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Taken for granted? Derek Jeter?

It's true, even though he is likely the most important Yankee this season

Updated: February 17, 2013, 6:44 PM ET
By Wallace Matthews | ESPNNewYork.com

TAMPA, Fla. -- If any major league player with a $17 million paycheck and more than 3,000 hits on his résumé could be said to have been taken for granted, Derek Jeter is that player.

Over the past decade or so, as the New York Yankees have stockpiled superstar after superstar, from Jason Giambi to Alex Rodriguez to Mark Teixeira and CC Sabathia, it has seemed as Jeter has moved further down the list in prominence on the roster, even if he still carried the label of Captain.

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