Cespedes: All-Star break key to feeling healthy
(MLB.com New York Mets)

For the majority of the 24 games since he returned, cautiously, from a nagging hamstring injury in early June, all the way up to Friday`s four-hit, five-tool performance against the Rockies, Yoenis Cespedes played with a protective strap pressed around his left thigh. Its function was to hold what`s been Cespedes` most balky body part in place and keep him on the field, even as it continued to compromise the outfielder`s ability to run.