Last Friday, the Seattle Mariners made a huge splash, landing Robinson Cano with a lucrative ten-year, $240 million contract. Cano's deal is now tied for the third-largest in MLB history. But what if we told you that they could've acquired him for less? In a story for The Dallas Morning News on Saturday, writer Evan Grant drops an interesting tidbit of information regarding the Cano/Mariners negotiation process:
For the sake of the reputation of the Mariners' front office going forward, hopefully this isn't true. Usually, dumb moves like this are reserved for [insert New York sports team here], but this one would take the cake. You hear that? It's the rest of the league's GMs laughing at the M's.
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[via The Big Lead]
