Watch: Mets Outfielder Yoenis Cespedes Reports to Spring Training in Wicked, 3-Wheel Ride (+Photos)

Yoenis Cespedes signed a three-year, $75 million contract with the New York Mets in the offseason. (Maxx Wolfson/Getty Images)

By Dave Martin

Dave Martin

Dave Martin is a New-York based writer as well as editor. He is the sports editor for the Epoch Times and is a consultant to private writers.

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February 23, 2016Updated: February 23, 2016

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Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes arrived in style to spring training on Tuesday morning riding a brand-new Polaris Slingshot. He let some Mets staffers try it out.

Cespedes let some Mets staff test out his new three-wheel Avorza. pic.twitter.com/uRKwxSBcov

— Andrew Beaton (@andrewlbeaton) February 23, 2016

The 3-wheel ride is one of the few rides that can overshadow teammate Matt Harvey’s Maserati.

Forget Harvey’s Maserati. Cespedes rolled up in this beauty this morning. pic.twitter.com/tPKPM5uHQb

— John Harper (@NYDNHarper) February 23, 2016

More shots of Cespedes’s new three-wheel ride. Mets teammates even came out to see it. pic.twitter.com/29CkA5Srqf

— Andrew Beaton (@andrewlbeaton) February 23, 2016

Cespedes, who signed a three-year $75 million contract with the Mets in the offseason, was sporting a different kind of customized 3-wheel ride last September. But his latest one overshadows everything else.

As a Mets security guy said, amazing when you don’t even notice that the car parked next to it is a Maserati. pic.twitter.com/2jKtSAD6fL

— Andrew Beaton (@andrewlbeaton) February 23, 2016

This is not the tricycle I had as a kid. pic.twitter.com/c6qCOkGruK

— Andrew Beaton (@andrewlbeaton) February 23, 2016

Customizing this ride wasn’t cheap either.

Yoenis Cespedes paid $40,000 to have this Slingshot ($21,000) customized by @TheAutoFirm pic.twitter.com/ypxLCmp8U4

— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) February 23, 2016

Cespedes can afford it though—and then some. The 30-year-old slugging outfielder has an opt-out clause after this season, making it possible for him to hit the free agent market next year when there won’t be so many outfielders available to sign.

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The former All-Star was expected to get a deal well in excess of $100 million this offseason, but the Mets kept their options open and waited for the price to drop so they could bring in the player, who made a huge difference in their lineup last season.

Last year, New York was struggling to score runs when they pulled the trigger on July 31 for a deal for the two-time Home Run Derby champion.

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With his bat in the lineup, the Mets—which were just 53–50 at the time, and two games out of first—went on a tear, winning 37 of their final 59 games to take the division by a full seven games.

Cespedes put up a .287/.337/.604 (average/on-base/slugging) batting line as a Met while slugging 17 home runs and driving in 44 runs in just 57 games. For his partial-season effort, the Cuban-born outfielder finished 13th in the NL MVP voting.