seattle mariners spent 240 million to lure robinson cano from the yankees on baseballcreditdavid wallacethe arizona republic via associated pressfeb 18 2014peoria ariz the seattle mariners rebuilt their spring training complex this year and now they hope they have reshaped their identity the man with three lockers one with his name above it between two empty stalls in the far left corner of the clubhouse is the cornerstone charged with reviving a sagging brandit took a 10year 240 million contract for the mariners to lure robinson cano from the yankees and he is not thinking too far ahead that is for the best and in line with the franchises visioni dont want to think about five years from now cano said tuesday after his first workout i want to go year by year were going to play 2014 you dont want to think about 17 whats going to happenthe mariners who have lost half their fans in the last 11 years cannot worry about how cano will play later in the deal after four losing seasons in a row and eight of the last 10 overpaying for cano was their best hope to be relevant beyond their ace righthander felix hernandezwhen i got the job five years ago we were saying we wanted to build the thing through player development and scouting general manager jack zduriencik said weve done that weve stripped it down now weve built it back up and weve got some really nice young playersbut we were at a point that we had a star in felix and we didnt have a star on the field we thought it was important to launch out and try to bring in a really good playerthey found one in cano a fivetime allstar who has averaged 160 games the last seven seasons his combination of highlevel production and durability is rare especially at second base although his habit of not always hustling on ground balls remains a flash pointkevin long the yankees hitting coach told the daily news that while he roots for cano he never understood why cano refused to run hard every time cano would not return fire tuesday but his new manager lloyd mcclendon didi didnt know he was the spokesman for the new york yankees mcclendon said of long my concern is robinson cano in a seattle mariners uniform and what he does moving forwardmcclendon said he spoke with cano and emphasized that he expects a fair effort from every player but he added in the big scheme of things would i rather have a guy out there for 160 games hitting 300 and driving in over 100 ill take thatcano a career 309 hitter averaged 24 homers and 97 runs batted in per season for the yankees in the history of the mariners only four players have reached or exceeded those levels in a season and none since bret boone in 2001 that was also the year seattle last reached the playoffszduriencik added more than