Following a game and a half’s worth of rainouts in Washington DC, the biggest news revolving around the Yankees has to do with their former All-Star second baseman Robinson Cano, and his 80-game suspension for the use of the diuretic furosemide.
Mark Feinsand of MLB.com initially tweeted that Cano took the diuretic because of a high blood pressure reading during the offseason.
And although Cano was tested before and after taking the diuretic, and was deemed clean on both occasions, a subsequent investigation was conducted by MLB — hence the lengthy suspension, which includes no All-Star Game or postseason play for the career .