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Cespedes: Push-ups, not golf, may have caused shoulder injury

Yoenis Cespedes kept his workout limited Saturday: He did leg exercises.

But the Mets outfielder, two days removed from receiving a cortisone shot for his barking left shoulder, said he still plans to play Game 1 of the World Series on Tuesday in Kansas City.

“I thought I probably could have done a lot more today, but I didn’t want to push myself,” Cespedes said. “I want to give myself another day before I really start doing stuff again.”

Cespedes left Game 4 of the NLCS because he couldn’t lift the shoulder and later downplayed the idea that his morning golf game caused the discomfort.