Yoenis Cespedes sat out the Mets’ workout Friday at Citi Field while continuing to recover from a shoulder injury, with four days left until the dawn of the team’s first World Series in 15 years.
The team’s most dangerous power hitter (non-Daniel Murphy category) did not receive a cortisone shot until Thursday, one day after leaving the Mets’ NLCS clincher in the second inning due to left shoulder soreness. He is expected at Saturday’s full-squad workout.
Roughly half the team was on hand for Friday’s voluntary session. Position player regulars Lucas Duda, Travis d’Arnaud, Michael Conforto and Wilmer Flores made appearances, as did starting pitchers Jacob deGrom and Steven Matz.