SEATTLE -- Prestige in a baseball clubhouse is often represented in real estate. In the home clubhouse at Safeco Field, Robinson Cano's three-locker sprawl is situated in the coveted corner of the room. The largess of his baseball living space connotes his place as the Seattle Mariners' leader.
Cano is at a different stage of his career than he was in the Bronx. Though he was a five-time All-Star with the Yankees, he was rarely on top of the marquee or the undisputed star of the team. Even in what he describes as his greatest time as a Yankee -- the 2009 championship -- he is somewhat of an afterthought as Alex Rodriguez hit game-winning October home runs, CC Sabathia dominated on the mound and the Core Four picked up its fifth ring.