Players who posted 2.5-WAR seasons at age 35 — Canó was at 2.9 in his suspension-shortened 2018 — had more graceful declines, as seen in the chart below.

2014: 4.5, 2015: 4.2, 2016: 3.9, 2017: 3.5, 2018: 3.0 (2019-23 no projections that far out) The issue with the Mariners is not that the Cano deal is necessarily crazy… if there’s more in the ...

Rachel Robinson, the widow of baseball great Jackie Robinson, accepted newly minted coins Thursday commemorating the 50th anniversary of her husband’s breaking of the major league color barrier.

Robinson Cano is headed back to New York in one of the biggest trades of this offseason. Elite-level closer Edwin Diaz is being completely overshadowed here and he greatly moves the needle for the ...

By most accounts, Robinson Cano’s contract negotiations with the Seattle Mariners were very messy, and one person is consistently turning up in reports. Cano’s agent Jay Z was present, … ...

If I had a dollar for every time a sports analyst said that Robinson Cano was a future batting title winner, I'd be writing this article from the Waldorf-Astoria with a bottle of Ace of Spades ...

When the Seattle Mariners signed Robinson Cano to a $240 million contract, it seemed safe to assume they were not done adding pieces. You don’t spend that kind of coin without a larger plan in mind.

It’s the end of an era in Seattle. After five years with the Mariners, Robinson Cano has been traded alongside closer Edwin Diaz to the New York Mets in a seven-player deal that returns some ...

Cano, 30, has been one of the steadiest, most prolific hitters in Major League Baseball over the last decade, finishing in the top six of American League MVP voting in each of the last four campaigns.

The gap between Robinson Cano and the New York Yankees on a new contract is enormous, as the second baseman is seeking a 10-year deal for approximately $305 million, sources told ESPN.com.

PHILADELPHIA — For the first time in nine years, Robinson Cano is officially a free agent. The Mets announced on Sunday they released Cano after he unsurprisingly passed through waivers unclaimed.