Absolutely no surprise, we could have scripted it ourselves. Jeter will not talk contract for the entire year. His presentation yesterday seemed more relaxed and less of the semi-robotic non-speak which is all he usually offers.

All Jeter needs is a solid year, if it approaches his performance of last year he has more cards, will the fans stand for him being dissed with a short-term low (relative) dollar contract offer after the season? Does the front office care about fan reaction?

Cashman has let a lot of aging talent go in the past, Bernie, Matsui, Jeter, even Pettitte in his first NYY life (though that last one was more George).  But Cashman will need armor plated underpants not to treat Jeter as the icon he is.