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Cano Close To $30M Contract
Published 1/24/2008 by Bronx Liaison at Bronx Liaison
... According to Ken Rosenthal, the Yankees are close to locking up Robinson Cano to a four year contract worth $30 million. The Yankees, locking up one of their young stars, are on the verge of signing second baseman Robinson Cano to a four-year, $30 million contract, according to major-league sources. The deal, which would take Cano through his arbitration years, also is expected to include club options that would enable the Yankees to buy out one or two years of free agency. The contract would be contingent ...

Breaking News: Cano Close to 4-year Deal
Published 1/24/2008 by Mantlemurcer at My Pinstripes
... FoxSports' Ken Rosenthal is reporting the Yankees and Robinson Cano are close to agreeing on a 4-year deal that would be worth, a reported, $30 million. The deal would include all of Cano's arbitration years and 1 or 2 years of free agency. ...

Yanks about to lock up Cano
Published 1/24/2008 by Joseph P. at River Ave. Blues
... From Ken Rosenthal: The Yanks are close to a four-year deal with Robinson Cano. This would buy out all of his arbitration years for $30 million. Rosenthal says that the contract will include an option or two that will allow the Yanks to buy out some of Cano’s free agency. ...

Yanks To Ink Cano Through Arb Years
Published 1/24/2008 by Joe Pawlikowski at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the Yankees are close to a four-year deal with second baseman Robinson Cano. Since he's a Super Two, this will cover all of his arbitration years. Rosenthal also says that the deal will include a club option or two, allowing the Yankees to buy out some of Cano's free agency. The deal looks to be worth $30 million ...

Rosenthal: Yanks Near Four Year Deal with Cano
Published 1/24/2008 by Patrick at YanksBlog.com
Ken Rosenthal reports that, according to sources, the Yankees are close to a four year, $30 million dollar deal with Robinson Cano. He mentions that the deal is expected to include club options that would allow the Yankees to pick up 1-2 years of free agency. Sounds good to me. Let's lock up Robbie and Wang. Via ...

Rosenthal: Yanks, Cano close to four-year deal
Published 1/24/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports is reporting that the Yankees are close to locking up their second baseman to the tune of a four-year, $30 million deal. Including this year, Cano has four years of arbitration (instead of the usual three), so this would effectively end the yearly hassle of facing arbitration. Even better, though, is that Rosenthal's sources tell him the deal is expected to include an option year or two that would enable the Yanks to "buy out" a season or two of free agency. This would be a great deal for both Cano and the Yankees. Quickly pulling up our calculators ...

Cano Almost Locked Up
Published 1/24/2008 by Mark McCray at The Bronx Stop
Article courtesy of Ken Rosenthal: The Yankees, locking up one of their young stars, are on the verge of signing second baseman Robinson Cano to a four-year, $30 million contract, according to major-league sources. The deal, which would take Cano through his arbitration years, also is expected to include club options that would enable the Yankees to buy out one or two years of free agency. The contract would be contingent upon Cano passing a physical. Cano, 25, was eligible for arbitration for the ...

Is the Yankee front office starting to get it?
Published 1/24/2008 by Jason at MY BASEBALL BIAS
Ken Rosenthal is reporting this afternoon that the Yankees are close to a four-year deal with Robinson Cano worth $30 million that would buy out all of his arbitration years. I wonder if this Yankee organization is beginning to “get it”. If they end up deciding not to swing a deal for Santana, look at the decisions the Yankees have made this off-season that are highly unusual for a club that has always gone after older, big-ticket items and tended to not think very much of their young talent. 1. Have so far been ...

Rosenthal: Yanks nearing four-year deal with Cano
Published 1/24/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Rosenthal: Yanks nearing four-year deal with Cano Well...since Knobby can’t be found. The Yankees, locking up one of their young stars, are on the verge of signing second baseman Robinson Cano to a four-year, $30 million contract, according to major-league sources. The deal, which would take Cano through his arbitration years, also is expected to include club options that would enable the Yankees to buy out one or two years of free agency. The contract would be contingent upon Cano passing a physical.

Cano To Ink Four Year Pact?
Published 1/24/2008 by WW Staff at WasWatching.com
Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the "Yanks [are] nearing [a] four-year deal with [Robinson] Cano." Four-years @ $30 million. That's going to buy a lot of Mickey-Dees and Red Bull.

Yankees Near Deal With Cano
Published 1/24/2008 by Moshe Mandel at The Bronx Block
... . Now it seems that the Yankees are going against team policy and signing Cano to a long term contract. According to Ken Rosenthal, the deal spans four years and totals 30 million dollars, for an annual average salary of 7.5 million. It may also include one or two years worth of club options, which would provide the yankees control of Robbie’s first two years of free agency. (Hat Tip to RAB) ...

Yankees Look to Extend Robinson Cano
Published 1/24/2008 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
... is eligible for arbitration this winter, but if the Yankees have their way, they'll never step foot in the hearing room. Ken Rosenthal of the Sporting News reports that the Yankees are trying to sign Cano to a four-year deal worth $30 million. The Yankees hope the deal can be expanded to a five- or six-year deal with club options, which would lock him up through his first year or two of free agency. There's no telling how much that would cost New York, but I'm guessing at least $10 million a season, if not more. ...

Cano and Yanks Close on 4 yr Deal?
Published 1/24/2008 by NumberSeven <info@pinstripealley.com> at Pinstripe Alley: Front Page Posts
[editor's note] frontpaged by jscape2000 According to Ken Rosenthal: The Yankees, locking up one of their young stars, are on the verge of signing second baseman Robinson Cano to a four-year, $30 million contract, according to major-league sourcesThe deal, which ...

Roundup - Cano and Soriano Analysis
Published 1/25/2008 by Dave Rouleau at Baseball Digest Daily
... , by Pete Toms - The Yankees and second baseman Robinson Cano are rumored to be close to a four-year deal worth 30 M$ . This would take care of all his arbitration years and maybe include club options for a few free-agency seasons. The 25-year-old has maintained a .314/.346/.489 batting line in three season with the Yankees and even finished second in the Rookie of the Year voting in 2005. His 301 total bases in 2007 ranked 10th in the American League, along with his 189 hits. After a sub-par first half last season, he hit for an .953 OPS in the last three months and ...

Yanks Ink Cano
Published 1/26/2008 by jscape2000 <info@pinstripealley.com> at Pinstripe Alley: Front Page Posts
Ken Rosenthal has the details: The Yankees and Robinson Cano have reached a preliminary agreement on a contract that will guarantee him $30 million over four years and could pay him about $56 million over six years. Once contract language and a physical ...