Former All-Star 2B Can車 joins Mexican League squad
Robinson Canó isn*t ready to retire from baseball.
Nearly two years removed from his last appearance in a Major League uniform, the 41-year-old Can車 has signed with the Diablos Rojos del M谷xico in the Mexican Baseball League, whose season will begin on April 11. Before that, as part of the league*s preseason, Can車 will face the Yankees -- his original club -- in two exhibition games at the Diablos* Estadio Alfredo Harp Hel迆 in Mexico City on March 24-25.
The veteran second baseman*s signing with the Diablos comes three weeks after he slashed .357/.400/.536 with one home run in nine games representing the Dominican Republic in the 2024 Caribbean Series at Miami*s loanDepot park, where he was named to the all-tournament team.
Can車 hit 335 home runs -- second all time among second basemen -- in a 17-year big league career with the Yankees, Mariners, Mets, Padres and Braves. His 1,306 RBIs are fourth at his position, and he*s also fourth in doubles (572) and 10th in hits (2,639). Can車 was an eight-time All-Star, a five-time Silver Slugger winner, a two-time Gold Glove winner and part of the Yankees* last championship club in 2009.
In 2022, his last season in MLB, he slashed.150/.183/.190 for the Mets, San Diego and Atlanta.
In recent years, Can車 -- who was twice suspended by MLB under its Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program -- has played in the Dominican winter league (LIDOM) for the Estrellas Orientales, a club based in his hometown of San Pedro de Macor赤s.