The Mets have placed outfielder Yoenis Cespedes on the 10-day DL, per a club announcement. He’ll be replaced on the active roster by Phillip Evans.
It’s not surprising to hear that Cespedes is going to be shut down for a bit, as he has been dealing with a hip strain that has lingered for the past ten days or so. The team had resisted a DL placement but finally decided to bite the bullet and shut Cespedes down. The placement is backdated to May 14th.
The 32-year-old Cespedes remains a key cog in the New York lineup. He’s off to a .255/.316/.474 slash through 152 plate appearances, which isn’t quite up to the standard he has set over the past three years but remains substantially above-average output.
While it always hurts to lose such a productive member of the lineup, the Mets will obviously want to ensure that this doesn’t balloon into another worrying lower-body injury for Cespedes. Plus, both Brandon Nimmo and Juan Lagares have hit well in limited action; providing some extra action for them probably isn’t the worst outcome.
Not surprising. Cespedes cant stay healthy
Wow they did something smart
Shocker…
Wasn’t he just on the dl? I didn’t even know he had been activated
no, Cespedes has been off the DL all year.
I thought he was after that awkward slide into third in sd that hurt him
Cespedes commented to Joel Sherman, “I’m not sure what the problem is. They told me to drink water to avoid injuries so I’ve been pounding down Absolute and soda after the games. What’s the difference? They are both clear.”
The new Mets regime is being overtly cautious when dealing with player injuries, in the past they’d just tell their guys to play through it.
Yes Chri—since the mechanical bull, “TC” left the dugout the “suck it up so we don’t call you a wimp” has gone away. Moved into the GM’s office to do basically nothing, Fred’s Sluggo has been replaced in the field with former GM Ruben Amaro, who is telling runner from 1st to 3rd how to stay off the DL.
Better safe than sorry.smart move
And they owe Lagares a nice salary…..
Things are starting to return to normal, Nats are charging to the top, and the Mets are charging to the bottom.
So a day after saying he wasn’t going on it they put him on it anyway. They did that with Plawecki and deGrom. Mets baseball.
this guy is day to day every day!
Really!
I guess the yoga isn’t working.