PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Yoenis Cespedes rolled up to Mets camp Friday in the usual way, music thumping from the custom speakers in his ride. This one was a baseball-themed Jeep Wrangler, worth $80,000 after the work he pumped into it. Previously, it was a lipstick-red Alfa Romeo, a satin-black Lamborghini, a Polaris Slingshot motorcycle and a Ford-F250 truck.
"Being in Cuba, I never thought I was going to be in the United States," Cespedes said through an interpreter, posing outside his Jeep for pictures. "After I got here, I saw the possibilities that I could have whatever I want, so I worked hard for it.