PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — In a meeting before the first official day of Mets workouts, second baseman Robinson Canó addressed his teammates about the performance-enhancing drug suspension that cost him the entire 2021 season. Manager Buck Showalter, who granted Canó time to make his statement, called the tone apologetic.
“It’s something that needed to be done, and he was perceptive enough to know that,” Showalter said.
Canó plans to address his situation with the media later this week, now that he has done so with his teammates. Many current Mets were not on the roster the last time Canó took the field back in 2020, months before Major League Baseball suspended him 162 games for testing positive for Stanozolol. It was Canó’s second career suspension.
Showalter noted that there was no reason for Canó to delve into the reasons behind his suspension. The second baseman simply cleared the air with his teammates in a brief address.
“In this clubhouse,” Showalter said,…