Saturday, December 8, 2012
NYDN: Robinson Cano could leave Yankees for free agency after 2013
Compounding matters for the Yankees is the fact that Cano is represented by super agent Scott Boras, who was responsible for both Alex Rodriguez’s then-record $252 million deal with Texas before the 2001 season, and the 10-year, $275 milion pact A-Rod signed with the Bombers in 2007. The new fiscal belt-tightening by Hal Steinbrenner — the Yankees have said they will get their payroll to $189 million by 2014 to avoid a massive luxury-tax hit — will be a factor.
Another baseball source suggested that Cano will seek a deal similar to A-Rod’s, one that has become an albatross for the Bombers, who might be hesitant to tie up that much money and that many years in Cano, 30.
“He knows he’s the best player on the Yankees,” the second source said of Cano. “There’s no reason for him not to be paid that way.”
Cano’s the best player on the Yankees, but he isn’t as good as A-Rod was in his prime. If he can get an A-Rod deal, good for him, but I hope it’s not with the Yankees.
It’ll probably be with the Dodgers.
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