heartbeatofthebronx.blogspot.com - 6/22/2009
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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 ...
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% ...
Cano's Bad Night
fackyouk.blogspot.com 6/29/2009 — Last night was a great win, and Robinson Cano probably couldn't be happier. His atrocious effort got overshadowed by the Yankees winning their fifth straight game and Mariano Rivera notching his 500th save and doing something Cano couldn't last night - see more than three pitches in an at bat ...
Cano must regain confidence he can hit | yankees.com: News
mlb.mlb.com 7/5/2009 — By Jared Diamond / MLB.com 07/04/09 7:09 PM ET NEW YORK -- Alex Rodriguez walked three times on Saturday afternoon. In his last two plate appearances, the Blue Jays chose to put him on intentionally, opting to face Robinson Cano in a key RBI spot in ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
Breaking Down the Yankees for the Second Half--The Lineup, Part 2
puristbleedspinstripes.com 7/15/2009 — [So the All Star Game is officially over--and we can thus consider ourselves in the second half. This is where it gets fun. All of those days players got rested in the first half? Well, now they have to play. Now the pennant races start to heat up, and every move a team makes, be it a trade, a ...
NL East Power Rankings —
Bleacher Report - MLB 6/22/2009
Last week I established a rule for the NL East Power Rankings.
Lose two of three to Baltimore and you automatically drop one spot in the rankings.
Now what kind of credibility would I have if I did not follow that rule once again this week? ...
A-Rod to Get Much Needed Rest —
Bleacher Report - MLB 6/22/2009
The New York Yankees are starting to run into some issues. Entering Sunday, the Yankees had the major leagues best record since May 7, going 24-16. The past week has been difficult, losing two out of three to the Washington Nationals at home, then ...