Felix Hernandez had a message for the television camera as he wore a gold-billed cap with “Cano” and Robinson Cano’s swing logo written in gold on the front.
“I love you,” Hernandez said. “I love you, Robbie, and you know I’m with you. You know I’m with you, bro.”
Hernandez isn’t the only Seattle Mariners player outspoken about his teammate. Cano is serving an 80-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball’s joint drug agreement after testing positive for a diuretic called Furosemide. It was deemed to be a masking agent for performance-enhancing drugs.
That not only cost Cano almost $12 million in his salary this season, but he’s also ineligible for the postseason even when he does return in mid-August, and a link to PEDs could certainly tarnish his reputation among Hall of Fame voters after the 35-year-old’s career ends – as it has for many others linked to steroids.