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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.
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.
Cano wins Home Run Derby
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.
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.
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Gonzalez hit a ball that wound up in the swimming pool in right field — along with Mike Moon, a 26-year-old fan who caught the ball before falling into the water, where he was surrounded by bikini-clad women. While Cano doesn’t want anything to do with the notion that the home run derby has hurt his swing, Cano hasn't been as productive as usual while serving as the team’s No. 4 hitter in the absence of Alex Rodriguez. He’s 15-for-59 (.254) n the 14 games since the break with just three doubles and one home run and he has walked just twice, with an on-base percentage of .274. Cano was hitting .296 and had an on-base percentage of .342 before he participated in the Home Run Derby.
And, in the last 10 games of the season, he went on a ferocious tear, going 24-for-39 for an .615 average with three home runs, seven doubles and 14 RBI. Canó finished the 2012 season with a .313 batting average, 48 doubles, 33 home runs, and 94 RBI. Canó hit .343 with four home runs and 6 RBIs in the 2010 postseason. He finished the season with a .996 fielding percentage, the best for a second baseman in MLB, committing only three errors in 158 games. Canó won the American League Gold Glove Award for second basemen in 2010, the first by a Yankee second baseman since Bobby Richardson's five-year run from 1961 to 1965.
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On May 5 Canó got his first career base hit off of Hideo Nomo of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Canó belted his first career grand slam this season as well. He finished second in American League Rookie of the Year balloting to Huston Street of the Oakland Athletics. Canó finished the year, however, with the third-worst walk percentage in the league, 3.0%.
In December 2013, Canó signed a 10-year, USD$240 million contract with the Mariners and he played for them from 2014 to 2018, when he was traded to the Mets. Cano recorded 1,695 hits in the 2010s, the most of any major league player during that decade. He is an eight-time MLB All-Star, a five-time Silver Slugger Award winner, and a two-time Gold Glove Award winner. Cano is also the 2017 All-Star Game MVP and the 2011 Home Run Derby winner.
While Canó hit only one home run in April, he recovered to hit seven homers in May, and a career-high 11 home runs in June. He returned to compete in the 2012 Home Run Derby but was not able to repeat the previous year's victory. He became the ninth player to fail to hit a home run in the Derby, and first since Brandon Inge in 2009. He also led the AL in batting average on the road (.364; 96/264) and after the sixth inning (.353; 55/156). He had the third-worst walk percentage in the league at 3.6%.
After graduating from high school, Canó was signed by the Yankees on January 5, 2001 as an amateur free agent, receiving a signing bonus of over $100,000. He began playing in their minor league system that season, debuting with the Gulf Coast Yankees of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League and the Staten Island Yankees of the Class-A Short Season New York–Penn League. Canó played for Staten Island and the Greensboro Bats of the Class-A South Atlantic League in 2002. Canó played for the Tampa Yankees of the Class-A Advanced Florida State League and Trenton Thunder of the Class-AA Eastern League in 2003, by which point he was viewed as a top prospect. Canó has represented the Dominican Republic in international play. In the 2013 World Baseball Classic tournament, he won both a gold medal and a Most Valuable Player Award .
He won the Home Run Derby Monday night in a duel with Red Sox first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. In another Yankees-Red Sox showdown, Canó outslugged Adrian González 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. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
In 2006, Canó led the American League All-Star balloting at second base, but could not play after being placed on the disabled list for a strained hamstring. After his return from injury, however, on August 8, 2006, Canó led the league in batting average, doubles, and runs batted in. During late September 2006, Canó accumulated enough at-bats to once again qualify for the AL batting race. Canó was rewarded the AL Player of the Month award for September. For each homer with a gold ball, Major League Baseball and State Farm Insurance combined to donate $18,000 to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. State Farm contributed $603,000 to charities as a result of the derby.
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.
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.
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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.
The home run also made him the 16th major leaguer to bat at least .300 with 2,000 hits, 1,000 runs scored, 1,000 runs driven in, and 500 doubles. In 2009, Canó hit .320 with 204 hits, 25 home runs and 85 RBI. Canó ranked in the top ten among players in the American league in hits, extra base hits, total bases, at bats, doubles, batting average, runs scored, and triples. His 200th hit against the Boston Red Sox to clinch the AL East Division made him and Derek Jeter the first middle infield duo in MLB history to both have 200 hits in the same season. On July 20, 2012, Canó extended his career-high hitting streak to 23 games with a single off of Oakland Athletics pitcher Tommy Milone in a 3–2 Yankees loss.
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