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11/19/2013 09:27:00 AM
Gavin Ewbank
The market for Robinson Cano seems to be very thin at the moment, but another team may have joined the race for the top free-agent on the market.
According to reports by the NY Post, Jay Z met with members of the New York Mets front office staff, including COO Jeff Wilpon, general manager Sandy Alderson and assistant general manager John Ricco for dinner at a Manhattan hotel to discuss Cano’s free agency.
The meeting was apparently called on by Cano's agents, and it was described to Andy Martino of the NY Daily News as a "Boras-like" presentation, referring to the way that Scott Boras, Cano's agent before he was fired earlier this year, uses printed materials, visual elements and other tools when speaking to teams.
This meeting with the Mets by Cano's agents, that also featured agents Brodie Van Wagenen and Juan Perez, comes as a surprise to just about every one around baseball.
Alderson said last week that the Mets were not interested in signing a player that would cost upwards of $100 million, and it was reported yesterday by Andrew Marchand of ESPN New York that Cano is sticking to the 10-year, $310 million price he reportedly asked the Yankees for back in July.
Alderson was asked during the GM meetings last week about signing players to big deals, and he referred back to the 8-year, $138 million extension that David Wright signed last winter.
"We’ve been in that stratosphere once recently with David Wright,” Alderson said. “Those were special circumstances. I think it would be difficult to duplicate that again — not from a financial standpoint, just in terms of team-building. I think it’s difficult to concentrate those kinds of resources into very few players. It’s not really the way you build a quality, sustainable, winning team, I don’t think."
The Mets already have a sure thing of David Murphy at second base, but he wouldn't be hard to move if the Mets were able to lock up Cano.
Cano and the Yankees haven't had an extensive contract talks since free-agency began, but the Yankees have offered Cano an contract somewhere around 7-years for between $161 and $168 million. If Cano is actually sticking to $310 million, he and the Yanks are about $150 million apart.
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According to reports by the NY Post, Jay Z met with members of the New York Mets front office staff, including COO Jeff Wilpon, general manager Sandy Alderson and assistant general manager John Ricco for dinner at a Manhattan hotel to discuss Cano’s free agency.
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This meeting with the Mets by Cano's agents, that also featured agents Brodie Van Wagenen and Juan Perez, comes as a surprise to just about every one around baseball.
Alderson said last week that the Mets were not interested in signing a player that would cost upwards of $100 million, and it was reported yesterday by Andrew Marchand of ESPN New York that Cano is sticking to the 10-year, $310 million price he reportedly asked the Yankees for back in July.
Alderson was asked during the GM meetings last week about signing players to big deals, and he referred back to the 8-year, $138 million extension that David Wright signed last winter.
"We’ve been in that stratosphere once recently with David Wright,” Alderson said. “Those were special circumstances. I think it would be difficult to duplicate that again — not from a financial standpoint, just in terms of team-building. I think it’s difficult to concentrate those kinds of resources into very few players. It’s not really the way you build a quality, sustainable, winning team, I don’t think."
The Mets already have a sure thing of David Murphy at second base, but he wouldn't be hard to move if the Mets were able to lock up Cano.
Cano and the Yankees haven't had an extensive contract talks since free-agency began, but the Yankees have offered Cano an contract somewhere around 7-years for between $161 and $168 million. If Cano is actually sticking to $310 million, he and the Yanks are about $150 million apart.
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