Robinson Cano spoke to media for the first time since major league baseball slammed an 80-game suspension on him for violating its joint drug and prevention program.
His voice seemed to shake at first as he sat down in a conference room surrounded by a some local reporters at Safeco Field, a few levels above the Seattle Mariners clubhouse that he’s been banned from during games ever since he accepted the suspension on May 15.
Cano then read from a prepared statement before answering questions – though he said he could not talk about any of the particulars of MLB’s investigation, which found that he tested positive for a diuretic that MLB’s independent investigator deemed was used to mask his usage of performance enhancing drugs.