When the New York Mets placed Yoenis Cespedes on the disabled list back in May, we could already smell trouble. The big powerful outfielder played in 81 of the Mets’ 162 games last season. This year, he has already participated in less than half of his team’s games.
Cespedes has been in just 37 games this season. It’s no coincidence that his absence has led to one of the worst collapses we can remember. From 11-1 to let’s not even look at the standings anymore we can feel the Miami Marlins breathing down our necks, it has been a bad year.