{"id":46656,"date":"2020-08-14T07:39:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T04:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/dwight-gooden-yoenis-cespedes-may-get-blackballed-over-mets-opt-out\/"},"modified":"2020-08-14T07:39:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T04:39:00","slug":"dwight-gooden-yoenis-cespedes-may-get-blackballed-over-mets-opt-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/dwight-gooden-yoenis-cespedes-may-get-blackballed-over-mets-opt-out\/","title":{"rendered":"#Dwight Gooden: Yoenis Cespedes may get \u2018blackballed\u2019 over Mets opt-out"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Dwight Gooden: Yoenis Cespedes may get \u2018blackballed\u2019 over Mets opt-out<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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August 14, 2020 |<\/span> 12:39am <\/p>\n

\n Dwight Gooden sees how Yoenis Cespedes handled opting out of the Mets season as a \u201cweak move\u201d that could hurt the slugger next season.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe may get blackballed [in baseball] next year and I\u2019m OK with that,\u201d the former Cy Young winner said on the latest episode of The Post\u2019s \u201cAmazin\u2019 But True\u201d Mets podcast. \u201cNumber one, you put yourself in that position by the stuff you\u2019re doing off the field. Now you miss two, three years when they said throughout baseball don\u2019t give this guy a contract and the Mets did it anyway, and that\u2019s the way you show them. You owe those guys. You owe your teammates, bro. That was a weak move.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cespedes opted out of the season over coronavirus concerns on Aug. 2 and did not show up for the Mets game<\/a> against the Braves that afternoon in Atlanta. The 34-years-old packed up his things in his hotel and left without informing the team he was opting out, GM Brodie Van Wagenen said that day. The Post reported that Cespedes, who was seen out salsa dancing in Garden City three weeks before calling it a season, was unhapp<\/a>y with how the Mets were using him because needed to be in the lineup as much as possible to reach lucrative performance bonuses in his contract.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t agree with him on this move at all,\u201d Gooden said. \u201cThat definitely wasn\u2019t about COVID. I hope I\u2019m wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cespedes signed a four-year, $110 million deal with the Mets in 2017 and was set to make $29.5 million this season, but his salary was reduced to $6 million after it was revealed he reinjured himself on his ranch last year in an incident involving a wild boar. His pro-rated salary for 60 games was set to be $2.2 million. He was hitting .161 with two homers and four RBIs in eight games after playing just 119 games combined in 2017 and 2018 combined before missing all of 2019. Gooden said he believes Cespedes would have been better off sticking it out and trying to hit his way to a new contract next season.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow with your reputation, with everything that\u2019s going on you, might get a team that will invite him to spring training,\u201d Gooden said. \u201cI don\u2019t know. I\u2019m not wishing bad on anybody, but that was just bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gooden also took issues with how Marcus Stroman, who had been rehabbing a calf issue, opted out as well \u2014 saying it was likely \u201c100 percent\u201d a business decision centered around a concern for getting hurt. Stroman, who cited coronavirus concerns, is a free agent this offseason. He called the choice \u201ca collective family decision.\u201d Gooden thought Stroman could have handled it differently if getting injured was the main concern.<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand if that\u2019s the reason,\u201d he said. \u201cBe a man enough to say it, \u2018I don\u2019t want to take a chance. I may only get five or six starts. So I don\u2019t want to chance it. I want to get as strong as I can, get healthy and come back next year.\u2019 Say it. Nobody\u2019s gonna shoot you. You good. But don\u2019t give me that bulls\u2013t about I talked to my family and we\u2019re doing what\u2019s best. You\u2019re bringing in the checks, you the man, it\u2019s your call.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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