And if a player actually lives up to their billing or exceeds it, like Nelson Cruz or, yes, Canó during his time w/Seattle, the M’s can burst past their Wild Card ceiling at last.

Months later and entirely apart, Yennier Cano also fumbled around the seams of the baseball and settled on a new grip. Cano ...

He reached the wall unscathed, taking a moment to pretend he had crashed after the catch, only to burst into laughter, while the Estrellas managed to break the shutout with a single run ...