After struggling with injuries and illness in 2015, Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano is having a career year so far and leading a Mariners resurgence. Here’s how it happened.
The operative phrase for 2016 Robinson Cano is “a hop in his step,” which is a lot peppier than “acid reflux,” “double sports hernia,” or “the most awful player I’ve ever seen.”
The last assessment was infamously made of Cano’s 2015 season by former Mariners coach Andy Van Slyke, who obviously never saw Scott Spiezio, Rich Aurilia or Chone Figgins wearing teal.
The first two conditions were endured by Cano during a trying 2015 season in which the wisdom of giving him a 10-year, $240 million contract was called into question far earlier than expected.