Mets say golf has nothing to do with Yo’s injury

NEW YORK — A day after Yoenis Cespedes aggravated his right quadriceps injury a second time, landing on the disabled list, the firestorm surrounding his golf game only intensified. When a reporter brought up the fact that Cespedes played golf Wednesday morning, mere hours before hurting himself, Mets manager Terry Collins cut him off.

“Don’t go there,” Collins said. “That has nothing to do with it. This is a baseball player. This has nothing to do with it.”

Ultimately, the Mets believe golf indeed had nothing to do with Cespedes’ injury, as their doctors told them. But general manager Sandy Alderson nonetheless called it “bad optics,” going as far as to suggest to Cespedes’ representatives that he stop playing — at least while on the DL. Alderson said he is unsure if the organization has any contractual recourse should Cespedes violate that suggestion, but that he does not believe it will be an issue going forward.

“Let’s face it: You play golf during the day, and then go out and get injured in the evening, it’s a bad visual,” Alderson said. “I think he recognizes that at this point. So we’ll go from there.”

Former big leaguer and current MLB Network analyst Kevin Millar, who sparked the controversy by posting a picture of him and Cespedes golfing on Wednesday, later cracked a few jokes …

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