Robinson Cano has certainly not gotten off to the start at the plate the Mets were hoping for and with the season now 41 games old, the overriding question is should the Mets be concerned. In my opinion, a player the caliber of Robinson Cano has proven over his career that his numbers will be there.
The concern I have is some of the swings he takes against southpaws look defenseless and I am not used to seeing that from him. The other thing I noticed in his overall at bats is that the overall extension of his swing seems to cut off at times which to me is very concerning. His bat was supposed to be one of the core sticks in this lineup and we just have not seen that on a consistent so far in the 2019 season.
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I have watched Cano prepare for games and I will say he works as hard as any player I watch especially in his batting practice sessions focusing on line drives by steadying the barrel of the bat on just about every pitch he sees. But hitting is such a precise science and even being off with your swing by a millimeter of an inch could be the difference between a frozen rope and a weak grounder to the second basemen.
While he has struggled to a .245/.297/.374 slash line this year, his expected stats from Baseball Savant look a little better at .277/.342/.458. That line would more closely mirror his career .303/.354/.491 batting.
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But I believe in Robinson Cano and the back of his baseball card and I can tell you he has a positive approach that will help him through the batting slump he is experiencing right now. May 15th is far too early to write off a player with his credentials but he has to come to the table in the next few weeks and perform at the offensive level we are accustomed to seeing from him.
Otherwise, it will start to give Met fans visions of a second basemen named Roberto Alomar and that could make those fans absolutely sick to their stomach.
