he is going to come back from the fractured hip, especially being a catcher.
Deal Montero, Betances, and two more prospects to KC for Greinke….Grienke is not the answer with his emotional issues and only one really good year under his belt. Montero has come this far and The Yankees have stuck with him, let the kid earn the job and show what he can do.
I like alot of your ideas just not these two. (Martin and Greinke
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“If you are going to play GM, learn the first lesson GM?s learn at the Winter Meetings??.”
If people are “playing” GM, shouldnt the lesson be thrown out, after all, these people aren’t GMs and are just playing (on the internet no less), so let them have fun…Don’t understand why this annoys people so much?
It would be pretty boring around here if all rumors were ignored.
Wish I had a press pass. I’ve got absolutely nothing to do today. I’d love to go down the Steinbrenner field and see the press conference.
why does Jeter need a presser anyway? Is Hal going to give him his #2 jersey back? Not that I mind but it seems silly
Giuseppe Franco December 7th, 2010 at 10:54 am
# West Coast Yankee Fan December 7th, 2010 at 10:46 am
SJ44 it’s enjoyable to play GM here and people are sharing their opinions. Thanks for the advice though.
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It’s not enjoyable to everybody. Some people on here live in the real world.
The “buzz” yesterday was that The Boss would be elected to the HOF. Seemed like that rumor worked out well.
SJ is dead on. People take whatever stupid rumor is out there and run with it. 90% of what you read in the offseason is nothing but crap.
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Serious question for you – and this is not meant as a pot shot or to be snarky.
If you don’t like coming on and discussing hypotheticals and rumors but only want to talk about actual things that are happening – why would you even check out this blog when there’s nothing official to talk about?
I get it if you want to come on and discuss a signing that has happened or talk during the season about play on the field, but this time of year is all about rumors and the like, you’re a smart guy I think, I assume you realize that – but here you are anyway posting about how you don’t like that people here are talking about rumors…I don’t get it.
“They wanted to do it in Orlando, but Jeter said no.”
next thing that you’ll be telling us is that jeter has no range to the east.
I’m truly excited for the fans who don’t get excited.
Nice job fellas!
Wish I had a press pass. I’ve got absolutely nothing to do today. I’d love to go down the Steinbrenner field and see the press conference
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I wonder if you could just go and wander in. I was at the winter meetings yesterday looking for Chad and I managed to get into the trade show without a pass. Scored a free panda hat.
SJ
You’re no fun.
Watching the panic level rise here is more interesting than the 100th four team trade that will never happen.
SJ44 you have no clue what is true or not. You are now accepting the “rumor” negating the seven year deal as being true. Why is that anymore believable than the “rumor” that said they were?
Wave,
If we’re still around here in 5 years I’d love to come back to today and see how old Tex and Sabathia are looking.
I still think they’ll be playing pretty well around there as 35 isn’t really all that old. I’m not sure about A-Rod however.
next thing that you’ll be telling us is that jeter has no range to the east
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Nice!
“So we had 100 panicked posts over a Tweet that turned out not to be true.”
The Tweet that launched a thousand shrieks?
raymagnetic-
I hope you are right but I’m not sure that’s the way to bet it.
NYY626 – Andy in 2011 December 7th, 2010 at 11:12 am
why does Jeter need a presser anyway?
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Because he’s Jeter.
tyanks
did you ever get your Posey autograph?
tyanksfan36 December 7th, 2010 at 11:10 am
Wish I had a press pass. I’ve got absolutely nothing to do today. I’d love to go down the Steinbrenner field and see the press conference.
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Just print you one up on your computer. The badge should read: “HI!!! MY NAME IS tyanksfan36 AND I’M A PROUD MEMBER OF THE DEREK JETER PRESS CORPS.”
BryanHoch MLB holding press conference to honor Torre, Piniella, Gaston & Cox
i hate when there is no news
Jeter press conference is going to be one big love fest. A PR show for the fans; we still love each other, it’s all about winning, etc.
Erin December 7th, 2010 at 11:18 am
BryanHoch MLB holding press conference to honor Torre, Piniella, Gaston & Cox
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Will Torre still insist that he said nothing wrong and is proud of his book?
TylerKepner “With a name like Lou, they can boo you or Lou you. It doesn’t affect you too much.” — Lou Piniella on the podium, truly one of the greats.
West Coast,
More of a clue than you.
If Cliff Lee has a 7 year offer from the Washington Nationals for the money he is looking for, there would be a PC today announcing his signing because neither the Rangers or Yankees will go to 7 years.
They also wouldn’t be debunking the rumor almost immediately.
Rumors are one thing. Actually THINKING about whether the rumor is true or not takes a little time.
When the only reporters getting the info are NY based, the chances are the rumors are from the agent (looking to get it in the hands of writers who write about the Yankees) than from the team.
The other day, the Nationals had some members of their staff at the check in desk of the hotel, telling reporters they had something “big” (the Werth signing) to announce.
This time, they are shooting down the story almost immediately.
What does that tell you?
Vineyard Yankee -
If the Yankees were to lose out on Lee – which they probably won’t but for the sake of argument let’s say they did – and Andy retired, you’re looking at a rotation of:
CC, Hughes, AJ, Nova, Mitre.
That’s pretty darned unacceptable and I’m guessing Cash and Hal would agree. Something drastic would be required and that means dealing top of the line talent for a front line pitcher.
Do I think it will happen – of course not. I fully expect Cliff Lee to be a Yankee by Christmas and either Andy will return or Carl Crawford will also be a Yankee and Gardner will be moved for either a reliever, back end starter, or minor leaguer.
“If we’re still around here in 5 years I’d love to come back to today and see how old Tex and Sabathia are looking. ”
Ray – obviously we’ll all still be around in 5 years. Some things just never get old: the Yankees, Muppets, the Paul O’neill banner, mick, etc.
eboland11 Piniella thanked “Mr. Steinbrenner” for giving him first managing opportunity.
GB7:
I guess you don’t like Torre.
LGY December 7th, 2010 at 10:56 am
Heh
Well, even with the Nationals ready spend, spend, spend, don’t get too excited about Lee in
Washington.
“Not happening,” one Nationals source said.
“Zero chance,” said another.
http://voices.washingtonpost.c…..ff_le.html
The denial is for the 7 year offer, not that they aren’t going to throw big cash at him.
GreenBeret7 December 7th, 2010 at 11:20 am
Will Torre still insist that he said nothing wrong and is proud of his book?
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Let’s hope the book doesn’t come up.
pcaldera Joe Torre and Lou Piniella both gave thanks to George Steinbrenner for giving a boost to their managing careers at press conference here now
LoHud Poll:
What would we rather discuss at the moment? Cliff Lee, Rumors (not the album), or Joe Torre?
Erin December 7th, 2010 at 11:29 am
GreenBeret7 December 7th, 2010 at 11:20 am
Will Torre still insist that he said nothing wrong and is proud of his book?
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Let’s hope the book doesn’t come up.
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I’m guessing that Torre’s hoping the same thing.
SJ’s right on this one.
It’s fun to speculate on the rumors but remember, these “insiders” aren’t actually digging for information. They’re not investigating, sneaking around, wiring up hotel rooms to get the scoop – they’re standing in the lobby and being fed information by agents and GMs who have agendas behind every word they utter.
The only comment I’ve heard a GM make that doesn’t seem to be furthering an agenda is when Cashman said he doesn’t believe Andy will return this year. That, to me, made no sense for him to say unless it was to inform people that, “yeah, I do have room to sign Lee and another big time player because Andy’s not coming back”
Chip:
I’m all for Lee and Crawford, if Andy retires bring up the best AAA SP we have and give him a shot. I am not sold on Nova at this point as he as yet to show he can get out of the 5th inning.
Moving Gardner or Swisher would be fine with me, improving the OF including a 4th OF who plays D and can hit are a priority after we address the SP, and BP.
BloggingBombers Joe Torre: “I don’t wear those rings without Derek Jeter on my club.”
Oddly that all 4 managers have connections to each other in one way or the other and three directly connected to the Yankees…Cox, Piniella and Torre.
torre has one thing to say about his book :
“You can’t handle the truth!”
If Cliff Lee had a 7 year offer from the Nationals, they would have leaked it to their beat writers and not to NY beat writers and columnists. There is no upside for the Nats to leak that info to NY writers. That’s why they quickly debunked it.
Are they bidding on him? Yes.
Have they offered him 7 years? No.
SJ44 – Sorry I am not buying your press. You seem to be just another blogger here with an opinion. No more and no less.
Lee is on a hunting trip and you don’t know what the process is in his camp. Perhaps they have an agreement that Thursday or Friday he and his wife will get a final report on the offers and sit down over the weekend to talk about it. Do you know that is not true? No you don’t. And no one knows exactly what the Yankees will do or not. So, you don’t know that there would be a press conference today or not.
Who said the Nats were debunking the rumor immediately? There were two media reports saying different things. You don’t know the veracity of either. You have no clue if Lee’s camp fed Feinsand the rumor do you?
Stop pretending you know it all. People give opinions here.
Haha, my coworkers husband actually works security up at Steinbrenner field, too bad I haven’t worked enough to get buddy buddy with her to get an in to the stadium. I’m thinking of going to see Harry Potter again and if I go to the press conference I won’t be able to get the matinee prices. When I go to spring training ill pretend I’m at the press conference.
Kate- no, I haven’t got the autograph yet. Apparently Buster decided to sleep in on Thanksgiving and didn’t go hunting. She said that her brother gave the stuff to his dad but she had to leave before she could get it back. She goes up again next week and is hoping to have it by then. I really want it but I can wait longer if I know that means ill get it.
Vineyard Yankee December 7th, 2010 at 11:33 am
Chip:
I’m all for Lee and Crawford, if Andy retires bring up the best AAA SP we have and give him a shot. I am not sold on Nova at this point as he as yet to show he can get out of the 5th inning.
Moving Gardner or Swisher would be fine with me, improving the OF including a 4th OF who plays D and can hit are a priority after we address the SP, and BP.
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If Andy retires:
Sign Lee
Sign Crawford
Sign Feliciano
Sign Rich Harden (minor league deal)
Sign Matt Diaz
Sign Lastings Milledge
Trade Brett to the Angels for Jeff Mathis
25 man roster:
Jeter – SS
Crawford – LF
Tex – 1b
Alex – 3b
Cano – 2b
Swisher – rf
Posada – DH
Granderson – CF
Montero – C
Bench: Mathis, Nunez, Milledge, Diaz
Rotation:
CC, Lee, Hughes, AJ, Nova/Noesi/Phelps
Pen:
RHP: Mo, Harden, Joba, Robertson, Nova/Mitre
LHP: Logan, Feliciano
Feinsand’s saying Nats *are* offering 7. So, sounds like it is legit. However, doesn’t say for how much:
Source: Nationals to offer Cliff Lee a seven-year deal. Source says Yankees appear unwilling to go to a seventh year for the 32-year-old.
about 1 hour ago via web
Retweeted by 27 people
BloggingBombers
Mark Feinsand
I’ll believe Andy is retiring only when he actually does.
LOL, ok West Coast, whatever you say.
The Jeter negotiations showed that you don’t have any idea how this stuff works and you are disinterested in learning.
Adam Kilgore is the beat writer for the Nats for the Washington Post. His sources within the Nats organization are beyond reproach.
If the Nats offered Cliff Lee 7 years, he would know about it.
I know this business. You don’t. I know how it operates from the agent/player, media and team side.
When the only people “breaking” this story/rumor come from NY, and not from the beat writer (who has impeccable sources within the Nats organization) its an agent fed rumor.
In addition, when the team contacts their beat writer almost immediately to say its not true, it isn’t true.
If you want to believe it? Fine by me.
However, don’t make the leap that I don’t know the process and how it works because as I showed you in the Jeter negotiations, that would be an incorrect assumption.
I would not want to trade Swisher for anything less than an Upton type of player.
If the Yanks can’t sign Lee, I’d look to move first Gardner, then Granderson if necessary to get a starter.
Where are the Nationals getting the cash?
First, they sign Jason Werth at about $17-18 million AAV x 7. Now they are ready to offer Cliff Lee $22 million AAV x 7? That’s $40 million, or double their current payroll committments, tied up for 7 years?
I don’t think so. This is rumor and innuendo spread by the agent.
My guess right now? Rangers at 4-5 years at $20-22. Yankees at 6 at $22.5. Braunecker trying to get 7 (it’s his job, after all).
New Post- Torre: “I don’t wear those rings without Derek Jeter”
If insiders (especially a GM) know the way the game works, what does a player/agent benefit from leaking something like the Lee/7-from-Nats rumor to NY writers? Cashman would immediately know this is BS, actually it would give him the information that on the contrary, the Nats are NOT offering 7 yrs.
Not being a wise-ass, I’d seriously like to know.
WCYF
Having been on this blog long enough, SJ is the real deal. I am waiting for some posts from “Lost” at some point as well….
SJ and CB
So when is this Lee thing going to end? It’s going to be 22.5 x 6 or thereabouts, with maybe an opt out after 3 if his family is not happy in NY?
Washington is more likely to go after an Pavano and Webb or Harden or all 3 than Lee. Those 3 would win more than Lee will and probably for less. They need starter, not a starter and they need bullpen help.
SJ44
Pretty amusing, I was right on Jeter. I said they would wind up including a fourth year and I also said early on that both sides needed to be creative to get it done. I was right on both accounts.
Also, Mark Feinsand is a respected beat reporter as well. Bu that not withstanding, your assumption that everything a beat reporter writes about his home team is true just doesn’t hold up.
I have said repeatedly I am a fan with an opinion, sometimes I am wrong and sometimes I am right. You seem to feel the need to declare yourself some sort of expert without saying why that is the case. Peace.
MLB Network will carry Jeter presser.
Pittsburgh,
Tough to say. With the way thinks are picking up, I could see this thing reaching a conclusion in the next 5-7 days. I doubt it goes any further than that. At some point, teams have to move forward with their off-season plans.
IMO, it all depends how the Yankees are handling this.
If they give them their best and final offer (as they did with CC) right out of the gate, this is going to end within the next week.
I say this because Lee’s agent will then shop the offer (hence, the 7 year rumor) and he will get an immediate feel for the marketplace.
At that point, they will have to make a decision and I suspect that will come quickly after they examine the entire marketplace.
How were you “right” on Jeter? You said they should give him a 25 million dollar bonus.
You also said he wouldn’t sign a deal that contained a pay cut.
You said he would get a guaranteed 4 years.
Wrong on all counts.
He signed a 3 year deal for 17 per year. That’s a pay cut.
If he hits the incentives to get his 4th year, the AAV goes down to 14 million.
No matter how you slice it, that’s closer to the Yankees offer than Jeter’s offer and no where close to where you said the Yankees would go.
Mark Feinsand is a respected beat writer for the YANKEES, not the Nationals.
If you believe he would have that story before Adam Kilgore, you are welcome to have that opinion. It would just be wrong.
Jeter is back where he belongs. Not that we ever doubted this. Jeter put it best, this was a negotiation. Both sides presented what they felt were fair starting points, and they met some where in the middle (well, closer to the Yanks side to be honest). A lot of people in the media assumed Jeter was DEMANDING certain things, sort of slaming his fist down. To be fair that clearly wasn’t the case. I can’t blame the guy for asking for a certain dollar amount, but I could blame him for being stubborn and staying on that dollar amount. Obviously Jeter didn’t do that so I think as per usual, Jete handled himself well.
http://sportsthunderdome.blogspot.com/
$51M/3yrs, player’s option for the 4th year.
Congrats, Captain wins!