Robinson Cano has had a career that most likely would have gotten him into the Baseball Hall of Fame. His chances now have gone downhill the last five days. Major League Baseball suspended him 80 games for PED use and his career in major jeopardy.
I don't buy much into the New York Post, but I could agree somewhat of what they said of the New York Yankees dumping Cano even with trying to give him a seven year contract back in 2013. There was a suspicion that he was using substances. It was just a matter of when, and it is right in the middle of his ten year deal with the Seattle Mariners. The team is on a decent run for the 2018 season, just half a game behind second place in the AL West. Something tells me the Yankees knew and didn't want any of it, especially considering for 2013, Alex Rodriguez's suspension and some people's stances like Ryan Dempster.
The thing that makes no sense is the stats. Nothing screams out as artificial. Cano has 2,400 hits, just over 300 home runs, over 500 doubles. I suppose 2016 could be a year that stands out because of him hitting 39 home runs, but even with that, it's just over 100 RBI's and a 298 average. How long he has used substances, I don't know. Whatever the case, it just doesn't add up.
Cano is one of the latest who has to rebuild his reputation. There's a lot he has to do repair it and be even given a fighting chance to still get in the Hall of Fame. When he does come back, I expect someone like the immature Justin Verlander to bean him with intent to injure. People won't forget this for a while.
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