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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Robinson Cano Somehow Escaping Ridicule for Failures in the Clutch
heartbeatofthebronx.blogspot.com 6/22/2009 — Yankees 2B Robinson Cano has been credited with having a very productive season—currently on pace for 28 HR, 99 RBI, 108 R, 200 hits, and a .300 batting average. The problem, however, is that many fans are overlooking the stark differences in Cano’s performance in the heart of a clutch ...

Who is the guy in the Cano mask?
yankees.lhblogs.com 4/30/2009 — In three plate appearances against Edwin Jackson last night, Robinson Cano saw 27 pitches. He saw 12 pitches in the fourth inning and 10 more in the sixth. That played a huge role in driving up the right-hander’s pitch count. Jackson had to ...

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 ...

Kepner on Cano:
lennysyankees.blogspot.com 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 on the head: Cano had two more hits on Friday, giving him eight in 14 ...

Tex, Cano won't flip in batting order — Newsday.com - Yankees 5/5/2009
Mark Teixeira and Robinson Cano were far apart in terms of success in the first month of the season. Teixeira had one of the worst offensive months of his career; Cano led the Yankees offensively.

Have Robinson Cano's Bad Habits Returned? — Bleacher Report - MLB 5/8/2009
Through the first 23 games, Yankee second baseman Robinson Cano was on fire. After the Yankees 10-9 win over the Angels on May 1 Cano was hitting .378 and had an incredible number of multiple hit games. He also had five home runs and 17 RBI to ...

DAMON'S HOMER LIFTS YANKEES OVER ORIOLES, 5-3 — NY Post: Sports 5/10/2009
> BALTIMORE, Md. --- Johnny Damon hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning, the biggest blow in a long-ball attack that carried the New York Yankees past the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 Sunday. Mark Teixeira and Robinson Cano also connected ...

Damon's 3-run HR helps Joba, Yankees win (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 5/10/2009
Johnny Damon hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning, the biggest blow in a long-ball attack that carried the New York Yankees past the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 Sunday. Mark Teixeira and Robinson Cano also connected for the Yankees, who ...

Johnny Damon's homer lifts Yankees — L.A. Times - Baseball News 5/11/2009
He hits a three-run home run in seventh inning of New York's 5-3 victory over Baltimore. > New York 5, at Baltimore 3: Johnny Damon hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning and ...