The Mets have agreed with recently-acquired outfielder Yoenis Cespedes to a modification of the language in his contract that will remove a previous barrier to the team’s ability to re-sign him as a free agent, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports.
Previously, the contract called for the employing team (originally, the Athletics) to release him at the expiration of the contract. That would have made him ineligible for a qualifying offer and would have left his current team unable to re-sign him until May 15 of the following year, by operation of MLB rules.