Mariners sign Cano to 10yr/$240 mill deal

[John Shay]

Per Mark Feinsand this morning:
@FeinsandNYDN: BREAKING NEWS: Cano and Mariners talks break down, free agent not signing with Mariners http://t.co/SA8UuUDA4b

Edited December 6, 2013 by Shaydiest1

[Angels]

If accurate, Jay Z is an idiot.

[NJHalo]

Stick to overpaying for your basketball team

[Angelsjunky]

Idiot. Take that deal. No one else is likely to equal that deal and Seattle is a great place to live. Oh yeah, Robinson - fire Jay-Z.

[sneaky_flute]

He and Puff Daddy are morons. They just rejected one of the biggest contracts in MLB history and have no leverage. It'll be hilarious when they have to settle for a paltry 160 million. Seriously, what do these assholes want?

[NJHalo]

I hope Mike Trout hires Jay-Z

 

 

 

 

never mind

Edited December 6, 2013 by NJHalo

[Stradling]

Maybe what was being reported about the size of the contract was inaccurate.

[bloodbrother]

Dont' blame the M's one bit. Sure sounds like they are being played and used for leverage here. Offered him a 9yr/$225 mill deal and they ask for 10yr/$260 mill

 

crazy

 

Hopefully this is true to though. This would be a good development in the Halos pursuit of Tanaka, if he is posted. Yanks would have most of their money tied up into Cano and the M's, despite all the cash they have, still need to focus on adding a hitter

[vlad27]

Idiot. Take that deal. No one else is likely to equal that deal and Seattle is a great place to live. Oh yeah, Robinson - fire Jay-Z.

I'm sure Jay-Z figures whatever he does and touches turns to gold . I mean in reality he has turned speaking kind of rhythmically over sampled tracks into millions of dollars - the guy generally has good luck

[bloodbrother]

He and Puff Daddy are morons. They just rejected one of the biggest contracts in MLB history and have no leverage. It'll be hilarious when they have to settle for a paltry 160 million. Seriously, what do these assholes want?

 

Yep. Unless the M's cool off and put their original 9yr/$225 mill back on the table, then Cano and Jay-Z are left with nothing but going back to NY on THEIR terms. With nobody else realistically pursuing him, the Yanks hold all the leverage over Cano

 

talk about bungling things up.

[Inside Pitch]

So, this means one of two things -- Cano's representation is very very dense, or Cano really doesn't want to play in Seattle.

[arch stanton]

The Yankees always held the leverage because he never wanted to go any place else. If he's satisfied with $170 mil in NY then more power to him.

[bloodbrother]

Jay-Z probably knowing he can't market Cano like he wants if he is in Seattle compared to his hometown NY

[John Shay]

So, this means one of two things -- Cano's representation is very very dense, or Cano really doesn't want to play in Seattle.

 

Probably both of those things.

 

Jay Z is going to find out really quick he's in over his head.

 

Cano on the other hand just lost the one team that was willing to greatly overpay for his services.

[Stradling]

So I wonder if Arte will kick the tires on Cano. Dipoto is going to go to that concert tonight, we just know he will.

[jshep]

The Angels got 99 problems but..... signing Robinson Cano addresses none of them.

[Blarg]

Idiot. Take that deal. No one else is likely to equal that deal and Seattle is a great place to live. Oh yeah, Robinson - fire Jay-Z.

why would a guy with three World Series and played for the top franchise in baseball want to even consider the Mariners? He can get paid more than he can spend anywhere else so why just go for the dollars and hope to get to third place in your division every year?

The Mariners need to produce their own resume before they go applying for the leagues top talent. Each year they look like fools offering big dollar contracts and players basicly ignoring them.

[silviodante09]

This might have just saved Zdurencik's job. With Hultzen, Zunino, and Walker now in the bigs they have a solid young core. No point in having that hamstring contract when they likely will be competing in 4-5 years.

[John Shay]

Scott Boras is somewhere laughing his ass off right now.

[bloodbrother]

Scott Boras is somewhere laughing his ass off right now.

 

"The King stay the King"

[sneaky_flute]

I wouldn't want to play for the Mariners but I wouldn't mind living in Seattle. With that said, if Cano has had his sights on NY the whole time then he's an idiot for thinking this would drive up the Yankees' offer.

[YouthofToday]

Jay Z is a clown agent, bro.

If Cano ends up signing for less than $200 million good luck trying to add another marque player.

[jshep]

 

Ken RosenthalVerified account ‏@Ken_Rosenthal

Source: Talks between Cano, #Mariners still alive.

[Ohtaniland]

Ken RosenthalVerified account ‏@Ken_Rosenthal

Source: Talks between Cano, #Mariners still alive.

I'm still waiting to see when Rosenthal tweets that a mystery team is involved. Of course that would be us right?

[bloodbrother]

 

 

Ken RosenthalVerified account ‏@Ken_Rosenthal

Source: Talks between Cano, #Mariners still alive.

 

 

Not too surprising. M's obviously want to improve their offense badly. You figured they'd cool off at some point and just go back to putting their original and final offer on the table and then let Cano make up his mind