The schedule holds no more games between the Mets and the Yankees, and it is just as well. The season has been discouraging for both. Their shared angst, all in one ballpark, can be suffocating.
The most productive player in the Mets’ lineup, outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, landed on the disabled list Thursday with a strained right quadriceps. The majors’ most decorated active slugger, the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez, cannot break into the lineup. The managers’ patience is running out.
The issue with Cespedes is the propriety of playing golf on Wednesday while already nursing the quad injury.