All Star outfielder Yoenis Cespedes strained his right quadriceps muscle on Friday after chasing down a Daniel Murphy double in the third inning.
“Hopefully it doesn’t translate into me going on the 15-day DL,” Cespedes said through his interpreter. He said he suffered a similar injury with the Detroit Tigers and it forced him to miss four or five days.
Cespedes, 30, will be checked out by team doctors on Saturday and manager Terry Collins doesn’t expect him to be available to play in Tuesday’s All Star Game in San Diego.
“When you’ve got strains, that’s an issue, especially when you’re as strong as he is,” Collins explained after the game.
Additionally, Collins said the team will play out the last two games of the first half with a short bench rather than promote another outfielder from Triple-A.
“We’re just going to have to keep going. I’ve told you before that no one in baseball feels sorry for us. And so we’ll just have to suck it up and come in tomorrow and get ready to play with the bodies we have available.”
Original Report – July 8
The New York Mets announced that center fielder Yoenis Cespedes left the game with a strained right quad.
It appeared that Cespedes injured his leg after playing a Daniel Murphy double off the center field wall in the top of the third. After he threw the ball back into the infield, he was seen pounding and rubbing his quad area. Juan Lagares replaced Cespedes him in center in the top of the fourth.
After the Mets announcement, Adam Rubin tweeted out the following:
“Mets didn’t even use the term “mild” for Cespedes’ strain, which is usually their default terminology. Guess All-Star Game out for Cespedes.”
Hopefully he’s just being the typical alarmist that he is. We’ll know more after the game when Terry Collins speaks to reporters.
