Who says he wasn't interested? He actually wanted to be a closer with a contending team more than a setup man.
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Tigers called him and he said to move on, that was a few days before they talked about Nathan again.
Read this article this morning and it pretty much sums up exactly what I just stated in this post.
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/...-or-yankees-120513?cmpid=tsmtw:fscom:mlbonfox
Hiring J-Z, or what ever the dude's name is, was the worst decision Cano every made. Cano needs to hire a real agent and not some talentless rapper. Someone who somehow becomes successful in the music field without the ability to sing or play an instrument, is either really good at selling a product to a bunch of fools or is a very good salesman. It is much more difficult to pull the wool over the eyes of professionals whose job it is to identify real talent. Those same "street" tatics he employs in the rap world does not work outside that world. That is probably the reason he pissed off Seattle execs so badly.
Either that, or he is so friggen genius that his little game will end up getting a lot more from the Yankees or another team. If so however, I wonder how much this will impact his relationship with other clients and teams?
Well, it's a Jay-Z group, it is not Jay-Z himself that is doing the negotiating. Either way, what Cano wants and what the Yankees are willing to pay is VERY far apart. He wants AT LEAST in the $290 mil range and the Yankees don't want to pay more than $189. The Rangers and Mariners are on the clock, though my source states the talks broke down last night in Seattle. My buddy told me the Mariners were willing to go up to $200 mil and he was not willing to budge under $250 mil.
Sorry... all things being equal, I would take Cano hands down and twice on Sunday....and I don't even like him.
Robinson Cano agrees to monster deal with Mariners http://sports.yahoo.com/news/robinson-cano-agrees-to-monster-deal-with-mariners-161141867.html I would also take Cano over anyone out there and no one out there is worth this money in any sports much and now everyones tickets prices are going to soar!! 
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Crazy crazy deal... too much for too long and Seattle still wont be anywhere near making the playoffs next year or in the near future.
Am calling it now, expect Cano to be traded within 3 years and the Mariners eating a chunk of the contract.
Am calling it now, expect Cano to be traded within 3 years and the Mariners eating a chunk of the contract.
You NEVER know. When the Red Sox traded away all those players recently to the Dodgers. Did ANYONE outside of Boston think they would World Series champs THIS soon? Nope.
I don't know, if this report is true, they may have been doing their homework for a little while now:
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/11/teams-future-salary-obligations.html
Maybe.. but in the end of the day, its still Seattle which isnt a prime destination for free agents.
Here is an interesting note about the Marlins signing :
Many in here, some are no longer around and some that have remained awfully quiet, have stated that Florida's lack of state taxes does not play a roll in negotiations when it comes to the signing of free agents in any professional sports. When you are talking 5-8% of tens of millions of dollars, you damn straight it becomes a factor.
Many in here, some are no longer around and some that have remained awfully quiet, have stated that Florida's lack of state taxes does not play a roll in negotiations when it comes to the signing of free agents in any professional sports. When you are talking 5-8% of tens of millions of dollars, you damn straight it becomes a factor.
The only thing they have to their disadvantage is being so damn far away from everything. But when are talking more than a quarter of a BILLION DOLLARS, the seems to make things a little more comfortable.
