Is the momentum building?
In an interview with the NY Daily News’ Kristie Ackert, David Wright now says he would like to see Yoenis Cespedes return to Queens for the 2016 season.
I will put my name behind the statement that Yo was a good teammate on the field and a great teammate off the field,” Wright said. “And I hope we find a way to bring him back.”
“With that said, and I have said this before, I trust Sandy (Alderson)…He took a team that was finishing last in the division and made a National League champion. He deserves our trust.”
Wright of course was careful not to criticize Sandy Alderson or the front office: “I am competitive and want us to sign all the great players we can. That month or six weeks Yo had with us was unbelievable, one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen in baseball… But again, I trust what Sandy’s doing.”
Ackert explained that the argument that Cespedes had been a problem or diva in the clubhouse was “leaked as a reason to ignore calls by fans to give the Cuban slugger a long-term contract.”
Wright was, as always, very diplomatic with his answers, but this only further dispels the rumor that Cespedes is a bad teammate.
And just as this article came out, Andy Martino tweeted that the Mets feel a resolution will come within a day or two. Stay tuned…
