The New York Mets are intimately familiar with the possibilities of Robinson Canó. When the Kings of Queens took on Canó in the Edwin Díaz and Jarred Kelenic trade, they validated many of us who’ve covered MLB in the past decade: no contract is truly untradable. In the wake of the Juan Soto contract, which blots out Canó’s 10-year, $240m stunner with (after a decade of inflation) 15 years, $765m to take the 2-line train from the Bronx to Queens. The other lesson that the Mets appear to have learned is one that clubs like the San Diego Padres and Philadelphia Phillies have taken to heart.
The New York Mets showed they learned the right lesson from the Robinson Canó contract. Will the Mariners?
