lennysyankees.blogspot.com - 4/11/2009
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Tyler Kepner, Yankees beat writer for the NY Times, wrote something in his game recap last night that completely coincides with what I've been saying all along about Robinson Cano. Kepner and Joe Girardi hit the nail right on the head: Cano had two more hits on Friday, giving him eight in 14 ...
Cano on a mission
lennysyankees.blogspot.com 3/31/2009 — Kevin Kernan of the New York Post reported today that a new and improved Robinson Cano is in camp this spring, and that he has high hopes for this upcoming season. Of course, I'd love to agree with Kernan here, but I'm not sold just yet. The article mentions that hitting coach Kevin Long ...
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 ...
Fielding Bible: The strange case of Robinson Cano
riveraveblues.com 4/1/2009 — We’ll continue the Fielding Bible series today with a bit on Derek Jeter ’s double play partner, Robinson Cano . The 26-year-old has been a strange case during his tenure with the Yanks. Sometimes he looks like a Top 5 defender at ...
Robinson Cano Revisited
310tojoba.blogspot.com 5/7/2009 — .nobr br { display: none } Remember this? How could you not? It was so filled with pathetic nerdiness that you could never forget it! Anyway, as I promised, we'll be looking at the resurgence of Robinson Cano in the early going of this year with the help of some statistics. O-Swing% ...
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 ...
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 ...
In Year Two, Girardi Knows Cano Better
bats.blogs.nytimes.com 2/21/2009 — Often defensive when his moves were questioned last season, Manager Joe Girardi conceded Friday that he indeed might have waited too long in motivating Robinson Cano.
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 ...
Robbie Cano bursts out of the gate…
nyyankeesrumors.com 4/18/2009 — This off-season people many fans were disgusted with the way Robinson Cano performed last season, and some were ready to trade him away. People thought he was being lazy and his drop in statistics last season drew a lot of fans attention. During the off-season, Cano worked hard with Kevin ...
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 ...
A-Rod Visits Tampa on Monday —
Bleacher Report - MLB 4/11/2009
From George A. King III :
The Yankees will be in St. Petersburg, Fla. on Monday to play the Rays, but the focus—at least in the morning—will be about 20 minutes north in Tampa.
That's where Alex Rodriguez is expected to work out at ...
New York Yankees at Kansas City Royals —
Bleacher Report - MLB 4/11/2009
CC Sabathia makes his second start of the year today, trying to improve on his dreadful opening day performance. He worked on a mechanical issue with pitching coach Dave Eiland in his bullpen session and believes he corrected the flaw. It was his ...
New York Yankees Banking on Ks in 2009 —
Bleacher Report - MLB 4/11/2009
The Yankees’ pitching staff has racked up 22 strikeouts in their last two games, their only two wins on the season.
CC Sabathia and Chien-Ming Wang failed to strikeout a single batter in their first starts of the season, the Yankees’ ...
Kepner on Cano: —
Bleacher Report - MLB 4/11/2009
Tyler Kepner , Yankees beat writer for the NY Times , wrote something in his game recap last night that completely coincides with what I’ve been saying all along about Robinson Cano.
Kepner and Joe Girardi hit the nail right ...