If you replaced Jeter with a young Alan Trammell, would the Yankees be much worse? Trammell was one of the great shortstops of the eighties and was rarely surrounded by much talent (besides 1984).
Jeter's numbers are better, but Jeter is playing in a good lineup during the era of juiced balls, juiced players, and weak pitching thinned out by expansion. As for all "the little things" Jeter does to make him great: Trammell did them too, but he didn't have a New York media glorifying every popup he caught.
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