A total of 11 teams attended the exhibition held by Cuban gardener Yoennis Céspedes on March 2 in Fort Pierce, Florida.
Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers, Tampa Bay Rays, Detroit Tigers, San Diego Padres, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees and Miami Marlins were some of the teams that were taking a look at the Cuban in Florida, according to reports .
It’s a new day. pic.twitter.com/gXcpXB137z
– Yoenis Cespedes (@ynscspds) March 2, 2021
According to the MLB report, people who were at the presentation say that the 35-year-old player showed impressive strength with the wood and that the gardens look good, but somewhat limited in their movements.
A listener quoted by MLB commented that “he may be the designated hitter of any team.”
The New York Mets did not attend the show.
Lawns barely played the first week of the reduced 60-game season amid the coronavirus pandemic. In that span, he barely beat for 161 (34-5) with two homers and four RBIs.
The winner in successive editions of the Derby of Jonrones, chose untimely to not continue with the New York Mets, then adduced reasons related to the COVID-19.
Prior to the 2020 campaign, the Cuban toletero did not play since July 2018 due to surgery on both heels, followed by a right ankle fracture in a mysterious fall on his ranch in Florida, an injury that cost him restructuring the final part of the $ 110 million four-year contract he signed before the 2016 season with the Mets.
To avoid a demand from the team, Céspedes agreed to reduce his salary in 2019 from $ 29 to $ 22.9 million and $ 11 million (prorated) in 2020 if he managed to integrate the inaugural Day roster.
Information from Enrique Rojas was used in this report.