Yoelkis Cespedes 'pressured' by older brother comparisons
Baseball talent seems to be a staple trait in the Cespedes family.
For the past two seasons, Yoenis Cespedes has impressed New York Mets fans with his bat and his cannon of an arm, but his 19-year-old half-brother Yoelkis is making a case of his own, following up this ridiculous diving snag by doubling up a runner at first in Caribbean Series action Wednesday:
Gran atrapada de Yoelkis Céspedes en el jardín derecho y completando la doble matanza en la primera #Joyita 🇨🇺⚾ pic.twitter.com/arDrjf4PjP
— Serie del Caribe (@Culiacan2017) February 1, 2017
Yoelkis Cespedes, who manned right field as his Granma side from Cuba defeated the Dominican Republic's Tigres de Licey 4-0, "blames" comparisons to his older sibling for his quick rise through the Cuban ranks.
"Yes, I'm pressured by that," the younger Cespedes told Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com. "Like I said before, they compare me to my brother, and that motivates me to be a better player."
Don't expect him to take his talents to MLB anytime soon, though.
"Well, as of now, I've never thought of leaving my country," he later added, according to Sanchez. "I only think about leaving the country only when it's with the Cuban team."