A Picture of Cano, in His Prime Years Long Ago
I know - I retired from the site.
Just the other day, in fact.
But Mack asked me to come back - so I will come back - for this one article here.
As I departed, I said I'd perhaps write occasionally, if something really hit me.
This one thought did strike me - I expect my articles to remain rare, but here goes:
TWENTY REASONS TO NOT BE HOPEFUL ABOUT ROBBY CANO
Cano will turn 40 shortly after the 2022 season ends. So he is 39 1/2 as we speak.
He's just 3 for 16 this spring, after a brief, decent, but powerless winter ball season.
With that as a predicate, here's 20 timely, unhopeful reasons about Cano in 2022:
1) Gil Hodges had 22 at bats at age 39, then retired.
2) Mickey Mantle retired before turning 37.
3) Joe DiMaggio - ditto
4) Tommie Agee retired before turning 32.
5) Edgardo Alfonso retired before turning 33.
6) Cleon Jones retired before turning 34.
7) Felix Millan - ditto.
8) Lenny Dykstra - ditto.
9) Ho Jo retired before turning 35.
10) Lee Mazzillli - ditto.
11) David Wright retired before turning 36.
12) Jose Reyes - ditto.
13) Bud Harrelson retired before turning 37.
14) Carlos Delgado - ditto.
15) Keith Hernandez - ditto.
16) John Olerud's career ended 2 months after he turned 37.
17) Darryl Strawberry retired before turning 38.
18) Gary Carter retired before turning 39.
19) Carlos Beltran at approximately Cano's age finished up his long career with a lackluster .231/.283/.383 season.
20) Rusty Staub was a Mets pinch hitter extraordinaire at ages 39-41, but totaled only 266 PAs in those 3 years. Truly a part timer.
Twenty of the most prominent NY (and mostly Mets) players in memory - almost all were defeated by Father Time before the current age of Robby Cano.
There were just two who continued to play, but were shells of their former selves at (and beyond) Cano's current age.
Based on those 20 reasons and the almost certain lack of future Cano consumption of performance enhancers, I see Robby Cano in 2022 (at best) as a mediocre hitting, diminished power, diminished speed, diminished fielding player - unless he can do something the above 20 were almost entirely unable to do.
The kind of player that teams intent to winning it all don't - CAN'T - play.
We've all said it many times....It's a young man's game.....
Colin Holderman knows that. The righty reliever is bringing HIGH HEAT this spring, apparently even touching 100 with one pitch, and he has fanned 9 batters in a mere 4 innings, and sports a 0.00 ERA. Nice. No, not nice. AWESOME.
Ought to be showing up in Queens in the near future. He's been oft-injured, but this year, 2022, is gonna be his year.
Who would have guessed? He was drafted in 2016, and in 2018 and the next 5 years, has just 146 innings as a pro, just 54 games on the mound, just 119 Ks, a 3.95 ERA. But....when you're ready, you're ready. He seems almost ready.
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