In more than 2,000 major league baseball games in his 14 seasons, Robinson Cano had never played even an major-league inning of third base until Wednesday, when he started there against the Houston Astros at Safeco Field.
Cano — who said he would play wherever the Mariners needed him since his return from an 80-game drug suspension — took Kyle Seager’s place at a position Seager has manned for 1,089 games. And Cano spent a little extra time staring at the lineup card in the Mainers clubhouse on his way in.
“With Robbie over at third, we talked about his versatility and his willingness to go to those different spots and how we were going to do it – we’re doing it,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said.