Player Profile: Robinson Cano
- Robby Cano makes it look easy with a Spalding glove.
The best player at his position, Robinson Cano makes plays that no one else in the game makes, and he makes them look easy. Jim Leyland, not the type of guy you see heaping praise on anyone, let alone an opposing player, used words “smooth,” “easy,” and “effortless” to describe Cano in a recent interview. Rather than yap about it, here’s what Leyland is talking about (a lot of defensive plays in this video, but unfortunately you’ll have to sit through that ugly swing of his)…
Cano is the only guy we’ve seen who wears a Spalding glove. The model is a 42-001RC and is available online. Cano won the 2010 Gold Glove Award and if it weren’t for competition with rival Dustin Pedroia, he’d be running away with it for the foreseeable future.
Cano has been seen playing with a custom pair of Nike Show-x2 sunglasses. Cano’s glasses seem to be all white with blue tinted lenses, which isn’t a combination that we could find available online. We did also catch him wearing an all-black pair early in the 2011 season, which are available online.
With Cano, stylish is part of the package. Here’s his off-the-field uniform (at the GQ Gentleman’s Ball).
Unfortunately, Giorgio Armani 2-piece suits are not available on Eastbay.
Here are the links:
Is 2013 the year Cano wins the MVP? He’s got no shortage of talent (see below), motivation (contract year), or opportunity (see Yankees disabled list). He is the best player on the Yankees even when the All-Star disabled list is all healed, and in his age 30 season, Cano needs to put the Bronx on his back.
Cleats
Nike Air Max MVP Elite 3/4 Metal in Black/White/Navy (Home) and Black/Grey/White (Away)
Aways. Source: J. Meric/Getty Images North America
The aways are sharp-looking with the white outline around the grey swoosh and grey midsole. You can see on the right foot that Robby customized the tongue, making it grey.
Homes. Source: Elsa/Getty Images North America
Cano’s home cleats are predominantly white and black, with another exclusive color on the tongue (navy) which is tough to see because its so similar to black. These are available, just not in Cano’s colors.
Bat
Robby has been exclusively swinging his signature bat from SSK, even though we saw him with Marucci last year. He cakes so much pine tar on the bat its barely recognizable, but you can barely see the SSK logo on his bat in the feature.
Batting Gloves
Nike Diamond Elite Pro II w/ Padding (available in Cano’s exclusive away colorway)
Home BG’s. Source: Elsa/Getty Images North America
The only other guy we’ve seen so far with the padding installed underneath his batting gloves is Jeter.
Aways. Source: Jason Miller/Getty Images North America
Cano’s aways are available at the link above, complete with the number 24 on the inside of the wrist.
Guards
Spalding Elbow Guard
You can see the elbow guard two photos up with Cano’s logo on it. You can also see it here. Unfortunately, this one is exclusive to Robby so far as we know.
The perfect swing. Source: Elsa/Getty Images North America
Cosby, also seen on A-Rod, wins the award for most archaic website, but they also must make a pretty good shin guard if Robby and Alex are wearing them. This is available by phone through the website.
ProHitter in Blue
Cano also wears a ProHitter hitting aid on his thumb to keep the bat in his fingertips and maximize whip. These are very available.
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he also wears a prohitter
May 19, 2012 at 11:46 am
he has been wearing a white shin guard lately! I cannot figure out what kind it is!!!! PLEASE HELP
May 22, 2012 at 11:36 pm
I’ll definitely be looking into it for you, not sure if I can help yet, though.
May 30, 2012 at 2:32 pm
Cano also uses SSK for his bats. Baseball Express has them available.
June 9, 2012 at 6:06 pm
Cano uses an SSK Bat
June 18, 2012 at 12:44 pm
what about the wristbands where can i get that for me?
September 4, 2012 at 4:46 pm
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For the marucci, they came out with a model the RC24, then that was discontinued and then came out with the same model but this time named at after Jorge posada, the JP20, then that got discontinued and then they finally came out with the CU26, and that would be the closest model you can get today. The only thing I don’t get though is why does some of the Maruccis have a little curve thing that goes under the letters instead of the regular marucci logo?
January 22, 2013 at 7:48 am
I think robby’s been using an ssk last season
January 26, 2013 at 1:50 pm
Yes Robby does swing a SSK to but you can’t fin the exact model of his but if you search the Internet pretty good you can find a custom model of his bat the only difference is really the Handle.
January 31, 2013 at 8:13 pm
YEAH de doesnt swing Marucci he swings SSK
March 3, 2013 at 8:14 am
One thing I don’t know is what kind of tape does Robinson use for his bats? I think it’s either androver or maybe even cricket tape. Any help would be amazing
March 11, 2013 at 9:01 pm
He also mixes in both bats depending on the pitcher. So he swings a marucci and an SSK. If you do not believe me go look at any picture of him and he will either have a marucci or ssk in his hands.
March 19, 2013 at 9:44 pm
For 2013, Cano has switched over to the Nike Diamond Elite Pro II batting gloves. Here are his homes (unavailable) : http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/photos/_/id/6204/photoId/2897376/robinson-cano
His aways are:
http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/photos/_/id/6204/photoId/2873013/robinson-cano
The away batting gloves can be purchased here: http://www.eastbay.com/product/model:186554/sku:19041402/nike-pe-diamond-elite-pro-batting-gloves-mens/robinson-cano/grey/navy/?cm=searchbaseballbattinggloves
He also wears the same leg guard as Alex Rodriguez which is made by Gerry Cosby Sports. Here is there website (his is white):http://www.cosbysports.com/bags/
Spalding has recently given him a custom elbow guard to wear. It’s currently unavailable. Here is a picture of it:http://p.twimg.com/AuUxTXoCQAI4Oao.jpg:large
His cleats are very hard to figure out. I 99% sure that those aren’t the same Diamond Elites from 2012. They look like the MVP Elites. His homes are black with white laces, white midsole, and white swoosh. The aways look the same except instead of white they are grey.
I haven’t seen him with sunglasses this season so far.
April 23, 2013 at 1:29 pm