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In scenario you skipped the information, New York Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes opted out of the 2020 year due to COVID-19 concerns on Sunday (at-possibility loved ones member). According to the team, the 34-yr-aged Cuban product or service did not inform the club of his decision to decide-out, he merely did not exhibit up for do the job.
For every Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo, speaking with the team’s push corps in advance of Monday’s series finale at Atlanta, the team’s account of what transpired may perhaps not be entirely exact.
A quick recap:
Mets skipper Luis Rojas acknowledged prior to Sunday’s match that the lineup was nonetheless getting worked out due to the fact some gamers experienced not still arrived at the ballpark (working day sport soon after night time match). When lineups ended up produced, Dominic Smith was enjoying still left industry and J.D. Davis was penciled into the designated hitter location. No Cespedes.
Through the initially inning on Sunday, Mets normal supervisor Brodie Van Wagenen produced a statement declaring that Cespedes did not exhibit up for get the job done and attempts to get hold of him experienced been unsuccessful, and “[Cespedes] did not achieve out with any clarification for his absence”.
The natural way, social media exploded with worries for the veteran slugger’s basic safety. Shortly thereafter (roughly 2:20 PM EST) the Mets unveiled an additional assertion through the team’s conquer writers (as well as some national scribes), assuring all fascinated functions that the team had “no explanation to feel Cespedes’ basic safety is at risk”.
At close to 2:55 PM EST, Baseball Prospectus contributor Loaded MacLeod claimed hearing Cespedes experienced opted out on Saturday night time.
At 4:23 PM EST, immediately adhering to the Mets’ fifth consecutive loss, Van Wagenen resolved the post-video game virtual media scrum pertaining to Sunday’s happenings, confirming that Cespedes experienced indeed selected to choose-out, adding “the staff identified out late in the game”.
On Monday, Brandon Nimmo presented another facet to this tale — and a most likely damning a person for the Mets.
For every Anthony DiComo of MLB.com:
“[Nimmo] suggests he and his Mets teammates head that [Cespedes’] brokers truly knowledgeable the Mets he was opting out right before Sunday’s game. He’s also read the Mets’ official story, that the staff was blindsided through the recreation. Nimmo explained he does not know which is true.”
From Tim Britton of The Athletic, “neither [Pete Alonso] nor Nimmo took concern with Cespedes’ determination to decide-out”, including ” neither criticized him for the way it took place either”.
Van Wagenen’s first statement — declaring Cespedes all but lacking throughout a live broadcast — appeared untimely and, as opined by some, with-agenda at the time. Using these new developments into account, there is no telling what could come up coming in this saga.
We’ll preserve you posted with much more info as it turns into obtainable.
