OF Yoenis Cespedes will be sidelined for the rest of the season because of a right hamstring strain, the Mets announced Monday.Cespedes was placed on the 10-day disabled list on Saturday, and he had an MRI exam on Monday that confirmed the extent of the injury. He should be recovered in about six weeks, but that would be after the regular season is over. The Mets have virtually no chance of reaching the postseason. The 31-year-old Cespedes hit .292 with 17 homers and 42 RBIs in 81 games this season.

LF Yoenis Cespedes was placed on the 10-day disabled listby the Mets on Saturday because of a strained right hamstring, possibly ending his 2017 season. Cespedes left Friday night's game 4-2 victory over the Washington Nationals in the first inning after he hobbled around third while running the bases. The 31-year-old Cespedes is hitting .292 with 17 home runs and 42 RBIs in only 81 games this season because of various injuries. The hamstring injury is Cespedes' second this season. "He will be examined Monday in New York. We will have somebody else in here tomorrow; we will have someone take his spot," general manager Sandy Alderson said. "I would say the season is in jeopardy."

The New York Mets placed left fielder Yoenis Cespedes on the 10-day disabled list Saturday because of a strained right hamstring, possibly ending his 2017 season.The Mets activated infielder Jose Reyes from the disabled list, called up outfielder Travis Taijeron from Triple-A Las Vegas and optioned right-hander Kevin McGowan to their Triple-A team.Cespedes left Friday night's game 4-2 win over the Washington Nationals in the first inning after he hobbled around third while running the bases. He is hitting .292 with 17 homers and 42 RBIs in only 81 games this year because of various injuries.Reyes, who was on the disabled list since mid-August because of a sore left ribcage, is hitting .223 with nine home runs and 39 RBIs in 114 games. Taijeron is batting .272 with 25 home runs and 78 RBIs in 125 games for Las Vegas. McGowan allowed one run in 1 1/3 innings in his one appearance for the Mets.--The Kansas City Royals placed left-hander Danny Duffy on the 10-day disabled list with elbow impingement... [More]

The New York Mets placed left fielder Yoenis Cespedes on the 10-day disabled list on Saturday because of a strained right hamstring, possibly ending his 2017 season.The Mets activated infielder Jose Reyes from the disabled list, called up outfielder Travis Taijeron from Triple-A Las Vegas and optioned right-hander Kevin McGowan to their Triple-A team.Cespedes left Friday night's game 4-2 victory over the Washington Nationals in the first inning after he hobbled around third while running the bases.The 31-year-old Cespedes is hitting .292 with 17 home runs and 42 RBIs in only 81 games this season because of various injuries.The hamstring injury is Cespedes' second this season. "It's been very frustrating because I know how much work I've put into this (past) offseason to come in ready this year," Cespedes said Friday night. "This one in particular was so frustrating because I think, right before this, I had felt the best I had felt all season long."Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said... [More]

LF Yoenis Cespedes (right hamstring strain) left the game in the first inning Friday in a 4-2 win in Washington. The win came with a cost, as Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said after the game that Cespedes will go on the disabled list and could be lost for the year after he strained his right hamstring while running the bases. "He will be examined Monday in New York. We will have somebody else in here tomorrow; we will have someone take his spot," Alderson said. "I would say the season is in jeopardy."

LF Yoenis Cespedes continued to heat up Monday, when he went 3-for-5 with an RBI single in the Mets' 3-2, 10-inning loss to the Diamondbacks. All three hits were singles for Cespedes, who is batting .313 with five homers and 11 RBIs over his last 13 games, a stretch in which he's posted five multi-hit games. The three-hit game was Cespedes' first since July 25 and his seventh time this year he's collected at least three hits. Cespedes is batting .281 with 16 homers and 41 RBIs in 77 games this season.

LF Yoenis Cespedes hit his 15th homer Monday in the third inning against RHP Luis Cessa. Cespedes homered for the third straight game, and it marked the fourth time he has done so. Cespedes last homered in three straight games Sept. 1-4, 2015.

OF Yoenis Cespedes has 10 home runs in 18 games at Citizens Bank Park, the most he has in any visiting ballpark.

OF Yoenis Cespedes hit his 150th career home run Friday night. Cespedes turned around a 96-mph offering from Nick Pivetta and hit it 429 feet. It was the 13th homer of the season for the 31-year-old.

LF Yoenis Cespedes hit his 11th home run and has hit safely in nine of past 10 games, going 13-for-41 in that span with two home runs, four doubles, two triples and eight RBIs in that span. In 10 career games at Coors Field, Cespedes is 14-for-41 with five homers and 12 RBIs. In 19 career games against the Rockies, Cespedes is 22-for-73 with six homers and 15 RBIs.

LF Yoenis Cespedes went 2-for-4 with one RBI on Tuesday. In eight games at Coors Field, he's hitting .387 (12-for-31) with three doubles, four home runs and 10 RBIs. Cespedes has at least one hit in seven of eight games on the Mets' current road trip, going 11-for-31 (.355).

LF Yoenis Cespedes was back in the Mets lineup Wednesday after leaving Tuesday night's game with tightness in both quad muscles. But Collins said Cespedes' quads remain an issue moving forward. "We're going to have to watch him," said Collins. Cespedes was 1-for-4 Wednesday night after going 3-for-4 with a homer, a triple and three RBIs Tuesday. His quads tightened when he was running out the triple and scoring on an error. Cespedes is 16-for-47 (.340) in 12 games since the All-Star break.

LF Yoenis Cespedes fell a single shy of the cycle Tuesday night. He was 3-for-4 with a double, triple and homer for three RBIs and two runs scored. Cespedes' 10th homer of the season was his fourth in six career games at Petco Park. Tuesday marked the sixth time this season that Cespedes had three or more hits in a game.

LF Yoenis Cespedes returned to the lineup Monday, when he went 0-for-5 and hit into a game-ending double play in the Mets? 6-3 loss to the Cardinals. Cespedes, who has played in just 45 games this season due to a variety of leg injuries, sat out Sunday's game as a precaution after jamming his hip while trying to make a sliding catch Saturday night. He is batting .273 with nine homers and 20 RBIs this season.

LF Yoenis Cespedes (hip) did not play Sunday, when the Mets fell to the Colorado Rockies 13-4. Manager Terry Collins said it was a precautionary day off for Cespedes, who was hurt while making an awkward slide for a sinking liner in the sixth inning of Saturday night's game. Cespedes, who has been limited to 44 games this year due to a variety of leg injuries, took out a huge chunk of the turf in left field while trying to make the catch. Collins said he expects Cespedes to play Monday, when the Mets begin a four-game series against the Cardinals. Cespedes is batting .281 with nine homers and 20 RBIs this season.

LF Yoenis Cespedes (left hip) left in the sixth inning of the Mets' 8-3 victory over the Rockies Saturday night. Cespedes, who has played just 44 games this season because of a variety of leg injuries, landed awkwardly while trying to make a sliding catch of a sinking liner by Rockies 3B Nolan Arenado. The ball landed just in front of Cespedes, who took out a huge chunk of the grass in left field during the attempt. Cespedes was slow to get up and did a handful of stretching exercises before walking off the field with manager Terry Collins and trainer Ray Ramirez. Cespedes and Collins expressed confidence Cespedes would be fine, though Collins indicated he would likely hold Cespedes out of the lineup Sunday as a precaution. Cespedes went 1-for-3 on Saturday and is batting .281 with nine home runs and 20 RBIs this season.

LF Yoenis Cespedes snapped out of a slump Friday night, when he went 4-for-6 with an RBI in the Mets' 14-2 win over the Rockies. Cespedes entered Friday just 5-for-40 in his last 10 games but singled in the first, doubled and scored in the third, singled later in the third and beat out a run-scoring infield single in the eighth. The four-hit game was the third of the season for Cespedes and his first since June 17. Cespedes is batting .280 with nine homers and 20 RBIs in 43 games this season.

OF Yoenis Cespedes (.281, 9 homers) was in the starting lineup Wednesday before the game was rained out. He did not play Tuesday after he got a leg cramp when he tried to make a shoestring catch on the game-winning hit in the last of the ninth by Ryan Raburn in a 3-2 loss Monday.

LF Yoenis Cespedes (leg cramp) did not play Tuesday after he came up limping when he almost made a shoestring catch in the last of the ninth on the game-winning hit by Ryan Raburn of the Nationals on Monday. Mets manager Terry Collins said after Tuesday's game he hopes the outfielder can be in the starting lineup Wednesday.

LF Yoenis Cespedes came up limping when he almost made a shoestring catch in the bottom of the ninth inning on the game-winning hit by Washington's Ryan Rayburn on Monday. Manager Terry Collins said after the game it is unlikely the slugger will be in the starting lineup on Tuesday. "It's just a cramp. It could have happened to anybody," Cespedes said through a translator. Did he think he had a shot to catch the ball? "For a moment I thought so, but as it kept on going I just realized that the possibility of that kept going down."