Congress says MLB striking out

There has been a Yoenis Cespedes sighting. Well, briefly, in a video posted on ex-Met Endy Chavez's Instagram account.

The minute-long video was deleted, but not before it was picked up by multiple media outlets. It shows Chavez throwing batting practice to Cespedes.

The video shows the injured slugger taking several full, hard swings wearing shorts, a Mets jacket and a stocking cap.

Cespedes, 34, missed all of last season after undergoing surgery on both heels and suffering a somewhat mysterious ankle injury that reportedly happened on his ranch.

Earlier this month, Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen said Cespedes' status for the 2020 season was not

Saving minor-league baseball might be one of the few things that Democrats and Republicans can agree upon these days.

On Tuesday, more than 100 members of the House of Representatives signed a letter expressing their “firm opposition” to MLB's “radical” restructuring of the minor leagues. The proposal includes the elimination of 42 teams, including the Mets' Double-A Binghamton

Rumble Ponies and the Rookie-level Staten Island Yankees.

“If enacted, it would undermine the health of the minor-league system that undergirds talent development and encourages fan loyalty,” the letter, which was addressed to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, reads. The letter comes as the MLB owners begin three days of meetings in Arlington, Texas.

The letter, sent by Representatives Lori Trahan (DMass.) and David McKinley (R-W. Va.), included a signature from Max Rose (Democrat, NY-11), whose district encompasses all of Staten Island.

Notably, the stronglyworded letter references Congress' support “on a wide variety of legislative initiatives,” which likely refers to recent bills like 2018's Save America's Pastime act, which allowed MLB to skirt minimumwage law with minorleague athlete labor, and thus, dramatically suppress minor-league wages.

“For over a century, Congress has taken numerous actions specifically designed to protect, preserve, and sustain a system and structure for both Major and Minor League Baseball to flourish,” the letter continues, a thinly veiled warning about the league's antitrust exemption.

MLB's plan — reported over the weekend in the Daily News — would also limit the amount of minorleague players to 150 per organization and cut the 40round draft by as much as half.

MLB deputy commissioner Dan Halem told