While listening to offers and potentially parting ways with Canó makes sense for the Mariners’ current position, it’s definitely far from a perfect plan.
Robinson Canó is a great player, and perhaps even a future Hall of Famer. He is also scheduled to be severely overpaid into his early 40s. The Mariners have set themselves a new window for contention in either 2020 or 2021, in which Canó 37 and 38 years of age respectively. These all don’t really bode well for both his future and Seattle’s. Reportedly, the M’s are looking to jump the gun a little and look to shed a bit more than half of his salary off their books for the next five years.