Yoenis Cespedes Reportedly Suffers Broken Ankle in Ranch Accident
By Michael Luciano
Things just went from bad to worse at Citi Field.
New York Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes had been nursing a heel injury that ws supposed to keep him sidelined until August. August seems like a pipe dream after Cespedes told his team he had broken his right ankle during an accident at his ranch in Florida.
Cespedes suffered a "violent fall" and twisted his right ankle in a hole, per GM Brodie Van Wagenen. He was not riding a horse, the GM said, but it was a non-baseball related activity. Van Wagenen did not elaborate further, and did not offer a timeline for Cespedes' recovery.
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) May 20, 2019
Cespedes suffered what was called a "violent fall" and then injured his ankle when it got stuck in a hole. GM Brodie Van Wagenen confirmed that it was indeed a non-baseball activity that caused it. While he offered no timeline for his recovery, the combination of a serious heel injury and a broken ankle likely means that he's out for the season-- and could even miss parts of 2020 as well.
A reminder: Yoenis Cespedes turns 34 in October. https://t.co/4t8JDJjNAQ By the start of the 2020 season, he'll have been out of action 21 months.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) May 20, 2019
Freak accidents are the worst. We won't see him, his powerful stroke, or his cannon arm for at least one more year. What's even more concerning is the distinct possibility that la Potencia will never be the player he was pre-injury.