The bigger problem, aside from salaries, is the lack of depth that comes with moving Cano to first base.
With Cano at 1B...
- No depth or redundancy at any position inside the organization.
- Your 10M saved is instantly depreciated at positions up the middle, might not buy full value vis-a-vis CIF/COF.
- If the organization is not-athletic, why create a logjam that will exacerbate the above problem? Your dollars for donuts gets weaker when the market demand for those positions are higher.
It's definitely a creative idea, but like Moe said, I just don't see Cano causing a Jeter for the org just yet.
The bigger question is what the result of moving Marte to CF and Miller to 2B is; will it create OVER performance or UNDER performance?
I like the Cano/Marte matchup in the middle.
If Di Poto is valuing synnergy, I don't see him breaking that.