Robinson Cano, I still say no.

We New Yorkers tend to think we know more than fans in other places but we don't.  Case in point: there remain a few demented Yankee fans who continue to lament the fact that the Yankees had the uncommon common sense to NOT sign Robinson Cano to a fat 10 year contract.

The Seattle Mariners swooped in at the last minute and signed Cano: $24 million for each season through 2023 when Cano will be 40.  In 2014 Cano delivered his Hall of Fame quality batting: OPS+ 143.  In 2015:

Played 75% of games at 2B, (requiring Qualified for league batting title), sorted by greatest Adjusted OPS+

Rk	Player	OPS+	Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Jason Kipnis	160	2015	28	CLE	AL	50	238	206	37	70	16	4	5	25	21	2	30	6	2	3	1	5	4	.340	.411	.529	.940	*4
2	Joe Panik	135	2015	24	SFG	NL	50	210	184	25	56	11	2	4	21	20	0	26	2	2	2	2	2	1	.304	.375	.451	.826	*4/H
3	Brian Dozier	132	2015	28	MIN	AL	48	216	190	41	49	16	3	9	25	20	1	46	3	0	3	3	3	1	.258	.333	.516	.849	*4
4	Dee Gordon	131	2015	27	MIA	NL	49	225	211	29	78	10	2	0	14	10	2	31	1	1	2	2	20	7	.370	.397	.436	.833	*4
5	Kolten Wong	128	2015	24	STL	NL	51	208	189	31	59	10	1	6	23	16	2	30	1	0	2	3	4	4	.312	.365	.471	.836	*4/H
6	Howie Kendrick	120	2015	31	LAD	NL	49	209	192	27	56	12	1	5	23	16	1	36	1	0	0	7	2	2	.292	.349	.443	.792	*4/H
7	Dustin Pedroia	119	2015	31	BOS	AL	50	227	201	19	58	8	0	7	21	21	0	27	1	1	3	5	1	1	.289	.354	.433	.787	*4
8	DJ LeMahieu	115	2015	26	COL	NL	47	179	164	19	55	4	2	3	25	14	2	29	0	1	0	5	4	3	.335	.388	.439	.827	*4
9	Jose Altuve	112	2015	25	HOU	AL	51	229	209	24	62	10	0	5	26	15	6	20	1	1	3	6	15	5	.297	.342	.416	.758	*4
10	Daniel Murphy	111	2015	30	NYM	NL	52	205	189	16	54	13	0	4	29	14	4	15	1	0	1	7	1	2	.286	.337	.418	.755	*45/H
11	Ian Kinsler	100	2015	33	DET	AL	51	226	199	29	54	12	2	1	22	25	0	29	0	0	2	6	6	0	.271	.350	.367	.716	*4
12	Johnny Giavotella	99	2015	27	LAA	AL	51	178	158	19	44	8	1	1	17	13	0	24	1	4	2	4	1	0	.278	.333	.361	.694	*4/H
13	Neil Walker	97	2015	29	PIT	NL	49	204	186	23	49	15	0	3	19	12	1	38	5	0	1	3	2	0	.263	.324	.392	.716	*4/H
14	Brandon Phillips	92	2015	34	CIN	NL	44	175	165	20	48	3	0	3	21	8	1	20	1	0	1	3	6	0	.291	.326	.364	.689	*4/H
15	Jace Peterson	90	2015	25	ATL	NL	48	185	164	19	44	4	3	1	22	18	1	30	0	1	2	1	6	4	.268	.337	.348	.685	*4/H
16	Robinson Cano	81	2015	32	SEA	AL	50	214	199	22	49	12	0	2	16	12	1	35	1	0	2	9	1	3	.246	.290	.337	.626	*4/HD
17	Eric Sogard	66	2015	29	OAK	AL	47	167	159	13	41	5	1	0	11	6	0	25	0	2	0	4	2	0	.258	.285	.302	.587	*4/H6D
18	Chris Owings	62	2015	23	ARI	NL	43	178	170	21	41	7	2	2	11	4	1	44	0	4	0	5	6	0	.241	.259	.341	.600	*4/6H
19	Chase Utley	59	2015	36	PHI	NL	47	181	160	15	31	6	1	3	21	15	4	26	3	0	3	5	1	0	.194	.271	.300	.571	*4/H3
20	Omar Infante	56	2015	33	KCR	AL	43	162	156	10	36	11	2	0	17	3	0	22	0	0	3	3	0	0	.231	.241	.327	.568	*4
21	Stephen Drew	49	2015	32	NYY	AL	47	174	156	12	25	7	0	5	15	15	0	34	0	1	2	4	0	1	.160	.231	.301	.532	*46/H5

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Yankee 2B Stephen Drew is dead last among 21 players.  Maybe this is part of what influences those few dopey Yankee fans.  But Cano is only number 16.  Drew, who hustles, is being paid $5 million this season but he may not last and will almost certainly be gone in 2016.  But even the perpetually inept Steinbrenner Kids resisted their natural impulse to do something dumb and did not sign Cano.  They offered Cano much more than they should have but lucked out when Seattle came along to save them from themselves.

Had the Steinbrenner Kids signed Cano they would now be regretting it as they do the current contract that they signed with Alex Rodriguez in 2007.  The Steinbrenner Kids started hacking at A-Rod at least as far back as 2012, well before the PED scandal broke that resulted in his suspension for the 2014 season.

Just yesterday Cano was being discussed on the MLB Network and Bobby Valentine mentioned that Cano was not running out ground balls, which is Cano's trademark attribute.

Rivera and Jeter on Cano. Wednesday, May 7, 2014

By now you've probably read that Mariano Rivera wrote that Robinson Cano lacks the red hot passion to excel.
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What would Jackie Robinson do about Robinson Cano? Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Jackie Robinson would be appalled at any athlete dogging it, especially a black athlete, especially a black athlete as talented as Robinson Cano, who, to make matters worse, was named after Jackie Robinson, the man who broke the color line in 1947 and became the first black major league player in modern times.
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Robinson Cano: should he be suspended for not hustling? Isn't that cheating? Saturday, February 22, 2014

A few days ago Yankee hitting coach Kevin Long was quoted as stating that his prize pupil, Robinson Cano, did not hustle enough with the Yankees.  This was obvious to anyone who watched the games.
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Yankee captain Robinson Cano: I don't think so. Monday, August 12, 2013

He blew it.  Robinson Cano had the leadership of the New York Yankees sitting there for the taking and Cano was not up to the task.  Cano blew it on two fundamental levels.

1. Cano didn't play well enough when the team needed him most.
2. Cano didn't hustle all the time...

Derek Jeter was precipitously named captain several years ago by owner George Steinbrenner...

Cano persistently does not run hard after hitting the ball.  Not all the time but far too often to be acceptable.  Jeter and Rodriguez both lead by always hustling.  They are the highest paid Yankees and they show their leadership qualities with their hustle.  Cano does just the opposite.  That undermines Yankee manager Joe Girardi.  It negatively impacts a younger player like Eduardo Nunez who has not known the number of outs while playing shortstop beside Cano, then laughed about it in the dugout with Cano.
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