New York Mets: Yoenis Cespedes directing the organization

Yoenis  Cespedes may be working his own rehab and dictating to the New York Mets how to handle things moving forward with his progression.

Hey New York Mets fans, remember this guy? Personally it is becoming more and more difficult to remember the lineup with Yoenis Cespedes in it. He was placed on the ten-day DL in May, supposedly to benefit from rest. We haven’t seen the chain-wearing power hitter ever since, and his stint on the DL appears to have no end in sight.

We could talk all day about how he hasn’t been able to stay on the field. He signed a four-year contract prior to the 2017 season. Since then, Cespedes hasn’t played more than 81 games in a season. His nagging injuries have kept him off the field, and that is not what the Mets signed up for. It would be fair to make the argument that he doesn’t work hard enough to come back any faster.

But now we can even go further than that. It has gotten to the point where now Cespedes may be dictating things to the organization. If that is the case, that is a problem and it’s with Cespedes becoming a malcontent and the organization not doing its job.

Generally, the team likes to get a chance to visit with players rehabbing in Florida when the team comes to Miami. It breaks up the routine for the player and gives the team an idea of how things are going from the player’s perspective. That was the plan with Cespedes until Friday afternoon (via Kristi Ackert of the New York Daily News):

"“He’s not going to join us here in Miami,” Callaway announced Friday afternoon. “We thought it would probably hinder his rehab to come here for a couple days. We’ll keep him in Port St. Lucie and continue what he’s doing.”"

Are the Mets serious here? It would hinder his rehab? That doesn’t make a lot of sense. Fans, that answer is telling us that the big league team couldn’t provide Cespedes with the rehabilitation activities that the minor league team could. Per the article, he’s not even running! A trainer with the Mets couldn’t stretch him out, allow him to take some swings or do whatever else he needs to do? Come on now.

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As our friends at Rising Apple noted, it makes more sense to believe that Cespedes is declining to meet with the team. We obviously don’t know this for sure, but that is what the evidence seems to show. Does Cespedes not care about his teammates who have a season that is going down the tubes? Does he not care to come back?

Yoenis Cespedes is becoming more and more difficult to root for. He comes out with the chains on looking like an NFL wide receiver, but the production has ceased to match the bravado. Now he might be leading the organization around by its nose.

It doesn’t look good.