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Here's one reason to root for
Alex Rodriguez's ambulance-chasers: if he
wins his appeal, the Yankees likely don't re-sign
Robinson Cano. After
Hal "Tweedle-Dumb" Steinbrenner admitted on radio yesterday that
The Pinstriped Posers would not give Cano the ten-year deal he wants, it became clear that much of the reason hinges on A-Fraud's doping penalty. If
The Fraudulent One is suspended for his record 211 games,
The Bronx Embalmers would save $31 million next year. That might allow them to give Cano—say—an eight-year deal, sign
Brian McCann away from the Braves and still stay under their targeted $189 payroll tax threshold. If Rodriguez
wins his appeal, there's no way the
Steinbrenner Spawn can afford Cano. Said Steinbrenner,
"Is anybody an absolute must-to-sign? No. And that's nothing against Robby. [It's] just not reasonable to assume that about anybody. We are going to do what we can. We've certainly conveyed to Robby we want him back and we want him to be a career Yankee. We'll just have to see what transpires here." Go Centaur!
