MLB rumors: New York Yankees not planning to increase offer to Robinson Cano?

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.