Yo Opts Out

[batmagadanleadoff]

Frayed Knot wrote: And now follow up stories indicate that Ces was upset over not being in the starting lineup and that his decision to opt out over "corona virus concerns" may actually have a bunch to do with the idea that not playing everyday will hurt his odds of reaching various performance bonus levels.

Not according to this piece in The Athletic:



https://theathletic.com/1969692/2020/08/02/a-bizarre-day-and-an-opt-out-what-happened-with-yoenis-cespedes-and-the-mets/https://theathletic.com/1969692/2020/08/02/a-bizarre-day-and-an-opt-out-what-happened-with-yoenis-cespedes-and-the-mets/



In fact, this piece comes down on the Mets for, once again, reprising their LOLMets selves. Cespedes had serious covid concerns, a sick mother in the US and was extremely bothered by the way his teammates, his maskless teammates, mobbed him in celebration, to hell with social distancing, after his season debut homer, among other things. Cespedes, for his slow start, was still on pace to make about $7M this season.

[MFS62]

They traded a one-time top pitching prospect for Billy Hamilton.

Now there's a logical replacement for what Cespedes brought to the table.

I wish Yo well. But please...



Yeah, I'm a real happy camper.



Later

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I don't blame him or anyone else for opting out, you had to expect some guys would, and he's always been especially enigmatic and never came off as a super reliable team guy indoctrinated into that whole tribal baseball culture, so he was at the top of my list of likely dropout candidates. The Mets probably did set out to embarrass him with their initial and subsequent announcements, but IMO, were punishing him primarily for resisting the tribe, less so for not communicating, and even less than that for being concerned about corona.



They could have pretended he was not feeling well until they knew the deal. BVW definitely implied Ces had $$ concerns and that wouldn't surprise me, but it's all irrelevant now.



I think it might be interesting if our play continues at this terrible pace or some guys cannot right themselves (Porcello or whomever) might consider the corona bail as the season goes on.

[A Boy Named Seo]

These two have been on a collision course for a while. Remember the Mets said they didn't expect him to play and Yo jumps on social media showing vids of him, in fact playing, and contradicting the Mets. The contract re-working I'm sure sewed a few more seeds of division, too. Not surprised he seemed to say "eff the Mets" and up and bailed, but a little surprised the Mets let us all believe he could've gotten kidnapped in the middle of the night or something to make Yo look like shit.

[TransMonk]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I don't blame him or anyone else for opting out, you had to expect some guys would...

The more it looks like this season will turn into a rona-shitshow, the more I expect players to opt out. Why risk your short or long term health for a season that looks more and more like it will collapse in on itself?

[kcmets]

=metsmarathon post_id=42672 time=1596419997 user_id=83]Like a baby Ruth in a pool.

[whippoorwill]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I don't blame him or anyone else for opting out, you had to expect some guys would... The more it looks like this season will turn into a rona-shitshow, the more I expect players to opt out. Why risk your short or long term health for a season that looks more and more like it will collapse in on itself?

id at least wait and get paid.



When the cases started going up in Centre County I was furious that my husband's company didn't close, but with all the problems with unemployment payments I'm glad he's working



Plus it is still pretty low unless PSU opens up

[G-Fafif]

[nymr83]

I'm normally inclined to believe LOLMets, but in this case without further evidence I'll believe the team as Cespedes is still the Boar Liar

[ashie62]

Cespedes had serious covid concerns. I'm going with that

[Frayed Knot]

Covid concerns AND playing time/bonus concerns could Both be true ... it doesn't need to be either/or

[LWFS]

It really, really doesn't.



Here's the thing: I think there's no WAY CAA made a contract without receipts... so they wouldn't publicize/leak information countering the public narrative without being able to back it up. I CERTAINLY believe that BVW might attempt a "technically true" bullshit spin.



I also think it's strange that so few people have even mentioned that the fact that it's Van Waganen-- his former agent, privy to all manner of personal info that the team might not have previously known-- at the head of the figurative table? I mean, is it any surprise that after the team sued him, and HIS FORMER PROFESSIONAL CONFIDANT is now his keeper, that he might be slightly paranoid about being treated fairly?

[G-Fafif]

Ces lives! And tweets!