Robinson Cano returns to baseball: Plays first base for Tacoma Rainiers, has a hit

Robinson Cano swings at a pitch during his first rehab start with the Tacoma Rainiers at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, Wash., Monday, Aug. 6, 2018. Cano is beginning a rehab assignment with the Seattle Mariners’ Triple-A affiliate as he prepares for his return from his 80-game suspension for violating baseball’s joint drug agreement. (Joshua Bessex/The Tacoma News Tribune via AP) WATAC202 WATAC202 (Joshua Bessex / The Associated Press)Cano can return to the Mariners from his suspension on Aug. 14, but Monday night he batted third and played first base in Tacoma. He showed some good defensive moves.

In his first step toward rejoining the Mariners since being suspended in mid-May, Robinson Cano…