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Robinson Canó Signs Major League Deal With Padres

He was designated for assignment by the Mets earlier this month.
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Robinson Canó Signs Major League Deal With Padres
Robinson Canó Signs Major League Deal With Padres

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After being officially released by the Mets earlier in the week, Robinson Canó has a new home in Major League Baseball. The 39-year-old second baseman will sign with the Padres, the team announced Friday.

Canó, coming off of a full-year suspension for performance-enhancing drugs, struggled mightily to start the year with New York. In 43 plate appearances with the team, he batted just .195 with one home run and three RBIs. He was designated for assignment when MLB rosters were pared down earlier in the month.

The Mets still owe Canó nearly $45 million on his contract over the next two years. The Padres have the opportunity to sign him for just $700,000, the league minimum, for the remainder of 2022.

Two big spenders in recent years, the Mets and Padres are both in the heat of the playoff race early in the 2022 season. New York leads the NL East by 6.5 games at 22–11, while San Diego is 20–12, a game back of the Dodgers in the NL West.

Canó will get his first shot against his former club on June 6, when the Mets travel to San Diego for a three-game series.

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DAN LYONS

Dan Lyons is a staff writer and editor at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI for his second stint in November 2024 after a season as senior college football writer at Athlon Sports and previous three-year run at SI as a writer and editor for the Breaking and Trending News team. When he’s not watching a game, you can find Dan at an indie concert venue or movie theater. Dan has a bachelor’s degree in writing and rhetoric from Syracuse.

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