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How Yoenis Cespedes saved the Mets from themselves

How Yoenis Cespedes Saved The Mets From Themselves

Yoenis Cespedes has been exactly what the Mets front office could have hoped for after whiffing on Carlos Gomez.

It all seemed to be coming together for the Mets. It looked like they had just traded for the kind of impact bat their lineup so desperately needed in the form of Carlos Gomez and that he would propel the pitching laden Metropolitans to a division championship. And then this happened:

This kind of gaffe seemed typical of the Mets of the past ten years.