tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315155203706829641.post6897390584536911110..comments2023-12-20T01:09:56.175-08:00Comments on Respect Jeter's Gangster: The Two Things I Still Don't Get About the Yankees Position Vis-a-Vis CanoFernando Alejandrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11051242696406856273noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315155203706829641.post-43017985399622607852013-12-08T19:47:05.088-08:002013-12-08T19:47:05.088-08:00There's a simpler issue: Seattle gave Cano $24...There's a simpler issue: Seattle gave Cano $240 million, and Washington State has no income tax. If Cano's goal was just to make as much money as possible, the Yankees would have had to pay him significantly more than $240 million, and those kinds of numbers are hard to justify for any player. <br /><br />I wish the Yankees could have kept Cano, but they gave him a fair offer and got blown away. Seattle probably isn't contending even with Cano, and his profile will be lower there than it was on the Yankees. He will not be a standout like Ichiro, a unique figure in baseball history who arrived in MLB with a massive Japanese media contingent and started breaking hitting records. The likeliest explanation for his choice is that Seattle offered him way more money. I doubt there was anything the Yankees could do to compensate for that except offer even more money.Rich Mahoganyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17078545531672950308noreply@blogger.com