Another point is either let him play or don't. Sending him for six games is a big "by bother." If the worry is he could get hurt then that is just as likely in game 2 as in game 9. The flip side to that question is why is he going? If it is to keep his batting eye sharp or the thought that the more pitches a batter sees in game situation the better his pitch selection will be, then the more at bats he gets the better.

From a management viewpoint, if you give an employee an order you have to be prepared to take action if your guidance is ignored. If not, more employees will ignore your orders.

He is not really an adult. He's a ballplayer. I've never really read anything that would indicate that many of the latter are actually the former.

maybe Cashman should be more concerned about his starting rotation than how many games Robinson Cano plays in winter ball for crissakes. Abreu is playing in Venezuela this winter -- is anybody worried he blows out a rotator cuff down there? I'm sure as hell not. I wish Big Papi were healthy enough to play winter ball. He stayed plenty sharp doing that earlier in his career though I'm sure the geniuses in the Minnesota Twins organization didn't like it. I've watched a few of the D.R. games on ESPN Deportes and there is some decent baseball being played...

HAHAHAH good point Barron ;) espically considering that Cano apparently lives with his mom (And Melky Cabrera) in Ny during the season ;)

Then again, Derek Jeter puts this theory to the test... in a very strange way