Robinson Cano is at rock bottom with nowhere else (?) to go

Tommy Gilligan | USA TODAY SportsRobinson Cano has been let go by the Mets.

It wasn’t supposed to be this way.

Cano’s Yankees debut in 2005 was for two reasons: part service time manipulation and part Tony Womack wasn’t working out at second base. Five years and a World Series ring later, fans were already crowning him as a future lifelong Yankee great. The second coming of Rod Carew, but with a better power stroke. A spot in Monument Park and a retired number were not matters of if, but when.

Milestone after milestone. Accomplishment after accomplishment. Championship after championship, and all in pinstripes, right?

You all know how the rest of the story goes. Cano was so successful that he…