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5 crazy rides Cespedes can splurge on with new $110M deal

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Yoenis Cespedes' car-collecting hobby was given a big boost Tuesday.

The free-agent outfielder reportedly agreed to a four-year, $110-million deal to return to the New York Mets, a significant pay raise from the remaining $47.5-million on his former contract he opted out of earlier in November.

With all that extra cash, Cespedes will be able to collect and trick out even rarer lifts than the ones he brought to spring training earlier this year.

Here are five rides Cespedes can buy with his reported new deal:

5. The Homer

Cespedes is making so much money, he could theoretically bring Homer Simpson's fabled disaster to life. The cartoon patriarch ended up bankrupting his half-brother's manufacturing business with the $82,000 monstrosity, but even by factoring in inflation, it would still be relatively affordable for Cespedes. There's also no doubt he would own the only one in the world.

4. Robosaurus

What better way to stand out in the parking lot than to literally just eat your competition. Cespedes would be able to ensure his rides are the stars of the show by investing in an actual, real-life transformer, like the Robosaurus. Best of all, it only sold for $575,000 back in Jan. 2008. Oh, it breathes fire too. That's a necessity.

3. Original 1966 Batmobile

We know Cespedes' wields one of the majors' best bats, so it only makes sense he buys the whip to prove it. The batmobile from the original "Batman" movie in 1966 would be the ideal fit for the outfielder, and there's no doubt it would add plenty of "Pow!" to his collection. It won't be easy to find, though, as the car's current owner said in 2015 he would "tear down a wall and put it in my living room" after paying $4.2 million in an auction, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

2. American Pharoah

To be fair, no one said Cespedes had to limit himself to a vehicle, and as he showed everyone in March, neither did he. The thoroughbred Triple Crown winner officially retired at the end of 2015, and mostly spends his current days breeding. If Cespedes plans to show up to the Mets' camp on another horse, American Pharoah would be the premier choice, if only for a day.

1. 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spider SWB

Considered to be the rarest car in the world, Cespedes' collection will never be complete until he nabs the elusive Ferrari. If it looks familiar, it's because it's the same car that gets wrecked by Cameron Frye in the 1986 classic, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." It'll take a significant chunk of his yearly salary, though: there were only 56 ever made, and one fetched $17.2 million in an auction in March this year.

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