Cuban gardener Yoennis Céspedes intends to return to the Major Leagues for the 2021 season and for that reason will make an exhibition for interested teams on March 2, according to reports.
According to information from Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the exhibition will take place in Fort Pierce, Florida.
Lawns barely played the first week of the reduced 60-game season amid the coronavirus pandemic. In that span, he barely batted .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.
Céspedes will likely have to prove he still has gas left in the tank with a minor league contract and an invitation to the training camp.
Information from Enrique Rojas was used in this report.