Due to multiple heel and ankle surgeries, asking Yoenis Cespedes to show his 2014 and 2015 performance level in the outfield seems unrealistic. It is clear that he can rake if healthy, but let’s not forget that he has a cannon of an arm, perhaps the best of the New York Mets‘ current roster now that Juan Lagares is not with the team.
MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo, the Mets’ beat writer, wrote a couple of paragraphs about Cespedes’ prodigious right arm from the outfield as part of a series by the league’s official website.
“The health of Céspedes’ legs may remain uncertain following multiple heel surgeries and a fractured right ankle, but the health of his right arm most certainly does not.