Nobody will dispute how valuable Robinson Cano has been for the Mariners. But the M’s still have a spare $12 million to spend if they want to make a trade to upgrade the roster. What if MLB denied them that right?
Eighty-game suspensions. Bans on postseason play. Ruined reputations, tarnished legacies and, of course, lighter wallets.
Getting popped for performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball means enduring some of the harshest discipline in professional sports. Thing is, though … it isn’t harsh enough.
When Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano was suspended Tuesday for taking a diuretic that serves as a masking agent, we learned that PED use has not yet left the yard.