Whatever feelings of shock, disappointment and even discontent that might have existed within the ballclub back when Cano tested positive for a diuretic commonly used as a masking agent for performance-enhancing drugs, they have been assuaged.
OAKLAND, Calif. – And so we’ve come full circle since that dark, jarring day in mid-May when Robinson Cano was suspended, and the Mariners’ promising season seemed doomed.
He left under a cloud and has been living in baseball limbo for the past 80 days, while the Mariners soared without him into firm control of a playoff spot, and then tumbled right back out of it.