The Mets have placed Yoenis Cespedes back on the disabled list due to calcification in both of his heels, the team told announced via press release. While the Mets and Cespedes are waiting for a second opinion on the injury, Mike Puma of the New York Post reports that Cespedes was believed to be leaning toward undergoing season-ending surgery as of this morning (Twitter links). David Lennon of Newsday tweets that Cespedes can “barely run without his heels feeling like they’re on fire.”
Cespedes, 32, has appeared in 38 games for the Mets this season and batted .262/.325/.496 with nine home runs and six doubles. He landed on the disabled list in mid-May with what was, at the time, termed a “mild” strain of his right hip flexor but ultimately wound up missing more than two months with the injury. Cespedes returned last ween and homered in a two-hit showing, but he’s been out of the lineup since.
Over the weekend, Cespedes’ heels became yet another circus-like storyline for the Mets, as the outfielder told reporters that he could require surgery to repair the issue — only for manager Mickey Callaway to eventually express concern to the media and say that he was unsure of what Cespedes had said. Callaway later backtracked (link via the Post’s Dan Martin) and said that he “misspoke” and handled the situation poorly. Assistant GM John Ricco, part of the Mets’ acting-GM triumvirate, acknowledged over the weekend that Friday was the first the team had heard he was considering surgery (Twitter link via James Wagner of the New York Times).
Cespedes would be the second Mets outfielder to require season-ending surgery, joining Juan Lagares (toe) in that regard. With him on the shelf, be it for a shorter term or for the remainder of the season, the Mets will continue to utilize Brandon Nimmo and Michael Conforto in the outfield. Matt den Dekker is currently getting some time in the outfield as well, though Jay Bruce figures to eventually return from hip discomfort to claim some playing time.
He took the field for the first time in 2+ months. Played DH. One game. Now out of commission. (Again) get the surgery!!!
hit a homer and didn’t even run to first
swinging on a 3-0 pitch leading off the inning
don’t know who told him to swing on 3-0
and if callaway and/or cespedes knew he
wasn’t gonna run ?
I’m sorry Met fans you guys have really gone through a lot this season. I feel for you
They even started like 11-1 giving fans even more hope early on.
Let’s see here….still owed over 60 million through 2020 and now has 2 flat tires…
Do the sensible thing Mets and just give him a Bonilla contract that pays him 20 million annually for the next 40 years to not play for you.
Oh man that sucks
It definitely seems like he should go ahead and get surgery so at least they have a shot at getting him at full health for that last season. The Mets have Orioles luck so he will probably come back healthy middle of 2020 hit really well and then leave in free agency.
Mets fans getting killed this year
Typical Mets drama . How did MLB force the dodgers owners to sell but lets the Mets ownership be a laughing stock for the league?
Bud Selig’s 2nd biggest failure after (initially) not taking stricter stance against PEDs’.
Bud actually bailed out two of his buddies; Wilpon and McCourt.
I guess that this is the final nail in the coffin for the defiant Mets fans.
These last few sagas hade as much to do with the absurdity as it does about the lack of management control and coordination.
There’s NO HOPE until Mutt and Jeff are forced to sell.
Humiliate them. Boycott tickets and do not Watch SNY.
One owner was a crook and the other is either the unluckiest or least competent.
Carlos15 wins the Cespedes DL contest
Shows how much he gets hurt when the photo is him limping off the field last year during players weekend, in addition to having multiple DL stints this year
Are the Mets even real
Real bad.
Worried about his next K.
I really believe Citifield is cursed!
Like I posted in another thread, it’s a Circus. Step-up everyone and see the wonders that are the Mets.
Fragile. Must be Italian.
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In further Mets news, seven concessions employees were sent to the disabled list with maladies ranging from allergies to zika…
Can we just put the entire Mets franchise on the DL and call up Montreal to take their place?
“returned last ween”
If I hear all of the young kids start saying last ween along with on fleek and finna, I blame Steve Adams
The Mets entire organization is being run like ween.
Ween as a band has had a successful run of almost 30 years. The Mets wish the team was run like Ween.
*clears throat*
LOL MEHTS
Fortunate for Cespedes that all these injuries are happening AFTER he signed the big contract. But most unfortunate that these injuries have no doubt put a dent in his golf game.
He has no problem golfing…it’s baseball that hurts his feet. Lol
Between that and his Arabian horse buddy with the long flowing blonde hair you have to think can we actually make this stuff up?
I mean for all those delirious Mets fans (who have probably gone into their winter hibernation since its late July), if I wrote a creative scenario like this a week ago they would have cursed me back and forth to Flushing. Too bad in a sense that I even enjoy the know-it-all ones that use self righteous lawyer speak. I hope that it gets hot wearing their green jets helmet in August.
The truth is that there’s no shame yet for the Wilpon’s. They deserve to be run out of town.
The only way is for the fans to STOP showing up at Chitifield. Drive attendance down. Hurt the Wilpon’s wallet. Dry up theory cash flow. By not watching SNY and their goofball announcers the viewership drops. Publicize it on social media and advertisers will drop them.
cespedes hit a homer first game back
and didn’t even run to first
swinging on a 3-0 pitch leading off the inning
don’t know who told him to swing on 3-0
and if callaway and/or cespedes knew he
wasn’t gonna run ? what were they thinking?
Maybe they will buy him out of the remaining $60 mil by offering to pay him $10 mil a year from 2025-2045. I’m sure they could invest wisely and make a profit there.
Wow, I gave him him 10 disinterested games before returning to the DL. How could I have overestimated Cespedes so badly?? One and done. Remember Mets fans, The fish rots from the head down. Nothing changes until the Wilson’s are gone. The only reason they got Piazza was Nelson Doubleday R.I.P.