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Cespedes Returns to Mets Lineup

Yoenis Cepsedes is set to make his return to the Mets lineup for the first time since mid-May when the Mets limp into Yankee Stadium to begin the second half of the season tonight.  

While the 2018 season is a lost cause as far as playoffs are concerned, the Mets are hoping that Cespedes can ignite an offense that is near the bottom in many important statistical categories.

The last time Cespedes played in a game, the Mets were a game over .500 after a 4-2 loss to the Phillies on May 13. New York has gone 20-37 since, highlighted by a franchise worst June where the club won only six games.

Cespedes was hitting .255 with eight homers and 28 RBI before he hit the disabled list with a hip flexor strain and a quad injury that kept him out for more than half the season. It’s been a slow return back with plenty of setbacks.  Cespedes only began running two weeks ago.

In two rehabilitation games in Florida for the Golf Coast Mets Rookie League team, Cespedes was 2-for-8 (.250) with a three-run homer, and received time defensively in left field and first base.

Cespedes will DH tonight against the Yankees as New York tries to limit the chances for the former All Star to re-injure the leg. The New York Times also reported that Cespedes could find himself being a late-scratch from Mickey Callaway’s lineup on most days, which is not a good sign.

Cespedes has two more years and $58.5 million coming to him through the 2020 season. The Mets would love for Cespedes to post big numbers in August and September, so they could possibly shop him in the off-season. However, the chances that the Mets will get anything for a 32-year old outfielder with a recent rash of injuries and a hefty contract is going to bring much in return this winter.

In the meantime the club optioned struggling first baseman Dominic Smith and pitcher Corey Oslwalt to Triple-A Las Vegas.  Cespedes will bat second in the lineup tonight behind lead-off man Brandon Nimmo.

The Cespedes return isn’t the only headline for New York entering this weekend’s series against the Yankees. Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom will both get the ball for the Mets at the Stadium, starting with Syndergaard who squares off against Domingo German.


In a Subway Series that has absolutely no hype or attention, thanks in major part to the Mets struggles, the Mets need a couple of wins to get the second half off on the right.

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