The Robinson Cano period is around in Queens.
The Mets designated Cano for assignment on Monday as the ultimate shift to trim their roster down to 26 gamers.
The move is a highly-priced a person. Cano nevertheless had two years and $40.5 million remaining on his contract moving into this year. But the 39-year-old was off to a tough start out to the time as a element-time player, publishing a slash line of .195/.233/.268 in 43 plate appearances throughout 12 game titles (11 begins). He had only been applied as a pinch-hitter when.
Cano was the closing cut to get down to a 26-man roster by noon on Monday immediately after MLB expanded rosters to 28 for April because of to a shortened spring teaching. Reliever Yoan Lopez, who had been referred to as up on Sunday to swap the hurt Sean Reid-Foley, was the other participant to get transported out, returning to Triple-A Syracuse.
“Robbie unquestionably even now would like to perform. Given the ideal predicament, he can even now make a meaningful contribution for a staff,” Brodie Van Wagenen, Cano’s agent and the former Mets GM who brought Cano to Queens in a trade with the Mariners, told The Post’s Joel Sherman.
When asked what Cano’s response to the Mets’ determination was, Van Wagenen told Sherman, “Robbie is a legitimate specialist with a good offer of respect for the business. He understands they had a tricky determination to make. He needs them well heading ahead.”
Dominic Smith, J.D. Davis and Luis Guillorme have been the other bench gamers that ended up candidates to get the boot off the Mets’ roster, with all three nevertheless possessing small league possibilities left. Chopping Travis Jankowski, the Mets’ speedy fourth outfielder, would have uncovered him to waivers.
Cano arrived in Queens in December 2018 as section of Van Wagenen’s to start with huge splash. Van Wagenen traded best prospect Jarred Kelenic and four other gamers for Cano and nearer Edwin Diaz. The previous Yankees second baseman was coming off an 80-game suspension for testing good for overall performance-improving medicine.
Right after hitting .275 with a .784 OPS in 156 video games involving 2019 and 2020, Cano was suspended for all of 2021 immediately after screening good for PEDs for a next time.
The shift probable will not sit well with Francisco Lindor, who mentioned Sunday he “wouldn’t be happy” if the Mets parted approaches with Cano.
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