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The optimistic first days of Robinson Cano the Met

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Robinson Cano earlier this offseason

PORT ST. LUCIE — His birth certificate says 36 years old, but Robinson Cano isn’t buying it.

Such is the optimism that comes on your first day of spring training, especially in a new setting, before any grounders have been hit in your direction or swings are taken in the batting cage.

“I feel like I am 25,” the Mets second baseman said Sunday at First Data Field.

There isn’t a bigger name among general manager Brodie Van Wagenen’s offseason acquisitions than Cano’s.