Check this out from this morning’s Bergen Record:

Cabrera took the fall Friday for his best friend on the team, for the player whose slump is much more responsible for the Yankees being in this desperate last-ditch playoff push: Robinson Cano. As the news of various roster moves rippled through the clubhouse Friday afternoon, the surprise wasn’t that management had taken away someone’s job, but rather that Cabrera and his limited potential was the guy to get the ax.

Quietly, players wondered whether the move really was aimed at Cano, whose lackadaisical play is infinitely more frustrating than his .262 average entering Friday’s game. His failure to run out grounders, just like his recent defensive disinterest in diving for balls, is leaving more than just the fans annoyed. Perhaps seeing his closest friend headed to the bus leagues will be enough to shake Cano out of the season-long doldrums. But if that’s what the Yankees really wanted, then they should have taken aim directly at their second baseman. Because based on talent, he is a much bigger disappointment than Cabrera.

Now I had never been in the “trade Cano” camp until this season. I just feel that he’s never going to hit his ceiling because of his lack of focus and energy everyday.

It doesn’t take an ounce of talent to play hard on a daily basis and Cano just doesn’t do it for whatever reason.

Whether the Yanks actually move Cano remains to be seen, but I know I would if I was calling the shots. I wouldn’t give him away, but I would find a young outfielder that could play everyday for the next several years (ie: Matt Kemp).