Robinson Cano reportedly unhappy in Seattle, would like to go back to New York

Last week Andy Van Slyke made the news for, among other things, ripping Robinson Cano in a radio interview, claiming that he was lazy, loafed and ended up getting coaches fired in Seattle. There has been a ton of criticism of Van Slyke for saying that, and today John Harper in the Daily News offers several quotes from the Mariners’ former third base coach, Rich Donnelly, defending Cano and his work ethic.

Buried deep in that story, however, is this bit:

So maybe Van Slyke is just so bitter about being fired that he needed someone to blame. But even if Cano has had the best intentions as a Mariner, one long-time friend who spoke to him recently says the second baseman is not happy in Seattle, especially with a new regime in charge there now, and that he’d love to somehow find his way back to New York.

One figures that after some Mariners PR people get to Cano and/or he makes public appearances and meets with the new manager Cano will come out whistling another tune about all of this, even if he is secretly unhappy in Seattle. And, of course, given his age and his contract, any sort of deal to send him back to New York is a pipe dream at the absolute best.

Sign for the big bucks in Seattle, deal with the big problems that tend to be fairly common in Seattle.