With today’s deadline for getting active rosters down to 26 from 28, teams are having to make roster moves today. One of the most significant is that the New York Mets have designated infielder Robinson Cano for assignment.
Cano, 39, missed all of the 2021 season due to a suspension for testing positive for performance enhancing drugs for a second time. Cano is in the ninth year of a ten year, $204 million contract that he signed originally with the Seattle Mariners. The Mariners sent him to the New York Mets in an unfortunate deal that had Edwin Diaz also going to the Mets, and a package of players, most significantly Jarred Kelenic, going to the M’s.