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Seattle Mariners Offer to Robinson Cano Was Less Than $200M

By Josh Hill

Sep 13, 2013; Boston, MA, USA; New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano (24) bunts for a double during the first inning against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 13, 2013; Boston, MA, USA; New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano (24) bunts for a double during the first inning against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sep 13, 2013; Boston, MA, USA; New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano (24) bunts for a double during the first inning against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 13, 2013; Boston, MA, USA; New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano (24) bunts for a double during the first inning against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports /

Earlier in the day, we got a pretty significant update on the whole Seattle Mariners pursuing Robinson Cano story that so many people have been following over the last few days. While ESPN Deportes reported that an offer was made in the range of $240-$250 million, FOX Sports baseball guru Ken Rosenthal is saying otherwise.

While he doesn’t deny that the Mariners made an offer to Cano, Rosenthal insists that the offer was much less than earlier reported. While $240 million is a number floating around right now, Rosenthal says that the offer from Seattle was actually less than $200 million.

This is now a case of who do you believe more, as two very reputable media outlets are reporting two drastically different things on the same story. For a while now we’ve known that Cano was going to ask for an obscene amount of money and that’s why it’s not hard to believe the report that the Mariners throwing well over $200 million at him.

It’s less believable but likely more realistic that Seattle tossed Cano an offer that was still outrageously high but under $200 million. There was no exact figure attached to Rosenthal’s report, but if we’re being technical, an offer of $199 million is still high but less than $200 million.

There’s obviously a lot of movement with this story either way and a decision from Cano about the Mariners might be coming soon, and the actual offer that was made will be known as well.

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