Tag Archives: Robinson Cano

Pettitte will not play in WBC, Teixeira, Cano, Cervelli will

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Rob Abruzzese
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Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte was mulling over a World Baseball Classic appearance, but it looks like he won't be participating after all, according to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports. That leaves Mark Teixeira on Team USA, Robinson Cano on Team Dominican Republic, and Francisco Cervelli on Team Italy. There is always a risk when it comes to ...

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With no hometown discount coming, Cano could be gone next year

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees have been talking about a $189 million budget for over a year now and throughout that entire time it has been a given that they would eventually re-sign Robinson Cano despite the budget. However, it's becoming more and more obvious that Cano is going to be looking for one of the largest contracts in ...

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Where the 2012 Yankees got value and where they over spent

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees spent over $200 million on their roster last year, but that money is only good if they got what they paid for. So using FanGraphs' value system I took a look at how the Yankees spent their money, where they spent wisely, where they broke even, and where they got ripped off to ...

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Yankees and Robinson Cano not talking extension

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

What might the Yankees be doing when they are watching all the free agents come off the board? Well, they are not discussing an extension with Robinson Cano. "I think the Yankee policy is very clear, they always walk through the contracts and then address them," Boras told Andrew Marchand of ESPNNewYork.com. "As they did with ...

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Yankees not on the verge of signing anyone

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees had to wait until yesterday to find out that Nick Swisher, Hiroki Kuroda, and Rafael Soriano turned down their qualifying offers and they will now begin to negotiate with free agents with a better idea of how much financial flexibility they will have. They are expected to continue to negotiate with Kuroda and Soriano, ...

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Cano extension talks: Nothing current, sides will continue to talk

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees and Robinson Cano will talk about a contract extension for him this offseason, but because he is rumored to be expecting something in the 10-year, $200+ million range there isn't a lot of optimism a deal will get done. Chad Jennings of the Journal News met up with Cano's agent, Scott Boras, yesterday at ...

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Jeter and Cano win 2012 Silver Slugger awards

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Yankees offense scored the second most runs in baseball and they finished with the third best wRC+ of 109 with runners in scoring position this season and as a result two of them were given the Silver Slugger award -- Derek Jeter and Robinson Cano. Jeter definitely had a bit of a renaissance this season as his ...

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The Yankees will not spend like they used to this offseason

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

Back during your father's days, nothing would stop the Yankees from improving their teams during the offseason. But this is not your father's Yankees, heck, this is not even your older brother's Yankees. These Yankees always have their eyes on the ledger and are looking to cut payroll as much as they are looking to retool ...

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Cano and Teixeira win Gold Glove Awards

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

The Gold Glove winners were announced tonight and two Yankees, Robinson Cano and Mark Teixeira, took home some hardware. It was Cano's second Gold Glove and Teixeira's fifth and third with the Yankees. Russell Martin was also a finalist, but he lost out to Matt Wieters. The Gold Gloves have a pretty bad reputation these days. The ...

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Poll results: Who BBD readers want to see stay and go

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Rob Abruzzese

I ran a poll after the Yankees were eliminated to see which players people wanted to see stay with the Yankees to 2013 and which people wanted to run out of town. For the most part the answers were predictable, but there were a few shockers. Here are the results: ...Read more Alex Rodriguez: 63% of you want ...

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