If Robinson Cano wants to remain with the New York Yankees, he’ll need to do so by accepting their seven-year, $175 million dollar offer. That’s the news hitting the wire from ESPN’s Wallace Matthews who says sources have informed him the Yankees aren’t likely to budge from their current offer:
"Sources have told ESPN New York the Yankees still plan to keep their ultimate offer to Cano in the seven-year, $175 million range. That is unchanged from before the Ellsbury talks heated up this week.If Cano can get $200 million someplace else, the Yankees will let him walk."
With Brian McCann already signing for a potential $100 million dollar deal (assuming incentives are met) and Jacoby Ellsbury already agreeing to a $153 million dollar deal, the Yankees don’t exactly have a lot of room to maneuver from their stance.
It’s certainly a more than fair offer for Cano, but money talks. Of course, leaving a perennial contender and the most popular team in the league for an additional $25 million dollars may not be that appealing to Cano when all is said and done, so by no stretch is Cano leaving the Bronx a certainty at this point. The Yankees have drawn their line in the sand however.