New York Mets' Yoenis Cespedes did not show up at the ballpark on Sunday and the team said they were not able to reach him. It was later announced that Cespedes opted out of the season for "COVID ...

New York Mets slugger Yoenis Cespedes is the latest player to opt out of Major League Baseball's 2020 season. Cespedes was not in Sunday's lineup (ATL 4, NYM 0) and initially it was assumed to be a ...

The weekend saw two more notable players opt out for the 2020 season. Lorenzo Cain is of course a major loss for the Brewers, given his defensive prowess and high-contact bat. What little his ...

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — If seven ballplayers, all wearing identical, bright red jerseys with the same name and number on the back, stand on a field together … If the ...

He has been the old Sinatra song, all of it, a jumble of personas and personalities, going all the way back to the first day he showed up one week shy of five years ago. He’s been a puppet, a pauper, ...

Yoenis Cespedes owns a first baseman’s mitt, and put it to use during workouts Wednesday. But the grounders he took at first base were on his own, with Mets officials not at that point they would ...

NEW YORK -- Having endured six straight losing seasons and absent from the postseason since 2006, the New York Mets are going full throttle to reverse those disappointments this October. Thirteen ...

Is it because money talks? The Mets announced Sunday afternoon that Cespedes opted out of this season over concerns about COVID-19, and a friend backed up that version. But multiple sources confirmed ...

Few trades were ever so instantly impactful. Few bats were ever so hot. When Yoenis Cespedes was acquired from the Tigers just minutes before the July 31, 2015 trade deadline, the Mets were two games ...

As the New York Mets prepare for what they hope is a contending turn in 2020, they're assessing injuries and the remaining vacancies on the 60-man player pool. On that note: general manager Brodie Van ...

Yoenis Cespedes has opted out of the rest of the 2020 MLB season, ending a hectic stretch Sunday in which the Mets superstar’s whereabouts were unknown. Cespedes, 34, did not show up for the Mets’ 4-0 ...

NEW YORK -- The New York Mets finally have some clarity about Yoenis Cespedes' health. But now they may be without their oft-injured slugger well into the 2019 season. The Mets announced Wednesday ...