The Mariners and Robinson Cano are in agreement on a 10-year, $240MM contract, according to Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeportes.com (Spanish link).
Cano Gets the Starbucks Endorsement!
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Cherington's signing of Pedroia to an 8-year, $110M deal is looking better and better by the second.
Perhaps Jay-Z is not as dumb as we all want to think. Or maybe all these posts about Jay-Z are simply a sideshow.
As amusing as this conversation is to observe, Jay-Z is nothing more than a front man in these negotiations. He owns Roc Nation, which has a joint venture with CAA Sports. Brodie Van Wagenen is Cano's agent.
As amusing as this conversation is to observe, Jay-Z is nothing more than a front man in these negotiations. He owns Roc Nation, which has a joint venture with CAA Sports. Brodie Van Wagenen is Cano's agent.
The whole marketing angle cracks me up. How much was Cano ever going to make being marketed by Jay-Z? $4M? $5M? Sounds like he is about $50M over the NYY offer. Couple that with no state income tax....Yeah...he no longer has to worry about face makeup and shooting schedules,hbk72777 said:
This will be so fantastic if it goes down. DVR of Francesa is an absolute must.
Madmartigan said:
Please let this be true. I want Cano off the Yankees. Then they'll have to either have a MASSIVE downgrade at 2b or use precious (and limited) prospect resources to trade for someone like Phillips, who is a good player for sure, but still not Cano at all.
I think this is insane by both parties. After all those years of letting their top flight talent leave, the M's decide the big payday should go to Robinson Cano?
21st Century Sox said:
Exactly. Cap'n Jetes hogged up all the MFY endorsements anyway. How often did you see Rivera or Williams or even Pettitte? It was and is all CI all the time.
ThePrideofShiner said:
Yup. And after overpaying to keep pretty much every FA over the last decade plus, Cano is the guy they decide to let walk over money?
jon abbey said:
I have a Yankee-fan friend who named his son after Cano. I love the guy, but ruh-roh.
Yeah if only i could think of the name of that QB who played in Indianapolis and now Denver or the basketball player who was in Cleveland and is now in Miami. I bet if they had played in NY, they would have been marketed better21st Century Sox said:
ThePrideofShiner said:
Why not Cano? He has averaged 7.5 bWAR the past four years, making him "worth" about $37 million a season. There aren't many 2b like him at all. He's still young enough that he should be really, really good for the first 5 years of it anyway, and I think his skill set (batting eye, power) should translate well as he ages. And if he gets too immobile for 2b, his bat should still play well at another position.
Guy is a great, great baseball player. It's why I want him off the Yankees.
LuckyBen said:
What? Cano was always gonna go for the money. This is an idiotic contract and they were never gonna match it.
Robinson Cano and the Seattle Mariners have agreed to sign a 10-year, $240-million contract, a source told ESPNdeportes.com Friday.
The player and his agents met Thursday night in Seattle with the Mariners' top executives and the team made an offer he couldn't refuse, the source added.
The source said Cano will return to Seattle on Sunday and will undergo a physical on Monday to complete what would be the third largest contract in history, tied with the one that Albert Pujols signed with Los Angeles Angels three years ago.
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The player and his agents met Thursday night in Seattle with the Mariners' top executives and the team made an offer he couldn't refuse, the source added.
The source said Cano will return to Seattle on Sunday and will undergo a physical on Monday to complete what would be the third largest contract in history, tied with the one that Albert Pujols signed with Los Angeles Angels three years ago.
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EastCoasterOutWest said:
Did he name his son Cano? Or Robinson.
Because Robinson Cano was named after Jackie Robinson.
I don't really like the contract for the Mariners, not because its Cano, but because its 10/240, but I agree completely with your last line - I'm very, very, very pleased that he won't be playing for the Yankees anymore.ivanvamp said:
The next couple FA classes are pretty crappy, especially in terms of position players, and they have nothing coming through their farm system. Their ability to add major talent over the next 2-3 years is going to be pretty limited and that works for me.
hbk72777 said:
Yeah the contract is crazy, no doubt. But if the Mariners were going to blow their budget up, Cano is at least a great player to blow it up on. And he's off the Yankees now, which is the most important thing. I couldn't care less if he's on the Mariners.
*Note: I'm not in full celebration mode until this bad boy is official.
glennhoffmania said:
It will be interesting to learn if they did decide this, or if they put themselves in a position where the Seattle frickin Mariners were able to be the big bidders. Obviously, everything about the MFY cap is still murky, but if they thought that they could keep Cano w/o being the big bid and Ellsbury stopped them from coming back over the top.......that would be fantastic.
It's a strange move. I've been one of Cano's biggest detractors for some of the ways he goes about his business, but if I'm giving out megabucks it's going to be to the megaslugger.
DrewDawg said:
Kind of an odd post for you to quote considering that I was making the point that Jay-Z isn't even his agent.
Hell, I'll be even more direct. Everyone who made a "Jay-Z got played..!!!" post was essentially self-identifying as someone who doesn't understand the business of baseball. Cano's agent - and again, his agent is Brodie Van Wagenen, not Jay-Z - is one of the most respected in baseball. And he did a great job for his client.
Lovely.
Big blow for the Yankees. It makes me feel better after Ellsbury signing with them.
Of course they will now allocate resources in pitching.
If Tanaka is posted, him landing in New York is a no-brainer.
Big blow for the Yankees. It makes me feel better after Ellsbury signing with them.
Of course they will now allocate resources in pitching.
If Tanaka is posted, him landing in New York is a no-brainer.
rembrat said:
No, you misunderstand. I love it. It really wasn't a criticism. It's like a game thread. JayZ makes demand, M's leave the room, and there's a flood of posts saying JayZ cost his guy a hundred million dollars. Then, the next morning, the M's give in.
Do you have a newsletter?
I know, but you referenced JayZ not being as dumb as everyone was saying and this was in a new thread, so I grabbed it.
Had you been more direct, my quoting of you would have made more sense. I agree with your sentiment
Every Yankee fan I spoke to, and I agree, isn't upset about this. Too much money and too long of a deal.
Even with Cano and (presumably) Price, this is not a playoff team. El Oh El, Jack Z. This is why you don't let a lame duck GM make big decisions.
Simple. The M's dust off the Trey Griffey contract they drew up when he was born and get him to sign on the dotted line.hbk72777 said:
Similar to Red Sox fans and the Ellsbury deal. It's hard for the hometown fans to get too worked up when the offer is too excessive.crow216 said:
jon abbey said:
Sorry, Joel Sherman says they moved a bit at the very end:
Joel Sherman @Joelsherman112m
Told by source #Yankees let Cano know they would go 7-$175M, which was more per yr, but nowhere near #Mariners $240M total
It's just the deal length. The AAV iscrow216 said:
This is just mindblowing to me here - this fiscal restraint for really no good reason. The Yankees thought Cano was good enough for their plans at $25m for years 1-7, the difference in years 8-10 is going to make it so they give up on 4-5+ wins for the next few years? Just because the rest of the league doesn't like doing 10 year deals doesn't mean NYY can't; they're the one club that clearly has that option.
Edit: for Sherman's tweet.
crow216 said:
But why do you guys care? Except for this year because of the revenue sharing issue, when has a bad contract ever had an impact on future moves? That's what I don't get about Yankee fans' opinion of stuff like this. The reality is that it never actually matters.