The MLB trade rumor of Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz going to New York Mets for the Seattle Mariners has gone from ridiculed nonsense to being agreed to in the span of less than a week, with multiple reports indicating that Cano, Diaz and $20 million will be going to the Mets from the M’s in exchange for Jay Bruce, Anthony Swarzak, Jarred Kelenic, Gerson Bautista and Justin Dunn once medical reports are exchanged and approved.
The Mets and new general manager Brodie Van Waganen get the 36 year old Cano, whose 10 year, $240 million free agent deal after the 2013 season was negotiated by Van Waganen, who at the time was Cano’s agent.