A day after reports that Robinson Cano is still seeking north of $300 million in free agency, Wallace Matthews of ESPN New York spoke to Yankees President Randy Levine. Who said that Cano has to get a grip:
“We want Robbie back; we think Robbie is terrific,” Levine said Tuesday in a telephone conversation with ESPNNewYork.com. “But we have no interest in doing any 10-year deals and no interest in paying $300 million to any player. Until he gets a little more realistic, we have nothing to talk about.’'
The New York Post says the Yankees have offered Cano a seven-year deal for about $165 million. Ken Rosenthal writes today that Cano isn’t necessarily seeking $300 million, but that he asked for that during the season in order to get the Yankees to buy-out his chance at even exploring free agency. Now that they passed on that and he is a free agent, Rosenthal suggests, the bidding starts anew.
Whatever the case is and whatever the current offers and demands are, one gets the sense that this dance is going to take a long time to complete.
