The Padres Have Traded Robinson Cano

It's been a difficult year for eight-time All-Star Robinson Cano. Subsequent to playing only 24 games this season,

he now finds himself on his third team in as many months.

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Just a few months after signing a deal with the San Diego Padres, Cano has been traded.

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According to David O'Brien of The Athletic, the Atlanta Braves have acquired Robinson in exchange for cash considerations.

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Cano joined the Padres in May after being released by the New York Mets. And unfortunately for the Mets,

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they're the ones on the hook for $20 million on his $24 million salary this year.

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The eight-time All-Star second baseman is turning 40 this year and has looked like it in the few at-bats he's gotten this season.

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Cano has a career-low .149 batting average and just 11 hits in 74 at-bats.

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Robinson Cano made his major league debut with the New York Yankees in 2005 after several years in the minors.

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He made an immediate impact, recording 155 hits, 34 doubles, 62 RBIs and a .297 batting average while finishing second in the Rookie of the Year voting.

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