Tim Healey of Newsday reports that Yoenis Cespedes is taking the weekend off from baseball activities as he is still sore. He will resume on Monday.
– Josh Finkelstein –
Updated Post- June 10
Anthony Dicomo of MLB.com reports that Yoenis Cespedes is heading back to Florida to restart his treatment program after feeling tightness in his right quad during his rehab game for Binghamton last night.
His return date is now unknown and Mickey Callaway wasn’t able to provide much clarity to the situation either.
“We don’t know. We thought Tuesday was kind of going to be it.”
– Josh Finkelstein –
Original Post- June 9
The New York Mets announced that outfielder Yoenis Cespedes left Saturday night’s Rumble Ponies game with tightness in his right quad.
Cespedes, who was scheduled to play five innings in left field, left after two at-bats and two defensive innings. He was 2-for-2 with two doubles in his plate appearances in his second rehab game.
The 32-year-old originally went on the disabled list with a right hip flexor strain, so this obviously is cause for concern. The plan was originally for Cespedes to play one series with the Rumble Ponies, the Mets Double-A team, in Trenton against the Thunder and then rejoin the MLB team, but this certainly throws a wrench in those plans.
Before his injury, Cespedes hit .255/.316/.474 with eight home runs and 28 RBIs in 37 games.
