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The NY Yankees Robinson Cano has come on strong to establish himself as one of the best sluggers in major League baseball and has a chance to win a battle title. Cano started the season off on an absolute tear as he led all of baseball with highest batting average around.400 back in April. He currently is batting.342 which is the 4th highest average in all of baseball and he leads second basemen with 55 RBI's and 16 homeruns.
Cano's display of power with the bat has giving him the honor of being chosen to participate in the All-star homeruns derby along with Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers, David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox, Vernon Wells of the Toronto Blue Jays, Corey Hart of the Milwaukee Brewers and Matt Holliday of the St. Louis Cardinals. Mlb Picks For Tonight
Unfortunately Cano has had minor back problems of late and was held out of Wednesday lineup when the Yankees faced the Oakland A's. Our insiders for MLB expert picks report that the NY Yankees are taking precaution and because of this minor injury, the Yankees have announced that he will not be entering the homerun derby.
Being a young player and having the chance to participate in the homerun derby for the first time, Cano seemed to be irritated and disappointed the Yankees decided to leave him out of the derby without his knowledge. He actually was informed of the Yankees decision to scratch him from the Derby by reporters who received the confirmation from Yankess manager Joe Giradi. This decision was made because the Yankees didn't want their start player to take a chance on injuring himself and more.
Cano has benefited this season from batting behind Alex Rodriquez in the five hole as he has been the perfect hitter to protecting the Yankee slugger. Cano has become an all around player as his defense has been almost as good as his offense. Cano may not be able to participate in the homerun derby this year but he will have more chances over his career as the Yankees need him to be 100% healthily to prepare for another World Series run in the second half of the season. Mlb Picks For Tonight
Mlb Picks For Tonight - The Yankees Hold Their Slugger Robinson Cano Out of the Homerun Derby
