Cano seeks 10 year deal

[jd25213]

Trade him this year. As in now.


We need pitching. Period.

We need hitting. Did you watch the postseason?

[kj244]

THIS IS WHAT THE YANKEES GET FOR NOT BELIEVING IN EXTENDING THERE PLAYERS WHILE THEY HAVE THEM IN CONTROL ROBBIE WAS BEASTING WHEN HE WAS 26 THAT WHEN THEY SHOULDVE LOCKED HIM TO A FRIENDLY TEAM DEAL LIKE 7 YEAR 13 MILL DEAL OF SOME SORTS...sorry for the caps i never understood that idea if you have a young guy in there prime playing like an mvp then you as a team need to loock them before they become FA and now are looking for a mega deal when they are gettin up there in age

Completely agree. Not sure $13 mil would have locked him up. But 8 years/$150 sounds about right (get him for year 27 - 34).

[bfrap]

THIS IS WHAT THE YANKEES GET FOR NOT BELIEVING IN EXTENDING THERE PLAYERS WHILE THEY HAVE THEM IN CONTROL ROBBIE WAS BEASTING WHEN HE WAS 26 THAT WHEN THEY SHOULDVE LOCKED HIM TO A FRIENDLY TEAM DEAL LIKE 7 YEAR 13 MILL DEAL OF SOME SORTS...sorry for the caps i never understood that idea if you have a young guy in there prime playing like an mvp then you as a team need to loock them before they become FA and now are looking for a mega deal when they are gettin up there in age

As with everything, there are 2 sides of every coin.
on one side, you re-negotiate the deal and could get a better team friendly deal... on the other side, the player is bargaining from a position of strength and usually gets a deal that the team regrets later.

As with anything, nothing is a one size fits all deal. In this case, the Yanks had a dealin place until 2014 and had no plans to have Robbie or anyone else try to make those years worth more (Boras' favorite thing to do)
I mean we don't see a-rod coming to brian saying that he would like to renegotiate his contract because it is not comiserate to how he is playing... I wonder why that is.

I tend to agree with NYY stance on this. For every 1 downside, there are 5 (7-10 if the agent is Scott Boras) upsides to the yankee policy. In robbies case, SB would have wanted to throw out the 2012 & 2013 options and have robbie paid at a higher rate and have the extention from there... which would have cost the Yanks more in both of those years... quite a bit more...

[Pinstripe pride]

He wasn't a boras guy 3 years ago.

He picked him up as his agent last year.

ok, the first part is true still. the yankees can try to lock him up all they want, he might have wanted to wait until he hit free agency.

[Pinstripe pride]

Thats fine, the pitching did wonders, but we still need it.

Sabathia should be okay, elbow surgery or not.

Kuroda/Pettitte? You might get them for one more year.

After that, unless Banuelos is ready to take the next step, and Pineda comes back healthy and ready to roll, youre looking at:

Sabathia
Hughes
Nova
Phelps
Manny/Pineda/???

Yuck.

banuelos had tommy john surgury. don't expect to see him next year

[sauronthepower]

I'd include Nova. Cano and Nova for Felix and Montero

Why would Seattle trade an elite talent for a one year rental???????

While we're at it, why don't we trade Pettitte for Cabrera.

C'mon people we gotta come back from the ledge.

[sauronthepower]

He may want 10 years but that does not mean anyone will offer him that deal. 31 year old 2B at the end of next season who wants to be locked up until he is 41. Only the most crazy of teams will touch that. Of course he is a Boras client so they will seek the absolute max until the very end.

I have been saying for awhile that the Yanks should work out something this offseason with Cano and if it looks bad let him walk at the end of next season. Yanks would have gotten the best years out of him and would not be locked down in some huge contract. If he wants to rework his deal and sign for 5 with a team option for a 6th that makes more sense.

Breanne Benson for Adam Dunn?

[Yankee Clipper]

Why would Seattle trade an elite talent for a one year rental???????

While we're at it, why don't we trade Pettitte for Cabrera.

C'mon people we gotta come back from the ledge.

MLB The Show mode is in full effect.

[YEDN90]

banuelos had tommy john surgury. don't expect to see him next year

I'm aware, I was talking about 2014

[LeoYankee]

Bob.

Take care.

[PACISLE]

A-Rod and Cano for Jose Reyes and some Cuban Coffee.....

[TrueYankee]

Cano can suck my balls.

[jango2000]

Cano can suck my balls.

I rarely agree with TrueYankee, but Cano deserves much scrotum.

[jd25213]

Cano can suck my balls.

I thought you prefer Swisher

[YEDN90]

He's too preoccupied with you JD.