There have been a number of articles about Robbie (or is it Robby?) Cano recently. We have talks about his added muscle, as he has come into camp quite a bit bigger.

Cano, with a noticeably bigger chest, said he added 10 pounds of muscle during the offseason and increased his weight to 205.

"I'm always working hard, trying to get better every year," Cano said yesterday. "I don't want to do the same thing every year. I want to keep getting better and better."

Hopefully, this added muscle won't be detrimental to his growth as a player. The guy already has some issues with plate discipline and with his bigger guns, if he tries to jack everything out of the park, we could be looking at a OBP south of the .320 he put up in his rookie season.

A couple of other articles mention Cano's work with Larry Bowa this spring and how he is handling the responsibilities of being a younger starter for the Yankees.

"I called him [Larry Bowa] right away to tell him I wanted to work on my footwork and things like that at second and for the double play," Cano said. "Last year, when Luis Sojo was a coach, we worked so I would get better every day, so now I'm doing that with Larry Bowa. It's not only [the technical] part of playing. My concentration is something I know I need to improve. I need to learn to focus on every play, and not to bring frustration onto the field with me after a bad at-bat. If I didn't get a hit in a big spot last year, I was thinking about that in field. I was a different player [at second base] when I was hitting, definitely."

"We've talked about focus and concentration," Bowa said. "This kid has great skills, but you have to remember he doesn't even have a full year in the big leagues. "He can appear to be — I don't want to say, 'lackadaisical,' — but his concentration sometimes leaves him. But he has big skills."

Jeter has had that same kind of talk himself with Cano."I've talked to Robbie to tell him to continue to work, because it was hard work that got him to this level," the captain said. "I want him to understand that it's a lot easier to make it than it is to stay here, and we all know how hard it is to make it."

Also of note are a couple of interesting posts at other Yankee blogs. Mike P. over at Canyon of Heroes pens a nice piece reflecting on the always classy Bernie Williams. Also, Mike A. over at In George We Trust has a great look at the 2006 season schedule and what the Yankees have in store for them.