Report: Yankees likely out of Cespedes sweepstakes

If Yoenis Cespedes leaves, odds are he’s not going to the Yankees.

If you were worried that the cross town rival New York Yankees would be landing free agent Yoenis Cespedes, you can breathe a little easier this morning. A new report from Christian Red of the New York Daily News is claiming Yo is not part of the Yankees offseason plans.

The report states that while Yankees GM Brian Cashman has spoken to Cespedes’ representatives a deal between the two sides is unlikely. The other New York team’s priorities this winter are focused more around signing pitching (both a starter and relievers) and a designated hitter.

Why should Mets fans care that the Yankees aren’t all in on Cespedes? Well for starters, any news that doesn’t improve the Yankees is good news to me. Aside from the fact that we want Yo back, him not going to the Yankees means no annoying trash talking about stealing our best player and all that other nonsense.

Second of all, the Yankees not being in the bidding leaves Cespedes with one less team to use as leverage when it comes to negotiations. Out of the teams remaining in the bidding (barring any surprise secret teams), the Mets and the Dodgers are likely the biggest spenders. The Yankees can and have in the past driven up the value for players to an extreme that others just can’t compete. No Yankees means the Mets still have a pretty good shot at bringing Yo back.

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With the winter meetings around the corner, the intensity of this and other free agent movies will be turned up. The Mets have a few options on the table when it comes to the outfield, but obviously we want our Cuban All-Star back in orange and blue. Let’s hope Sandy and co. can make our dreams a reality.