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Before he was postseason-bound: Yoenis Cespedes
- Updated: October 4, 2016
The reigning National League-champion Mets are headed to the postseason for the second consecutive year after winning the first NL Wild Card. As this will be the first time that many fans across the Majors will be focusing on their roster, here’s our attempt to learn the origins of slugger Yoenis Cespedes.
Yoenis Cespedes, LFBorn: Campechuela, Granma, CubaDOB: 10/18/85Minors: Sacramento (AAA)
Path to New York: Cespedes signed with the A’s out of Cuba in 2012; he was traded to the Red Sox at the 2014 non-waiver Trade Deadline, then from Boston to Detroit that offseason. The Mets acquired Cespedes at the Deadline in 2015 in exchange for Luis Cessa and Michael Fulmer, and re-signed him in free agency this past offseason.
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