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Palladino: Reaction To Cespedes Scare Speaks Volumes About His Value To Mets

How Important Is The Cuban Slugger? Just Be Thankful His Brush With DL Happened Now

Center fielder Yoenis Cespedes of the New York Mets hits a two-run homer in the eighth inning against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field on Sept. 11, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images)

If Terry Collins absolutely had to see the postseason flash before his eyes, better it should have happened now and not a week from now.

That latter scenario would have brought us right into Friday’s Game 1 of the NLDS.