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Robinson Cano has ‘no regrets’ about leaving Yankees

The Yankees seem like a long shot to make the playoffs this season, but Robinson Cano still considers them to be dangerous.

“I don’t count them out yet,” said Cano, who was at Barclays Center for a charity basketball game Thursday night with some of his Roc Nation teammates, including CC Sabathia. “They’ve got a good team and I don’t want to say we’re in it.”

True, but with a little more than a month left in the regular season, Cano’s Mariners, who trail the Tigers by just a half-game in the race for the second AL wild-card spot, look to be in significantly better shape than the Yankees, who are four back.

When Cano bolted to Seattle in December, few thought he would be leaving for a better chance of playing in October. Not surprisingly, the second baseman said he is happy with where he wound up.

“I have no regrets with what I did,” Cano said. “I’m happy with my decision.”

Cano’s absence in the Yankees lineup, which was supposed to be lessened by the additions of Jacoby Ellsbury, Brian McCann and Carlos Beltran, is still being felt — even if Cano was ambivalent.

“I don’t know,” Cano said. “You’ve got to ask them. … I never think about that, to be honest with you. We’re too far away.”

Nevertheless, a quick look at the Yankees’ offense, which has failed to score more than four runs in a game since Aug. 8, provides the answer.

With the Yankees in danger of missing the playoffs for a second straight year, the second baseman was asked if he was surprised.

“You’ve got to understand, some guys have been hurt,” Cano said. “I wish them all the best.”

That wasn’t the case when Cano first signed his 10-year, $240 million deal with the Mariners. At his introductory press conference in Seattle, the second baseman said the Yankees didn’t respect him with their $175 million offer.

Cano was booed loudly when he returned to The Bronx with his new team, but that’s been one of the few negatives in his first season as a Mariner.

“There’s still a lot of games left,” Cano said. “I’m just looking forward.”