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Yoenis Cespedes’ presence was sorely missed by the Mets this season

When he was healthy this season—or at least as close as one can get to healthy, considering what he was dealing with—Yoenis Cespedes was very much the same Yoenis Cespedes we know and love. In the 37 games Cespedes played in April and May, he posted a 122 wRC+ and 0.9 fWAR. He was on pace for a similar campaign to his 2016 season, in which he put up 3.8 fWAR and hit 31 home runs, driving in 86 runs.

But the chronic leg issues he has dealt with since the Mets signed him continued to crop up and wreak havoc with his season.