SEATTLE -- Robinson Cano knows his reputation has been damaged, his Mariners team has performed well without him and there is no guarantee even that he'll be the everyday second baseman when he returns on Aug. 14 from his 80-game suspension for the final six weeks of the regular season.
But the eight-time American League All-Star took a first step toward turning the page on Saturday. Cano met with a group of reporters who regularly cover the Mariners for the first time since his suspension before heading to the Dominican Republic to begin working at his dad's baseball facility, where he will face live pitching and get himself as ready as possible.