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Not what Mets fans want to hear.

Yoenis Cespedes still outside Mets' price range

The Mets still have a hole in their outfield, but they are not going to a burn a hole in their pocket to fill it.

Despite newfound money due to the retirement on Michael Cuddyer and not having to spend $56 million for Ben Zobrist, the Mets are not interested in Yoenis Cespedes and other expensive outfield bats — at least at the current asking price.

While there is not much hot-stove buzz surrounding Cespedes, who carried the Mets to the division title, hitting 17 homers in 57 games after coming to Queens at the July 31 trade deadline, industry sources said the 30-year-old outfielder is looking for a deal in the neighborhood of six years at around $120 million. That is not the kind of neighborhood the Mets are interested in.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/yoenis-cespedes-mets-price-range-article-1.2465977