Memories of Robinson Canó

[Edgy MD]

Year One: Looked like a guy who had to give up the juice.



Year Two: Looked like a guy who didn't have to give up the juice.



Year Three: Looked like a guy who got caught on the juice.



Year Four: Looked like a guy they really didn't need.

[G-Fafif]

Three-homer game in 2019, not a juicing year as far as testing knows.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I dunno how you can't be disgusted by this guy. Such a great swing too

[Lefty Specialist]

Addition by subtraction.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

That's what I will recall about Cano. He had a great-looking swing. But what a douche

[Gwreck]

On the one hand, Cano was the first player the Mets acquired post-PED suspension who turned out to be a dud. Marlon Byrd, Bartolo Colon, and Starling Marte (TBD) were all fairly good signings.



On the other hand, trading key prospects for 36 year olds coming off PED suspensions is always a dumb move.

[The Hot Corner]

Great swing and pretty decent second baseman, but well past his prime when the Mets traded for him. Diaz at least has been pretty solid the past 2 years.

[Edgy MD]

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On the one hand, Cano was the first player the Mets acquired post-PED suspension who turned out to be a dud. Marlon Byrd, Bartolo Colon, and Starling Marte (TBD) were all fairly good signings.

[G-Fafif]

Despite the elephant-shaped suspensions in the room, I was impressed by how many teammates throughout his Met tenure swore by this guy very specifically, citing guidance they found meaningful. More than once I mused privately — because it sounded too bizarre to say aloud — that Cano could have been a legit player-manager candidate during those intervals when the Mets were searching for a skipper (with the player part receding quickly and the manager part excluding weight-training supplement advice).



He also seemed like more of a mensch than I imagined when I watched him in action at the January 2020 FanFest. Up to that point, I wanted him to go away. I kind of liked him after that, at least until he tested newly positive.



If anything, Cano as a Met reminded me of El Duque and Hershiser. I forgot all about past nettlesome associations and enjoyed the best that his twilight had to offer.

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, there was that persistent discovery of humanizing elements in the alloy of his douchearmor.



It could be annoying in a world that's easier when we divide the black hats from the white hats, but it's as it should be.