Yoenis Cespedes played his 1st sport in the outfield in extra than two many years when he started in still left in the Mets’ 6- loss to the Yankees in an exhibition match in The Bronx on Sunday night time.

But the closest the slugger got to a ball was when he viewed Aaron Judge’s blast go into the seats in still left. Cespedes, by style, only played a few innings.

Nonetheless, the Mets remain encouraged by what they’ve found from the 34-year-old, who is coming off several foot surgeries.

And that was even correct on the Judge house operate.

“The fall step likely back that he did tonight — however the ball went in excess of the wall — but it appeared purely natural for me,’’ manager Luis Rojas reported.

Next time, potentially Cespedes will essentially get a ball hit to him.

“We really feel comfy with him out there,’’ Rojas claimed. “That’s why he was out there for the innings that he was. Not finding a probability [Sunday] will choose us to one more amount where by he may possibly perform a couple more innings following time.”

The Mets have three intrasquad games scheduled before they open up the normal period Friday from the Braves in Queens.

“Right now, our hope is to participate in him on equally ends,’’ Rojas stated of Cespedes’ capacity to strike and play the field.

“We talked about his progression jogging the bases,’’ Rojas said. “We saw him try to leg out an infield single [Saturday]. That’s a good flavor of a little something he has not done for a although. Similar to that is what we want to see with some probabilities in remaining discipline.”

Rojas wishes Cespedes to get examined in the outfield with regime items like calling off a teammate for a fly ball.

So far, Cespedes has been restricted to generally exhibiting off his agility in scrimmages, drills and other controlled environments. Before long, there will be a lot less prospect for those people probabilities.

“Right now, I’m surprised with what he’s able to do,’’ Rojas stated.