As I mentioned in an earlier post, Brian Kenny on the SportsCenter re-airs this morning mentioned how close offensively Jeter and Eckstein are this year. They are pretty even in runs scored and RBI, but Derek does have better BA, OBA and slugging averages. Jeter is clearly better, but how much?

Luckily, we have Bill James and win shares. Tonight I wrote a program to figure short form win shares. Wins shares through Monday assigns Jeter 13.9, Eckstein 11.6. That's pretty close, and closer than I thought it would be. It should also be pointed out that Eckstein's 11.6 is he highest on the Angels. Jeter ranks third behind Soriano (14.8) and Giambi (14.2). Good job by Brian Kenny and the research staff at ESPN.