Yoenis Cespedes wasn’t in the Mets’ lineup Monday night and will probably miss at least the next two or three games after doctors drained what manager Terry Collins classified as “a lot of fluid” from his bruised right leg.
Though Cespedes told reporters in Atlanta Sunday that he was feeling much better and could possibly make a return the next day, Collins and general manager Sandy Alderson put the kibosh on that hours before the Mets took on the Reds Monday night in the opening game of a lengthy homestand.
“If you would’ve saw the swelling you would understand why he had no chance of playing,” said Collins, who started Alejandro De Aza in Cespedes’ place in centerfield.