After Hit By Pitch Scare, Mets’ Cespedes Suffers Bruised Fingers

Photo by Drew Hallowell/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — With the playoffs just about one week away, one Major League Baseball fan base got a major scare Wednesday night, in the form of an 89 mph fastball.

New York Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes took the pitch off of his left hand in his team’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies. The slugger dropped to the ground and was seen grimacing in pain and was immediately removed for X-rays.

The team later announced that those exams had been negative, and Cespedes had suffered a bruise to his middle and ring fingers.

Cespedes was acquired from the Detroit Tigers at the trade deadline and has completely revamped what had been a silent Mets offense. In 53 games for New York, Cespedes has hit 17 home runs and driven in 44 runs.

Through a team spokesman, the oufielder said that he initially felt a lot of pain, but that he “didn’t think it was that bad right away.” Still, he admitted that he was “relieved” when told that the X-rays were negative.

Mets manager Terry Collins noted that it’s always scary to get his in the hand, with so many breakable bones. He said he expected to give Cespedes a game off on Thursday — even though the outfielder had offered to play — and prepare him for the team’s final three games of the season against the Washington Nationals.

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