Pedroia, Wright Gives Their Thoughts On The Captain

From Peter Abraham:

Jeter was named captain of the team by manager Davey Johnson. His locker at the team base in Clearwater is right between David Wright of the Mets and Jimmy Rollins of the Phillies.

“Derek is the peacemaker,” Wright joked.

Wright was then asked about playing with Jeter.

“As a young player in New York, there are certain guys you try to emulate, certain guys that you want to learn from both on and off the field,” he said. “I’m excited to have a locker next to him and to play next to him so I can pick hopefully his brain a little bit. Both on and off the field, obviously he’s a class act on and off. I’m interested to get inside his ...