Remember when Cespedes showed up to one of the first workouts this spring in something resembling a Batmobile and you thought it would be the biggest oddity of the spring for the defending National League champs?
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Last week, the Mets slugger made headlines when he drove gaudy hot-rods, trucks and Lamborghinis to the field in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
The following day he took his customized fire-breathing Lamborghini Aventador to the Mets’ complex.
Cespedes can probably afford to buy a horse or two: he signed a $75m contract with the Mets over three years and will earn $21m this year alone.
On Thursday, Cespedes rolled up in a red Alfa Romeo. The Jeep was white and red with seats that looked like a baseball glove.
More specifically though, Cespdes’s horse was named Candy.
Cespedes and Noah Syndergaard rode a pair of horses into camp Tuesday morning as suggested by Syndergaard.
The horse play came after Cespedes bought a prize 270-pound hog at the St. Lucie County Fair over the weekend.
Cespedes has been busy on the animal front in the last week.
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The Mets outfielder laid down $7,000, according to the team.
