Robinson Cano reached the pinnacle of the sport in New York, secured a quarter-billion-dollar contract, then nearly vaporized his legacy with two performance-enhancing drug suspensions. This episode extracts the truth behind a career of extreme highs, self-inflicted lows, and a uniquely global twilight.

We trace his near-misses as trade bait before he blossomed into a decorated Yankee, his move to Seattle for a 10-year, $240 million deal, and the physical and disciplinary setbacks that followed. Rather than retire quietly, he reinvented the stage entirely, joining a startup league in Dubai and dominating the Mexican League into his mid-40s while logging his 4,000th professional hit.

• How he survived being dangled in trades for stars like Alex Rodriguez
• The pressure and physical toll of his massive Seattle contract
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