slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 12/4/2008
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From Bryan Hoch : Robinson Cano's first cracks at a renewed 2009 are taking shape in the Dominican Winter League, where the Yankees second baseman is incorporating adjustments to his approach and finding success. Cano was dissatisfied with the way his '08 campaign played out. He finished ...
Boorstein: Cano Has To Draw More Walks
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 11/22/2008 — Cano's rough 2008 has been talked about a lot, and it's left many fans wondering whether Cano will be as good as we all thought he was going to be. And it's left others wanting the Yankees to ship him out of town. I wouldn't worry so much. Yes, it was a down year, but it's no reason to give up ...
Will Robinson Cano Rebound in 2009?
beyondtheboxscore.com 2/25/2009 — In a season of relative disappointments for the Yankees, none was bigger than Robinson Cano. After two seasons where he averaged 4.7 WAR , he dropped all the way to 0.6 WAR in 2008. Both his hitting and fielding performance suffered last season, each dropping nearly 2 wins from ...
Will Cano rebound?
riveraveblues.com 2/28/2009 — One of the biggest goats of the 2008 season was second baseman Robbie Cano, who saw his offensive output drop from .306-.353-.488 with a .358 wOBP in 2007 to just .271-.305-.410 and a measly .307 wOBP last year. Many a pundit pointed to his newfound ...
Can Cano Turn It Around?
theyankeeuniverse.com 3/4/2009 — The expectations for Robinson Cano going into 2008 were quite high. Most fans were expecting him to take a step forward, and develop into the middle of the order hitter that he flashed signs of in his first few seasons. Instead, his performance took ...
Cano … and How People are Dillusional
yankstalk.com 1/4/2009 — hear alot of “Trade Cano”, “Cano has fallen off”, and more nonsense about Robinson Cano. WHAT baseball are you watching? You Yankee fans are so spoiled that you let things blind you. You are quick to want to trade Robinson Cano for scrubs like Orlando Hudson?? If ...
Hoping for a major rebound from Cano
riveraveblues.com 3/5/2009 — Robinson Cano and his sub-par 2008 season have been major issues of discussion this off-season. While many Yankees fans figured he’d improve upon his 2007 season, he got off to a horrid start before bringing himself back to an acceptable level ...
Cano Shaping Up To Be Main Cog For Yanks?
waswatching.com 11/25/2008 — Via George King -
While they wait for CC Sabathia to decide if $140 million is worth the headaches created by the spotlight that always scorches the Yankees, the club is jazzed about Robinson Cano’s new body.
“I was as impressed with ...
The Curious Case of Robinson Cano
310tojoba.blogspot.com 1/28/2009 — "I still need that hug." No I didn't see the movie I allude to in the title because I don't have close to three hours of my life to spare, but I digress. I was trolling Fangraphs (SURPRISE!) and looking at advanced statistics for hack-happy Cano ...
Robinson Cano gives back
riveraveblues.com 3/1/2009 — Kat O’Brien just got back from a trip down to the Dominican , and aside from all the talk about steroids and the various development academies comes this gem (emphasis mine):
Probably the best part of the trip was getting to talk to a lot of ...
E-mails show NYC demanded perks —
Major League Baseball News 12/4/2008
Recently released internal e-mails between aides to New York City's mayor, city lawyers and Yankees officials show that City Hall gave the team even more parking spaces than had been negotiated previously, plus the rights and revenue from three ...