Photo by Tim ... [+] Warner/Getty Images. It was probably either that or losing all of his salary. The 31-year-old righty has also been a tremendous postseason pitcher, going 5-3 with a 1.76 ERA in 46 playoff innings. What we know is … The Mets have missed Cespedes’s power in the lineup. As per the terms of the restructured contract, Cespedes can earn about $20 million between that reduced guaranteed base salary and bonuses — essentially pay to play. Jeff Samardzija has been a little underwhelming over his Giants contract. Given that there was some sort of grievance filed, it probably was not a great look at Céspedes was seen, in a video on Endy Chavez's Instagram, hitting. The Mets failed to make the playoffs the last three seasons, and Manager Mickey Callaway was dismissed in October because of his failure to make the postseason. ESPN reported that the Mets will save more than $10 million. I'm a senior contributor covering the NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL, soccer, esports and more. Tim Healey of Newsday mentioned that the reworked deal will lower Cespedes’ annual 2020 salary, but will add incentives for the slugger to reach. Has he been the bona fide ace the Yankees were looking for when they signed the Japanese import to a seven-year, $155 million contract after the 2013 season? Now, they can also shed bad contracts (Jed Lowrie, Jeurys Familia) somehow. On May 20, Van Wagenen announced Cespedes, already on the injured list as he rehabilitated from surgery on both heels, had suffered multiple fractures in his right ankle as the result of a “violent fall” on his ranch in Port St. Lucie. The Mets have been reluctant to provide a timetable for a possible Cespedes return. At this point, it's unclear when — or if — Céspedes will help the Mets on the field. Listen on Apple Podcasts | Spotify, Gang's All Here: A NY Jets Podcast So Céspedes' lower salary gives the Mets some room. Your California Privacy Rights Céspedes, 34, was due $29.5 million in the final season of the four-year, $110 million contract he signed before 2017. He's been hitting, throwing and running for weeks. No, but they ended up with a durable starter who’s gone 75-43 with a 3.75 ERA during his six seasons in the Bronx. But with the 2020 season currently on hold because of COVID-19, it’s unclear how much of players’ salaries this season will actually be paid out. Sitemap Cespedes’s status for 2020 remains unknown. Listen on Apple Podcasts | Spotify, © 2020 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved The team hasn't yet commented on the matter, but his salary would not be lowered if the organization did not have a case against Céspedes, whom the Mets were counting on to help them contend. Yoenis Cespedes Contract Restructured. Martino also tweets out that Cespedes will remain a Met for the 2020 season. That’s not bad at all. With those two moves, the Mets are near, if not over, the luxury tax threshold. “Our focus now is on the player’s health, and we’re trying to get the right answers to what procedures need to be done, if any, and what the prognosis is that will be coming out of this.”. Morning Briefing: Dodgers And Astros Stay Alive, Morning Briefing: Dodgers Flounder As Astros Tighten Things Up, MLB Trade Rumors Releases Mets’ 2021 Arbitration Projections, Mets Officially Add Michael Wacha, Says He Was Signed As Starter, Yoenis Cespedes Could Earn Under $10 Million in 2020, Reliving The 2000 Mets: More Missteps In Atlanta, Playoffs Nearing, Jacob deGrom Somehow Keeps Getting Better, Morning Briefing: Wacha Looks To Keep Slim Playoff Hopes Alive. That was sacrificed in favor of service time, which will be awarded on a pro-rated basis. Photo by Thearon W. ... [+] Henderson/Getty Images. aus oder wählen Sie 'Einstellungen verwalten', um weitere Informationen zu erhalten und eine Auswahl zu treffen. He’s been terrific when healthy, as evident by his 132 OPS+ over the last two seasons, but has only been able to appear in 119 games over that span. Choo has been a solid, dependable leadoff hitter for Texas. He's also a features writer at Awful Announcing and writes at FanSided, SI Knicks, YES Network and. According to Andy Martino of SNY, the Mets and Yoenis Cespedes have agreed to rework his contract for the 2020 season. But the organization couldn't have been happy. "He obviously helps put butts in seats," Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon said. It’s being reported by numerous outlets, that the modification to his contract relates to the injury he suffered on ranch. Dazu gehört der Widerspruch gegen die Verarbeitung Ihrer Daten durch Partner für deren berechtigte Interessen. A year later, the Mets signed him to a four-year, $110 million contract to take him through the 2020 season. ESPN's Jeff Passan reported the Mets will save "well over $10 million" with this settlement. Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka is one of several players on the last year's of huge ... [+] contracts in 2020. Cespedes, who will remain under contract and was due $29.5 million in the final year of his contract, was said to agree to a significant reduction in his salary. The Mets, Cespedes and the MLBPA negotiated a restructuring of the $29.5 million the outfielder was owed in the final year of his contract, The Post's Joel Sherman reported. Thanks for contacting us. Those players include Ian Kennedy, Justin Turner, Mark Melancon, Yadier Molina, Andrelton Simmons and Josh Reddick. Do Not Sell My Personal Information, Your California Privacy Rights There were few details. Cespedes's adjusted salary with the New York Mets is $331,675 I provide data-driven player breakdowns for MMO and cover the Mets minor-league system for MMN. Download our apps and get alerts for local news, weather, traffic and more. Tim Healey of Newsday reports that the grievance settlement has been approved by Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association. Van Wagenen and the Mets returned to the negotiating table again the next off-season, when Cespedes opted out of his deal following a season in which he posted a .280 batting average, hit 31 home runs and drove in 86 runs. We've received your submission. What we learned about the NY Mets at the Winter Meetings, Why the NY Mets believe better days are ahead for Edwin Diaz, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Cespedes, who has not played in a game since July 2018 because of multiple injuries and who was rehabilitating from surgery on both heels when his fall happened, had performance-based incentives added to his contract, as well. Damit Verizon Media und unsere Partner Ihre personenbezogenen Daten verarbeiten können, wählen Sie bitte 'Ich stimme zu.' The Mets would be insane to even consider bringing him back even at league minimum. The settlement, therefore, should get the Mets’ luxury-tax figure beneath the $208 million threshold, no small development; their luxury-tax number stood at an estimated $216.7 million before this deal, as per Spotrac. All Rights Reserved, This is a BETA experience. Move on and let him be someone else’s headache going forward. This is easily the biggest train wreck of the bunch. He has not played since July 2018 due to surgeries on both heels to remove calcification and bone spurs. Privacy Notice “If he’s at his best, he’s a high-impact performer,” Van Wagenen said this week. The Giants probably would have wanted more than roughly league average for a pitcher with a league average ERA over his four years on the team to date, but that’s what Samardzija has given them. Yoenis Cespedes was set to make $29.5 million in 2020, but he will make much less after a change to his contract. The standard player’s contract includes myriad activities that are forbidden. iPhone app | iPad app | Android app | Sign up for our newsletter | Subscribe| Find us on social media: Twitter | Sports Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Food Instagram, WATCH: Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen comments on Yoenis Cespedes injury. It would seem to afford them room to acquire one more player of consequence, be it a free-agent reliever like Dellin Betances or an outfielder like the Pirates’ Starling Marte, without crossing the threshold out of the gate. 3:21pm: The Mets and injured outfielder Yoenis Cespedes have agreed to “amend” the remainder of his contract with the team, according to Andy Martino of SNY.tv (Twitter link). It's a possibility. While it seemed like a quality signing at the point, Cespedes simply hasn’t lived up to his part of the contract. Yahoo ist Teil von Verizon Media. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. When the Mets announced in May that outfielder Yoenis Cespedes had fractured his right ankle in a “violent fall” on his Florida ranch in May, General Manager Brodie Van Wagenen insisted that his immediate focus was on his player’s health. On Friday, the team and Cespedes agreed to an amended deal, according to multiple news media reports. The situation causing it all: In May, Céspedes — already rehabbing from surgery on both heels — broke his ankle during an accident on his ranch. Yoenis Cespedes ' base salary for 2020 has been cut to $6 million from its original $29.5 million as part of an amended contract with the New York … Sometimes, a team lets such an off-the-field mishap go without a challenge, as occurred in 2017 when the Giants paid their ace Madison Bumgarner after he hurt his left shoulder in a dirt-bike accident. You may opt-out by. Cespedes’ contract is infamously complex. This marks a clear win for the Mets, who faced a similar case, albeit with lower stakes, nine years ago with closer Francisco Rodriguez. “We’ll have to see how that plays out.”, Mets’ Yoenis Cespedes Is Said to Take a Pay Cut After Ranch Injury. The Mets have been careful not to provide too much of a timeline for Céspedes. The Mets have successfully hog-tied Yoenis Cespedes’ earnings and provided themselves with payroll flexibility thanks to the ranch accident heard ’round the baseball world. Photo by Michael ... [+] Reaves/Getty Images. According to Andy Martino of SNY, the Mets and Yoenis Cespedes have agreed to rework his contract for the 2020 season. By Matt Mancuso. Boone now manages the Yankees. Such a grievance gets decided by an independent arbitrator unless the two sides can settle their differences. Carlos Beltran, the Mets’ new manager, has expressed optimism about including Cespedes in his lineup card this year. Given his recent injury history as well as the fishy nature of his accident, Cespedes would have found little interest on the open market. Then, too, the player settled rather than face the prospect of losing even more money, as Rodriguez’s contract ran through 2011. METS: What we learned about the NY Mets at the Winter Meetings, DIAZ: Why the NY Mets believe better days are ahead for Edwin Diaz. He's also a features writer at Awful Announcing and writes at FanSided, SI Knicks, YES Network and other publications.. A 2011 graduate of Columbia University’s Journalism School, he has previously worked for the New York Knicks, Business Insider, Sporting News and Major League Baseball. After being acquired from the Detroit Tigers just before the trade deadline in 2015, Cespedes demonstrated his full potential with powerful displays from the batter’s box as the Mets advanced to the World Series that fall, losing to the Royals. Even though Cespedes has been filmed taking BP and has started running, Brodie Van Wagenen and the rest of the Mets front office have been noncommittal on his return. His rehabilitation was hindered by a setback during a minor league game, and the team announced his season was over in July because of calcification and bone spurs in both heels.