Yoenis Cespedes Injury: Updates on Mets Star’s Knee and Return

In this heartbreaker for Mets fans, the multi-tool player Cespedes faltered at bat, in the field and, in the piece de resistance, on the bases.

Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports that there is an “increasing belief” that the Mets will let Cespedes leave in free agency.

Daniel Murphy had the most visible transgression of Saturday’s game, when an eighth-inning grounder rolled under his glove at second base, opening the door for three runs to score. He had virtually no exposure to the sport until early past year, when he tried it at a charity event in Florida.

“This has nothing to do with the first play last night”, Collins said.

“‘The confidence is there from the coaches, and I totally agree with it”, he said.

The Redmond coach said that Conforto always played with a smile and hit the ball farther than anyone on the team. “400-yard drives, 250-yard 5-irons, just pure”.

The 22-year-old Conforto, who began the year in Class A ball before making a meteoric rise to join the Mets’ lineup in July, started Game1 in left field and Game 2 at designated hitter. But for Cespedes, the outing was only in keeping with routine.

“They get a little bigger as you go up, I guess, but this one takes the cake”, Conforto said.

“I thought it was going to touch grass”, Cespedes said, “so I didn’t think it was going to turn into a double play”.

“I don’t think you expect the first pitch of the game to be deep into the gap like that”, Harvey said.

But if the Mets were to climb out of the 3-1 hole against the Kansas City Royals, it will likely take a fantastic performance from the team’s pitchers.

The cold spell seems to have made it all but certain that the penurious Mets front office won’t get into the bidding for Cespedes’s future services. I like what they’ve done all year long.

“There was definitely a little bit of nerves going out there, but really, it’s just a lot of excitement”, Lagares said.

So what to make of Cespedes?

After posting a. 291 batting average with eight home runs and 18 RBI over the last 42 games of the regular season, manager Terry Collins had reason for plenty of optimism that his 22-year-old would be able to put together a strong postseason. The extent to which his golf game helped him at the plate is debatable. But the skills he honed playing baseball have undoubtedly made him more of a natural on the course.

During player introductions before Game 1 against Kansas City, Cespedes didn’t come out when his name was called, reportedly because he was in the restroom.

“He’s self-taught, which is the most incredible thing”, Niese says.