s heel Friday that has left his status for the start of spring training up in the air.Per an announcement from the team http://www.giantsfanproshop.com/authentic-evan-longoria-jersey , Cespedes hadbone calcification removed from his left heel.Per MLB.com's Anthony DiComo, Cespedes estimated it will be four months before he can resume baseball activities.Cespedes was hampered by heel injuries throughout the 2018 season. The two-time All-Star hadsurgeryto remove bone calcification from his right heel in August."Nobody would like to go through surgery at any time," Cespedestold reportersthrough an interpreter in July. "I try to do my best to stay on the field and play a lot, but we exhausted all of the conservative treatment options. 鈥?I was not able to be on the field and play the same way I used to."Dating back to 2017, Cespedes has only appeared in 119 games for the Mets. The 33-year-old's .821 OPS last season was his worst since 2014.New York has depth in the outfield heading into next season in the event Cespedes has to spend time on the disabled list. Brandon Nimmo, Jay Bruce and Michael Conforto are all capable starters.The Mets will play their first spring training game inPort St. Lucie, Florida on Feb. 23 against the Atlanta Braves. They open the regular season on March 28 against the Washington Nationals. An ugly sixth inning in more way than one led to the D-backs dropping the game to the Mariners in Peoria."Record: 5-3-1. Change on 2018: +2.5. 5-inning record: 5-2-2.Silvino Bracho and Braden Shipley combined to allow Seattle a four-run sixth inning this afternoon in Peoria, turning a one-run Diamondbacks lead into a deficit. More concerning for Arizona. Bracho’s departure was apparently injury-related Duane Kuiper Jersey , walking off the field with two outs in the inning alongside walking off the field with trainer Ryan Dipanfilo. We’re still waiting for word on what the issue was, but Jeff Wiser said Bracho was “clearly feeling discomfort.” After a season where Brachon was integral to the flexibility of the pen, and performed very well in that role, a more permanent spot seemed his to lose. That, however, will now have to wait for a medical update. Up until that frame, the day had been going quite well for the Diamondbacks. In particular, Zack Godley seemed largely to have overcome the yips which truncated his first start of spring http://www.giantsfanproshop.com/authentic-evan-longoria-jersey , after only one out. Today, he went three scoreless innings on two hits and a walk with three strikeouts, without much sign of that troublesome “falling off the mound” thing. Sure, Godley’s ERA is still 8.10 for the pre-season; however, that’s still literally one-tenth of what it was when he took the mount this afternoon. We’ll take it. Andrew Chafin followed, but had a tough inning, allowing hits to the first two batters faced, both of whom came round to score.Chafin did follow up with a scoreless fifth.That brought in Bracho Derek Holland Jersey , along with the usual bunch of other replacement players, and the game quickly went south. After a lead-off single, Bracho got the next two batters, before a walk and his untimely departure. It took Shipley four attempts to get that pesky third out, allowing both runners he inherited to score, as well as two on his own line. Rickie Nolasco came in to mop up, though fell one man short of pitching the remaining two innings, Joel Payamps recording the final out instead. And as I type http://www.giantsfanproshop.com/authentic-evan-longoria-jersey , Steve Gilbert says it was elbow pain which drove Bracho from the game. He “will see team doctor tonight and be further evaluated.” Not a good sign, to put it mildly. The offense were fairly subdued. C Carson Kelly doubled home the first run in the second inning, and back-to-back RBI doubles from CF Ketel Marte and 2B Wilmer Flores gave the Diamondbacks a brief lead in the fifth inning. Flores had two of Arizona’s eight hits, but the K:BB ratio this afternoon for our hitters was an ugly 11:1. Tomorrow, the Reds will be the visitors at Salt River Fields, with Luke Weaver the scheduled starter.
