Yoenis Cespedes, the Mets’ best hitter and highest paid player, is out for the season, another blow to the team in an increasingly dismal season.
Cespedes will have season-ending surgery to remove bone spurs and calcification near his Achilles tendons in both feet, resolving an awkward episode that began late last week when he voiced uncertainty about his ability to play through continued pain on the very day he returned to the Mets from the disabled list.
The operation is likely to sideline Cespedes for a chunk of the 2019 season as well. There is little to play for this season: The Mets were 41-57 entering Wednesday afternoon’s game against the San Diego Padres and one of the worst teams in baseball.