As Robinson Cano prepare to seek a big money free-agent deal, he is part of an increasingly bitter child-support case, according to an ESPN.com report.

Jackelin Castro, the mother of Cano's 3-year-old son, filed a child-support case in a San Pedro de Macoris court last month. She, her attorneys and representatives of Cano are scheduled in court Novomber 7, just as Cano hits the free-agent market.