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During 2005, manager Joe Torre compared Canó to Hall of Famer Rod Carew. Torre clarified that he meant that Canó "reminded" him of Carew, in terms of his build, presence at the plate, and smoothness in his swing. Gonzalez, who leads the American League in batting average at .354 and the major leagues in runs batted in with 77 so far this season, stroked 11 home runs to take his total to 31. The fan was grabbed by his brother before going all the way over, where he could have fallen about 20 feet, and was dangling by his feet when he was pulled back up. The Dominican Republic defeated Puerto Rico 3–0 in the finals to win the championship and became the first undefeated team in the tournament's history. He joined Dominican Republic teammates Octavio Dotel and Santiago Casilla as part of the four players to ever have won a World Series and World Baseball Classic, after Daisuke Matsuzaka completed the feat.
A.J. Burnett, who pitched Saturday, will open a four-game series against the Rays in St. Petersburg, Fla., a week from tonight. Burnett, who is more comfortable working on regular rest, will have eight days between starts. For his sake, hopefully it goes better than last year in Kansas City. After Captain Cano didn't pick hometown slugger Billy Butler, the Royals fans booed him the whole night and continue to boo every time they see No. 24. Canó was born in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic, and grew up in the Dominican Republic, though he lived in New Jersey for three years.
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The four were later joined by a fifth, Koji Uehara, after he won in 2013 with the Boston Red Sox. Eleven more players have gone on accomplish the feat, including David Robertson with whom Cano won a World Series in 2009. Canó suffered through acid reflux during the 2015 season, which resulted from the treatment of the parasite. He was not named to the 2015 All-Star Game roster, ending a streak of five consecutive years as an All-Star. He hit .287 with 21 home runs, 34 doubles, and 79 RBIs in 156 games during the 2015 season, but improved in the second half of the season, batting .330. He tied for 2nd in the AL in double plays grounded into, with 26.
Canó has performed ably in the middle of the lineup, replacing Matsui and Alex Rodriguez while Rodriguez was on the disabled list, as he has improved his batting with runners in scoring position. On January 24, 2008, Canó signed a contract extension for $28 million over the next four years in the 2008 through 2011 seasons. The deal also includes options for the Yankees for the 2012 and 2013 seasons, worth $27 million. Canó was one of the five prospects offered to the Texas Rangers to complete the Yankees' acquisition of Alex Rodriguez before the 2004 season. The Yankees' Robinson Cano speaks to the media after winning the 2011 All-Star Home Run Derby. The Home Run Derby has been known to affect swings, dragging down participants’ numbers following their involvement in the event.
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After the 2015 season, Cano had surgery to repair a sports hernia. With the departure of Hideki Matsui, Canó was moved into the fifth spot in the batting order. For his early season performance, Canó was named the AL Player of the Month for April 2010. He was elected as the starting second baseman in the 2010 MLB All-Star Game and was selected to participate in the 2010 Home Run Derby; however, he withdrew due to a minor injury.
He spent seventh, eighth, and ninth grades in the Newark School System, attending Barringer High School for one year. When his family moved back to the Dominican Republic, Canó attended San Pedro Apostol High School in San Pedro de Macorís, where he played for the school's baseball and basketball teams. In the Dominican Winter Baseball League he plays for his hometown team, the Estrellas Orientales. Canó has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs twice. In 2018, Canó was suspended from MLB for 80 games for violating the league's joint drug agreement by using furosemide.
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Yet, despite a decrease in his production, Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano is adamant that he has not noticed any effect of the Derby on his swing. In another Yankees-Red Sox showdown, Cano outslugged Adrian Gonzalez in the final round of the All-Star Home Run Derby on Monday night, even through his Boston rival made the biggest splash at Chase Field. PHOENIX --It's Robinson Cano who's carrying the Yankee Pride so far at the All-Star festivities.
He had the longest drive of the night at 474 feet and also hit a ball onto the pool deck area. On May 7, 2016, Canó hit his 250th career home run, joining Joe Gordon and Jeff Kent as the only second basemen to reach 250 career home runs within the first 12 years of their career. He was selected to his seventh All-Star Game, played at Petco Park in San Diego. On August 28, Canó reached 30 home runs for the second time in his career, hitting it against the Chicago White Sox. In 161 games, Canó finished the season with a .298 batting average, 195 hits, 33 doubles, 39 home runs, and 103 RBI.
On August 20, Canó hit his 200th career home run, a three-run blast to center field off of Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Esmil Rogers at Yankee Stadium. During the 2013 season, Canó batted .314 with 190 hits, 27 home runs, and 107 RBI in 160 games played. In 2007, Canó gave up his number 22 to Roger Clemens, choosing to wear the number 24, a reversal of Jackie Robinson's number 42, in tribute to him. He finished 2007 sixth in the league in games played , ninth in triples , and tenth in hits , doubles , and at bats . He was the only batter in the top 10 in doubles in the AL in both 2006 and 2007. Canó made his debut for the Mariners on March 31, going 2-for-4 with a double.
During his only plate appearance of the 2013 All-Star Game, he was hit by a pitch thrown by Matt Harvey and suffered a right quad contusion. A native of San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic, Canó signed with the Yankees organization as an amateur free agent in 2001. He played for the Yankees from 2005 to 2013, winning a World Series championship in 2009.
Jeter already has 11 items in the Hall dating back to 1996, ranging from the bat he used to win the 2000 All-Star Game MVP to his 2006 World Baseball Classic Team USA jersey. Nick Swisher missed his second straight game with a strained left quadriceps. “It’s good to see somebody who knows where you like the ball,” said Cano, a three-time All Star, but in his first Home Run Derby. Jose, who pitched briefly for the Astros in 1989, pitches to his son during the winter and was at Yankee Stadium throwing batting practice Friday. Two days into his injury, on May 15, Canó was suspended 80 games for testing positive for Furosemide, a diuretic better known as Lasix, which was a violation of MLB's performance-enhancing drugs policy. Canó returned to the Mariners on August 14, having served his suspension.
As his numbers have dipped, though, Cano said he feels he’s been doing a good job in Rodriguez’s place in the lineup. Gonzalez and Cano were the most impressive hitters throughout, and they eliminated defending champion David Ortiz of the Red Sox and Milwaukee's Fielder in the second round. St. Louis' Holliday , Toronto's Jose Bautista , Milwaukee's Rickie Weeks and the Dodgers' Matt Kemp didn't get past the opening round. Jose Canó was 1-1 with a 5.09 ERA in three starts and three relief appearances in 1989 — his only major league action.
It was only the second time that Canó went on the disabled list in his career. In the All-Star Game at Marlins Park, Canó hit a home run in the top of the tenth inning off of Wade Davis that would give the American League a 2–1 win, earning him All-Star Game MVP honors. On September 13, Canó was ejected for the first time in his career for arguing with Vic Carapazza over a strike call. Canó hit his 300th career home run on September 21 versus Keone Kela of the Texas Rangers, becoming just the third second baseman in history to reach the milestone, following Jeff Kent and Rogers Hornsby .
He had only received sporadic opportunities to play, not regularly but coming off the bench. Canó homered versus Lance McCullers Jr. in a 4–1 loss to the Houston Astros on April 18, 2018, to give him 302 for his career, and pass Hornsby for second place all-time among second basemen. On April 29, Canó hit his 100th home run as a member of the Mariners, versus Josh Tomlin in a 10–4 victory over the Cleveland Indians.
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Along with WBC teammates Octavio Dotel and Santiago Casilla, Canó became one of four players to have won both a World Series and a WBC. Ortiz, the defending champion, also advanced with the tiebreaker, eliminating Holliday. Last week, a 39-year-old fan, Shannon Stone, died while trying to catch a ball thrown into the stands at a Rangers game in Arlington, Texas.
Before a crowd of 44,820 on the night before the All-Star game, Major League Baseball said Canó set a final-round record. Batting last and being pitched to by his father, former Houston Astros pitcher Jose Canó, the New York second baseman batted second in the final round. Robinson Canó thought about hitting the Miller Lite sign, a 472-foot drive off an advertisement a good 50 feet or more above and well behind the swimming pool at Chase Field. Joining Cano, who has 20 homers, on the AL team were Jose Bautista , Mark Trumbo and Prince Fielder . Fielder beat Bautista in the final, which in Cano's eyes validated his choices. "I picked the right team. We won. American League ended up winning the trophy,'' he said.
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