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Report: Mets' Yoenis Cespedes Suffered Ankle Fractures After Incident With Wild Boar

In May, the Mets announced that outfielder Yoenis Cespedes suffered right ankle fractures in a "violent fall" on his ranch in Port St. Lucie, Fl. New details reported by the New York Post, however, say that Cespedes was injured on his ranch stepping into a hole after an interaction with a wild boar.

According to the Post, Cespedes keeps traps on his ranch to keep boar away, but one boar was removed from a trap and "either charged toward Cespedes or startled him, causing Cespedes to step into a hole." Cespedes reportedly told the team immediately of the injury, noting that he was trying to sidestep the animal.