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Robbie Cano: Mariners need extra bat

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Hack Wilson - real:
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10541742/robinson-cano-says-seattle-mariners-need-extra-bat


lmao you need a lot more than Robinson.  Enjoy the money and 4th place finishes.

Halu Sination:
It was kinda sad hearing him say that Mariners aren't going to win it big in the near future. He's not even going to attempt lie to himself lol.

He is right about Seattle having a severely underrated 1-2 punch in Felix and Kuma though.

Chamillitary Click:
I honestly hate him lol. I think the Yankees have a chance to still win. But if he stayed it goes up times five.

Halu Sination:

--- Quote from: Chamillitary Click on March 02, 2014, 08:05:13 PM ---I honestly hate him lol. I think the Yankees have a chance to still win. But if he stayed it goes up times five.

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Yanks ain't winning a chip any time soon but assuming Tanaka doesn't completely flop like Japanese pitchers have for Yankees in the past, I think they're actually a better team than they were last year. And they wouldn't have made all the roster signings that they did had Cano stayed, so his departure could very well be a blessing in disguise.

MistaNova:

--- Quote from: Halu Sination on March 02, 2014, 08:43:25 PM ---Yanks ain't winning a chip any time soon but assuming Tanaka doesn't completely flop like Japanese pitchers have for Yankees in the past, I think they're actually a better team than they were last year. And they wouldn't have made all the roster signings that they did had Cano stayed, so his departure could very well be a blessing in disguise.
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Not sure about that. The Yankees didn't resign Cano but went above the luxury tax threshold anyway and also gave away their first round picks. Looks to me like they were going to go balls out from the get-go (they'd have to if they wanted to keep asses in seats), meaning that if they had managed to resign Cano they'd still probably have add Beltran and Tanaka (amongst other not-so noteworthy players).

And yes the Yankees are a better team now than they were last year but that's not saying much when you consider that the 2013 Yankees was one of the worst teams ever assembled. What else can you say about a team that had the ghost of Ichiro, Brennan Boesch, Chris Nelson, Kevin Youkilis, Reid Brignac, Chris Stewart, Jayson Nix, David Adams, Luis Cruz, Brent Lillibridge, Vernon Wells, Travis Hafner, Lyle Overbay, Austin Romine, Ben Francisco etc... in crucial roles. Only to strike out or ground into a double play.
The lineups were so terrible that you can probably argue that Cory Hart and/or LoMo will offer Cano more line-up protection than every hitter who hit behind Cano in 2013 combined did.

I suppose you could say the pitching was the one bright spot about the 2013 Yankees but by the end of the season most of the starters like Kuroda and Pettitte were wiped out with fatigue. Which meant even more work for a bullpen that was already overworked because Hughes could never reach the 5th inning and CC could never reach the 7th inning. Resulting in the bullpen and rotation collapsing at once. Something the brainless Yankees fans don't realize is that there's a very real possibility of that happening again this year. Especially since last year's rotation was marginally better and last year's bullpen was WAY better.

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