Cano New Money-New Team

$70 million dollars. That is the number that might hunt the New York Yankees in the 2014 season. The most sought-after free agent this year, Robinson Cano signed a 10 year $240 million dollar contract with the Seattle Mariners. Bringing on mix reviews on the whole situation from everybody in the sports world. Some feel it was a great move by the Yankees for not braking the bank to sign Cano to another outrageous baseball contract. Meanwhile there is others who did not like the $170 million dollar contract offer the Yankees had on the table. I'm in agreement with the latter, even if they did not want to pay the $300 million that Cano was asking for the $170 million offer was disrespectfully.

I look at it like this the Yankees just signed Jacob Ellsbury to a $153 million dollar contract just days to the news braking on the Cano signing. That is a $17 million dollar difference between the two offers. Now I understand Ellsbury just came off winning the World Serie with the Boston Red Sox, but i do not feel he is in the same pay grade as Cano. Ellsbury is a very good center fielder, who can't seem to stay on the field majority of the season. Cano on the other hand played 160 games out of the 182 games in 2013. Last season Cano was the only productive Yankee finishing with a .314 batting average 27 homeruns and 107 RBI's, with those stats he finished 5th in the MVP voting in the American league. With A-Rod career stil up in the air, Mark Teixeira and Derek Jeter are coming off injury, Granderson leaving for the Mets and the retirement of Rivera . You think the wise choice would be for the Yankees to go into the new season with production they can guarantee on.

With the Cano saga now over the Yankees can now move on and fill out their roster. I'm assuming that the money that would have went to Cano is now going to sure up their pitching rotation, getting a third basemen, getting somebody to play second base.  They already signed out fielder Jacob Ellsbury now you can add Carlos Beltran to the already stocked out fielders. Beltran signed a 3 years for $45 million contract on Friday. Bringing back Beltran to the New York area where he had a up and down stint with the Mets. On paper these signings seem like the best move for the Yankees, but they don't play the game on paper and the season has not started yet. So when the 2014 season begin prepare yourself for a lot of  Cano/ Yankees comparison on Sports Center,  especially between Cano and whoever the Yankees get to play second base.