2009 FBS Breakout Player: Robinson Cano

Team: New York Yankees

Bats: Left
Position: 2B

Cano under-performed to say the least in 2008. He came in with high expectations and as one of the top 2B in fantasy baseball. At 26 years old, Cano is in his prime and even though his numbers have gotten worse over the past two seasons he is ready for a resurgence. When you are a Yankee and especially a young Yankee there is a tremendous amount of pressure on you and that can effect your early year performances. Even worse for a young Yankee is having to help carry a star-studded team when the whole team is stinking it up bad. That is partly what Robinson Cano has had to endure over the past few seasons. He hits the ball hard, but just in the wrong places. We expect Robinson Cano to start the best years of his career in 2009. If it wasn't for his incredibly slow start in 2008, Cano would have had a solid year. We aren't going to say that he will start batting .350 and going 20/20. Not a chance, but in 2009 you will see a different Cano. He will exhibit more power as he will get better pitches to swing at and he will bat "smarter". One of his downfalls is his patience at the plate, and swinging at everything. Cano is definitely one of the top second basemen out there and will anchor that position on your team with solid second basemen power and a great average.

The True Guru Projections: 19 Hrs, 99 RBI, 90 Runs, .326 Avg, 2 SB

We feel he will achieve these projections through our formula based on our secret formula of 11 herbs and spices (its locked at Fort Knox). Of course we are assuming he stays relatively healthy for the entire season.
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