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Yankees face major dilemma: To sign Robinson Cano, or not?

The Orioles are the only team in baseball with five players who have played 150 games and the only team with seven players with at least 143 games. With the

Tom Verducci

Yankees face major dilemma: To sign Robinson Cano, or not?
Yankees face major dilemma: To sign Robinson Cano, or not? /
The Yankees may not want to give Cano just the sixth contract worth at least $200 million in baseball history :: Chuck Solomon/SI

The Orioles are the only team in baseball with five players who have played 150 games and the only team with seven players with at least 143 games. With the exception of J.J. Hardy (.309), the Baltimore regulars wilted in September: Matt Wieters (.269, 2 HR), Nick Markakis (.239, 1 HR), Nate McLouth (.229, 3 HR), Adam Jones (.228, 5 HR), Chris Davis (.208, 5 HR), and Manny Machado (.194, 2 HR). Improving the team's depth should be an offseason priority.

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Tom Verducci
TOM VERDUCCI

Tom Verducci is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who has covered Major League Baseball since 1981. He also serves as an analyst for FOX Sports and the MLB Network; is a New York Times best-selling author; and cohosts The Book of Joe podcast with Joe Maddon. A five-time Emmy Award winner across three categories (studio analyst, reporter, short form writing) and nominated in a fourth (game analyst), he is a three-time National Sportswriter of the Year winner, two-time National Magazine Award finalist, and a Penn State Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient. Verducci is a member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame, Baseball Writers Association of America (including past New York chapter chairman) and a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 1993. He also is the only writer to be a game analyst for World Series telecasts. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, with whom he has two children.

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