Yoenis Cespedes
With his return to the lineup yesterday afternoon for game one of a day/night doubleheader against the Atlanta Braves, Cespedes continues to show why he’s the best player on this team.
With his ninth inning grand slam in his first game back since April, this offense is just a different beast when he’s in it on a day-to-day basis. While he was injured, Michael Conforto and Jay Bruce have carried this team offensively. Before the season started, all you heard was how Conforto wasn’t going to make the team and the front office wanted to trade Bruce for essentially anything they could get their hands on. Imagine if both of those things had happened? With the injuries all over the team, the Mets probably wouldn’t even have 20 wins.
"“I know they have a plan for me but nobody knows my body better than I do. So if they want to give me days off it kind of has to be based off of how I feel and how I feel my body is reacting.’’ – Yoenis Cespedes, via NYPost.com"
Back to Cespedes, it takes the weight off other players like Conforto and Curtis Granderson. While he’s been playing better, you don’t need to rely on Granderson being a bat in the middle of the order. He could not only be a spot starter, but he makes your bench that much stronger and deeper. These types of players have impacts all over the diamond, and lengthening your bench is just one of those perks. But if you don’t have the pitching, it’s all for naught.