I disagree...who else should be the MVP? Johan Santana? He didn't have any more wins than Chien Ming Wang, why isn't Wang the MVP? David Ortiz? He's so valuable, his team didn't make the playoffs. Jim Thome or Jermaine Dye? Their team didn't make it either. Hafner? Same. Joe Mauer? Sure, he has the batting title, but his defensive skills are good at best.

Just because Jeter is on a team full of All-Stars doesn't mean his impact is less. It's like saying Lou Gehrig sucked because he played alongside Babe Ruth.

Jeter has an amazing impact on this team both skill wise (5 hits last nite...pretty rare air there) on offense and defense as well as a team leader as the captain and lockerroom sage.

Pitchers should, for the most part, get the Cy Young. That's what its there for. The MVP should be the player who, if gone, would put a serious hole in that teams lineup, both offensively and defensively. Jeter takes an All-Star/Gold Glove defense away from the Yanks...replaced by Andy Cannizaro? And at the plate...over .343 average (#2 in AL), 214 hits (#3 in AL) 97 RBI's, 69 BB's, 34 SB's (#7 in AL), and a .417 OBP (#4 in AL).

The question, more appropriately, is really who else is there besides Jeter?