Robinson Cano agrees to contract with Seattle Mariners, source says

[hrmjustin]

ESPN
SEATTLE -- Robinson Cano and the Seattle Mariners have agreed to sign a 10-year, $240-million contract, a source told ESPNdeportes.com Friday.

The player and his agents met Thursday night in Seattle with the Mariners' top executives and the team made an offer he couldn't refuse, the source added.

The source said Cano will return to Seattle on Sunday and will undergo a physical on Monday to complete what would be the third largest contract in history, tied with the one that Albert Pujols signed with Los Angeles Angels three years ago.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/sports/pro/baseball&id=9351323

[BeyondGeography]

1. Apparently he wanted to be closer to his family in Russia

[hrmjustin]

3. lol.

[pscot]

2. They'll still be paying him

24 mil a year when he's 41 years old. Of course they can compensate by filling out the roster with minimum wage rookies and journeymen. Go M's. Rah!

[hrmjustin]

4. That is a lot of money just to hit a ball.

[pscot]

5. This seems like a gesture

rather than part of a plan. After years of futility, attendance has started falling. One guy isn't going to turn the team around, but it will be surprising if this is followed by anything meaningful. The fish, as they say, rots from the head.

[hrmjustin]

6. Good point.

I am a Mets fan soi know all about going nowhere. Lol.

[pscot]

7. I feel your pain

I was raised on the Cubbies, so the transition to the M's was perfectly seamless.

[hrmjustin]

8. I always liked the Cubs.

[pscot]

9. Justifiably

since they make the Mets look like the model of a successful franchise

[hrmjustin]

10. I wonder if that fan who cost them the playoffs is still hated.

[pscot]

11. I read that he's turned down commercial

offers worth many, many thousand$. The Cubs should have brought the guy back for an exorcism at home plate. Cast out the century of bad luck that saturates the bricks of Wrigley field.

[hrmjustin]

12. I always felt so bad for him.