XM MLB Chat: Klapisch reiterates: Giving Robinson Cano $30 million was a mistake

Bob Klapisch with Charley Steiner today believes the only excuse for Robinson Cano's lackluster year is he's not working hard enough. Says he's not a particularly driven person to begin with, nonchalant, Yankees threw a huge contract at a kid with questionable make-up, having made other proven players wait several years for a big payout. (Making Cano the equivalent of a bad decision to live with for years to come). On Jeter, thinks he's decaying. The team is not fixable this year, would take more than 1 or 2 changes to make it work.

From 5/21/08 post here about Robinson Cano:

Robinson Cano--Bowa: "work ethic wasn't good"

Dibs and Kevin bring up that Cano wasn't in position for Jeter's throw last night, (which the guys on Orioles radio also said in their post game), that he's not doing a lot of other things including hustling to first, not focusing in general.

Dibs and Kevin replay an interview with Larry Bowa when he was with the Yankees and discusses Cano:

Bowa: "Cano's work ethic wasn't good when I got to the Yankees and I was told that."

So he (Bowa) worked with Cano on fielding and it made a difference.

Dibs and Kevin note Cano has gone back to his old ways, now that he got the big contract. Dibs says one coach should be assigned to work with Cano in all phases of the game. Says somebody's got to get to him.