YOENIS CÉSPEDES RANKED SECOND ON MLB NETWORK’S COUNTDOWN
TOP 10 LEFT FIELDERS RIGHT NOW!
January 29, 2018 – New York Mets left fielder Yoenis Céspedes ranked second on MLB Network’s annual Top 10 Left Fielders Right Now! program this pastSaturday. Céspedes, who was also ranked second on last year’s countdown, finished one spot ahead of the Angels’ Justin Upton and one spot behind the Cardinals’Marcell Ozuna.
Hosted by MLB Network’s Brian Kenny alongside MLB Network analysts, each Top 10 Right Now! ranking takes into account player performance over the last two seasons, a number of offensive and defensive metrics, both advanced Statcast data and traditional numbers, and expert analysis by the MLB Network research team.
The complete ranking for MLB Network’s top-10 left fielders is listed below and an embeddable recap on Céspedes can be seen here:
Top 10 Left Fielders Right Now!
1. Marcell Ozuna, St. Louis Cardinals
2. Yoenis Céspedes, New York Mets
3. Justin Upton, Los Angeles Angels
4. Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers
5. Trey Mancini, Baltimore Orioles
6. Khris Davis, Oakland Athletics
7. Adam Eaton, Washington Nationals
8. Andrew Benintendi, Boston Red Sox
9. Marwin Gonzalez, Houston Astros
10. Brett Gardner, New York Yankees
5 comments:
If he can stay really healthy, Cespedes could be # 1. Big if, though.
This will be a test of the new training regimen, which stresses elasticity over strength in the legs. If it works as intended, he'll play a full, healthy season. If not, well, let's start worrying again. Keep the fingers crossed. 😉
So, is Yo the new Straw? You know, as Strawberry went, so did the Mets offense.......
It strikes me that Yo's conditioning issues had less to do with regimes and more to do with his unwillingness to take workout recommendations. I'm hoping that he learned some tough lessons last season. Ditto for Syndergaard. Bot of these head strong guys were clearly too enamored with strength and bulk. I am optimistic that both will be healthy and dominant in 2018. I'm not sure about many of their teammates...
The Mets were very complicit...they knew he was still hurt in April, played him vs. Nats, and he hurt it much worse. A few more day's rest and he might have been fine.
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