A day after it was revealed in Mariano Rivera's new book that he would take Boston's Dustin Pedroia at second base, Robinson Cano, now with the Mariners, insisted he still respects his longtime former teammate as the best ever, no matter what.

"Everybody has a different opinion. That's his opinion and I have to respect his opinion," Cano said before Tuesday night's game against the A's. "I'm not going to go too far into this. That's the only thing that I can say. My focus right now is this team.

"I'm here, we're winning," Cano said. "I was over there already and now I'm here and now I'm focused on the team. I'm going to be excited for my teammates."