The thing is that over the last two offseasons, they've let all of their own guys go while spending at least as much on other team's free agents, who seem to be collectively bigger risks to deliver. It's an incomprehensible macro philosophy when examined from the end of the 2012 season until now, as I've discussed in detail before. The Cano decision makes sense from the perspective of "we're not signing any deals longer than seven years anymore", we'll see how it looks six or seven years from now. Again, NY was fucked either way on that, short term if they let him go and stuck carrying money long term if they signed him. They chose the first way for once, time will tell.