Let me clear it now… I am not a Yankee fan. Never have been, likely never will be.
But this dude Robinson Cano (Robby for short), can flat out hit. Sure he only hits in the bottom of the superstar lineup, but he has moved up from his regular 9 spot on last years team to a pretty regular 7 hitter. And I’d guess that is only because Joe Torre is so loyal to his superstars. I have to think though that Robby will be one of his superstars to be loyal too by the start of 2009. They will have dumped a few of their current stars by then, and Robby will be the nearly 5th year player.
He may… and I obviously stress may, be the next guy who has an outside chance of hitting .400. I mean he was hitting right at .260 in mid July, and is now hitting a solid .300. It’s a stretch to go to .400, but has shown he can do so for over a month. Pretty nice for a 24 year old. When you can raise your average 40 points in a month during the 2nd half of the season, you know how to hit.
Parting shot — let’s not forget he gave the entire league a run for the batting average title last year.
