Yoelkis Cespedes Declaored Free Agent

There’s a new No. 1 on MLB.com’s Top 30 International Prospects List.

MLB Official Site

Yoenis Cespedes Is Basbeall's Biggest 'If' Right Now

Mets coach Gary DiSarcina was standing around the corner from where the team bus was still idling behind the right-field stands at the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. It was another Spring Training bus that did not have Yoenis Céspedes on it. In an hour, the Mets would play the Astros in a Spring Training game that would not have Céspedes in it. So this is another baseball spring during which Céspedes has not been on the field. Yet.

Baltimore Official Site

Yoenis Cespedes Progressing, But Not Ready For Games

As expected, Yoenis Céspedes will not participate when the Mets open their Grapefruit League schedule Saturday with split-squad matchups against the Marlins and Cardinals.

New York-N Official Site

Yoelkis Cespedes Planning Showcase For MLB Team

The respected MLB journalist, Jesse Sánchez has just reported that Yoenis Céspedes' brother, Yoelkis, would be making his first official presentation in front of major league scouts next month.  (Translated)

Pelota Cubana Blog

Yoenis Cespedes Takes Swings, Declines To Talk Publicly

At around 10:30 a.m. Monday, Yoenis Céspedes emerged from the Mets' clubhouse to participate in stretches with the team. Fifteen minutes later, he ducked behind the batting cage alone, only to resurface on a back field later in the morning. Céspedes signed autographs and posed for selfies for a long while, then took live batting practice against pitcher Michael Wacha. On one of his first swings, he lost his grip on his bat, launching it over the third-base dugout. On another, he pulled a would-be home run just foul.

New York-N Official Site

Yoenis Cespedes' Ankle Fracture Came During Incident With Wild Boar

In May when Yoenis Cespedes fractured his right ankle at his Port St. Lucie ranch, Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen described a “violent” fall but provided no context how the fall occurred.

NY Post

Teams Asking About Yoenis Cespedes

Anthony DiComo Twitter

Free Agent Stock Watch: Rick Porcello

Relative to expectations, the 2019 season has been a major disappointment for the Red Sox. Many teams would be satisfied with Boston’s 64-59 record, but after winning 108 regular-season games and a World Series in 2018, what the club has done in the first four-plus months of this year looks rather underwhelming. The unspectacular performance of right-hander Rick Porcello is among the many reasons the Red Sox have fallen short of expectations this season.

MLB Trade Rumors

Norge Carlos Vera & Orlando Acebey Abandoned Cuban Team

Pitcher Norge Carlos Vera and infielder Orlando Acebey have left the Cuban baseball team that disputes the Can-Am League in the USA .  (Translated)

Diario de Cuba

Yoelkis Cespedes Leaves Cuban Team In Can-Am League

The oldest has been established as a Major League star for years. The minor has just taken the step to try to reach the same goal.  (Translated)

El Nuevo Herald

Yoenis Cespedes Has Season-Ending Surgery

Joel Sherman Twitter

Yoenis Cespedes Fractures Ankles In Ranch Accident

Tim Healey Twitter

Mets Transferred Yoenis Cespedes From Ten-Day To 60-Day Injured List

New York-N Official Twitter

Mets Placed Yoenis Cespedes On The Ten-Day Injured List

Tim Healey Twitter

Yoenis Cespedes To Begin Throwing Program On Monday

Mike Puma Twitter

Yoenis Cespedes Confident He'll Return To Field In 2019

Yoenis Cespedes does not know if it will be in July, or August, or September. But he does firmly believe that at some point this season, he will return to uniform with the Mets.

New York-N Official Site

Rich Hill Is A Man On A Mission

In Game 4 of the World Series, Dodgers lefthander Rich Hill took the mound in the seventh inning after absolutely silencing Red Sox bats, holding them to one hit. He walked leadoff hitter Xander Bogaerts and then struck out Eduardo Nunez.

Boston Globe

Cardinals Discussed Paul Goldschmidt & Zack Greinke Internally

Still, it’s not out of the question a team might try to force the issue with the D-Backs, seeking to land both players at a minimal cost in prospects. Sources say the Cardinals have kicked around internally the idea of acquiring Goldschmidt and Greinke in the same deal, but the likelihood of such a trade occurring is remote, in part because St. Louis is one of the clubs on Greinke’s 15-team no-trade list.

The Athletic

Could Both New York Teams Be In The Mix For Bryce Harper?

There's an interesting dynamic emerging with elite free agent outfielder Bryce Harper and the baseball teams in New York.

Fancred

A Lot Of Intrigue Over Mets GM Pursuit: Old School Vs. New School

There is a prevailing thought around the game that Mets owner Fred Wilpon, upset over recent signings going south and of the belief that ex-GM Sandy Alderson’s eight-year tenure as GM — true or not — was too analytically driven, is determined to hire an old-school, scouting-first executive.

Fancred