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Report: Yoenis Cespedes fractured ankle during incident with wild boar

The New York Mets and Yoenis Cespedes recently agreed to a restructured contract stemming from a fractured ankle the veteran outfielder suffered on his Florida ranch. Details surrounding how that injury actually occurred had been limited to Cespedes took a “violent fall,” but the events leading up to the fall had remained a mystery.

Until now.

According to a New York Post report, Cespedes was injured following a run-in with a wild boar.

The Post has learned all involved parties agreed that Cespedes was injured on the ranch stepping into a hole after an interaction with a wild boar.