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Yoenis Cespedes has told Mets he’s up for a position change

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Yoenis Cespedes

Yoenis Cespedes has been part of the problem for the Mets this year, mainly by being injured and unavailable again.

Of all things, he may have proposed a way to be part of a solution moving forward — for his own health and the structure of the team.

According to a source familiar with the issue, it was the slugger who broached the idea of him playing at least some first base. As part of the baseball activities he is doing now more regularly in Port St.