like Cano faces when deciding he wants to set the market on fire with one of the biggest contracts in baseball history—a contract that he's nowhere near worth.

Players like Kershaw and Trout were called up to The Show at a young age, excelled right away and held their value. Teams will feel much more comfortable giving them a 10-year contract.

Cano did come up at the ripe age of 22 in 2005 and signed a six-year, $55 million deal before the 2008 season that took away two of his free-agent years.

Now he's 31 years old playing a position (second base) where players don't traditionally age well.

It also doesn't help Cano's case that the last two major deals signed by free agents over the age of 30 have been busts.

AlbertPujols was the best player on the planet for the first decade of the 2000s, winning three National League MVP awards and hitting at least 32 home runs every year from 2001 to 2011.

The Los Angeles Angels rewarded Pujols' efforts by signing him to a 10-year, $240 million contract two years ago. He played well in his first season with the team, hitting .285/.343/.516 with 30 home runs and 50 doubles, but it was a far cry from what he did in St. Louis.

Everything fell apart for Pujols in 2013. He played in just 99 games, hit .258/.330/.437 with 17 home runs and suffered a foot injury that plagued him all year before he was shut down in August.

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Robinson Cano can thank Josh Hamilton and