LF Yoenis Cespedes received a day off Sunday after the Mets clinched home-field advantage in the National League wild-card game on Saturday. In 132 games this year, Cespedes batted .280 and had 31 home runs, his second consecutive 30-homer season. Four of those home runs came against the Phillies, tied for his most against any one team.

OF Yoenis Cespedes scored twice and was 1-for-4 with an RBI in Friday's 5-1 win in Philadelphia. Cespedes was on the lucky end of an infield popup that the wind got hold of, allowing the ball to find the ground without a Phillies defender making a catch. Since joining the Mets last season, Cespedes has driven in 22 runs in 23 games against Philadelphia.

MIAMI -- Jose Fernandez was on the mind of virtually everyone in South Florida on Sunday, especially those who follow the Miami Marlins.However, the tragic boating-accident death of the 24-year-old All-Star pitcher didn't just impact those in his community.Fernandez was also respected throughout baseball.The New York Mets, who will visit the Marlins on Monday to start a three-game series that is sure to be emotional, showed on Sunday that Fernandez was on their minds, too.Mets left fielder Yoenis Cespedes, who like Fernandez was born in Cuba, hung up a jersey with his friend's name and his No. 16."Our guys are a special group," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "We wanted to honor Jose, so we put up his jersey in our dugout. All our guys walked by and gave it a little tap."Cespedes said the tribute for Fernandez was the idea of Mets owner Jeff Wilpon, who had the jersey made."(Wilpon) came and talked to us in the trainer's room before the game," Cespedes said. "I decided I wanted to be the... [More]

LF Yoenis Cespedes (illness) returned to the lineup Monday, when he went 0-for-4 in the Mets' 7-3 loss to the Braves. Cespedes left Sunday's 3-2 win over the Twins after six innings due to nausea and dizziness. Despite battling a sore right quad that has nagged him for months, Cespedes has started the Mets' last 12 games. He is batting .287 with 30 homers and 81 RBIs in 121 games this season.

LF Yoenis Cespedes returned to the lineup on Monday after leaving Sunday's game after six innings because of nausea and dizziness.

LF Yoenis Cespedes exited the Sunday game with dizziness and nausea in the sixth inning. Manager Terry Collins said Cespedes began feeling sick in the tunnel behind the dugout in the fifth inning. Collins added that he doesn't expect Cespedes to be out of the lineup Monday against Atlanta.

OF Yoenis Cespedes was held in check during the three-game series in Washington. He was hitless in three at-bats Wednesday and his average fell to .288. Last year, he crushed the Nationals in Washington in a late-season series to help the Mets pull away for the division title. This year, that did not happen.

LF Yoenis Cespedes hit his 30th homer, a grand slam, and drove in five runs Sunday at Atlanta. It was his fourth career slam and second this season. It is the second straight 30-home run season for Cespedes, who combined for 35 a year when splitting the season with the Tigers and Mets. Since he returned from the disabled list on Aug. 19, Cespedes is batting .308 with eight homers and 19 RBIs.

LF Yoenis Cespedes hit his 29th homer of the season and fourth in September on Saturday against the Braves. Since returning from the disabled list on Aug. 19, he is batting .311 (23-for-74) with seven homers and 14 RBIs.

LF Yoenis Cespedes (sore right quad) did not start Thursday but struck out as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning of the Mets' 6-4 loss to the Marlins. Manager Terry Collins said before the game that he did not want Cespedes, who spent 15 days on the disabled list in August due to a right quad injury that has bothered him since early July, playing after heavy rains earlier Thursday created damp conditions at Citi Field. Cespedes also sat out Sunday's game against the Phillies and will likely require occasional days off down the stretch. He is batting .297 with 27 homers and 68 RBIs in 106 games this season.

LF Yoenis Cespedes (right quad) and SS Asdrubal Cabrera (left knee) were both out of the starting lineup. Manager Terry Collins didn't want either player to risk aggravating his injuries on a field wet from heavy rains earlier in the day.

LF Yoenis Cespedes returned to the lineup with a flourish Monday, when he went 3-for-5 with the game-winning homer in the bottom of the 10th inning of the Mets' 2-1 victory over the Marlins. Cespedes didn't play Sunday due to a sore right quad, an injury he has been battling since early July. Manager Terry Collins indicated Monday night that Cespedes, who was on the disabled list from Aug. 4 through Aug. 19 due to the ailment, isn't at 100 percent and that he'll have to be monitored the rest of the season. Cespedes, who the only Mets player with multiple hits on Monday, is batting .299 with 27 homers and 68 RBIs, including .389 with five homers and nine RBIs in nine games since returning from the disabled list.

LF Yoenis Cespedes (right quad) did not play Sunday, when the Mets fell to the Phillies, 5-1. Manager Terry Collins said Cespedes, who was on the disabled list from Aug. 4 through Aug. 19 with a right quad injury, felt the muscle tighten as he scored from second on a double by OF Alejandro De Aza in the seventh inning of Saturday night's 12-1 win over the Phillies. Collins said sitting Cespedes was a precautionary move and that he should be available for Monday's series opener against the Miami Marlins. Cespedes is batting .295 with 26 homers and 67 RBIs in 102 games this season, including .355 with four homers and eight RBIs in eight games since he returned from the disabled list.

LF Yoenis Cespedes hit his third home run in two days Sunday, a two-run shot that provided all the offense in a 2-0 Mets win over the Giants. Cespedes' blast traveled 417 feet and was the first this season to reach the cement walkway atop the left field bleachers at AT&T Park in San Francisco. The three-homer series was Cespedes' second of the season. He also had one May 5-8 at San Diego.

LF Yoenis Cespedes was reinstated from the disabled list and had one hit in four at-bats in Friday's 8-1 loss to the San Francisco Giants. Cespedes hadn't played since Aug. 3, a stretch during which the Mets went just 5-9 in his absence. He showed no signs of the strained quad that had kept him out of the lineup for 15 days, making two nice running catches in the outfield.

LF Yoenis Cespedes (straight right quad) was activated off the disabled list on Friday.

LF Yoenis Cespedes (strained right quad) will be activated from the 15-day disabled list Friday, Mets manager Terry Collins confirmed before Thursday's game. Cespedes pronounced himself ready to return to big-league play after going 2-for-3 with a double for Class A St. Lucie on Wednesday. The Mets have gone just 5-9 in his absence.

Manager Terry Collins disclosed before Thursday's game that he's planning to activate LF Yoenis Cespedes (strained right quad) from the disabled list Friday.

OF Yoenis Cespedes played six innings for Class A Port St. Lucie earlier Wednesday, going 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and a run scored. Cespedes, who has placed on the disabled list with a strained right quad, is eligible to come off the disabled list for Friday's game in San Francisco. "I feel comfortable at the plate," he said through a team official. "I'll be ready."

OF Yoenis Cespedes played seven innings for Class A St. Lucie on Tuesday, going 0-for-3. "I feel perfect," Cespedes said through a team official. "I'm going to play nine innings in left field tomorrow for St. Lucie and then hopefully join the team in San Francisco." Cespedes has been on the disabled list since Aug. 4 due to a strained right quad.