Andy Van Slyke gave a scathing assessment of Robinson Cano’s performance last year for the Seattle Mariners and says his poor season led to many in the organization being fired.
Van Slyke, who was a three-time All-Star during his playing career and spent the last two seasons as a Mariners coach, says Cano was so bad that he got the team’s GM, hitting coach, manager and coaching staff fired.
“He had probably the worst single year of an everyday player I’ve ever seen in 20 years at the big league level,” Van Slyke said during an appearance on “The Press Box” with Frank Cusumano on CBS Sports Radio 920 in St.