Yoenis Cespedes is really living the life these days.

After signing a three-year, $75 million contract to stay with the New York Mets, the outfielder has arrived to work on various days in some kind of Batmobile-like tricycle, a $375K Lambo, a tricked out Jeep and even a horse. And when he’s not enjoying the many choices of modern transportation, he’s enjoying himself on the golf course, where he wears eccentric clothes and gambles at every opportunity.

A New York Times story about Cespedes’ adventures on the links with agent Brodie Van Wagenen and Mets executive Jeff Wilpon includes a number of fun anecdotes about the semi-mysterious, wildly charismatic Cuban dynamo.

First of all, there were the bright blue pants, which the Times compared to Rickie Fowler.

Then there were the bets, which included a $100 closest-to-the-pin contest, and a $5-per-hole wager with his agent.

Oh, and also the career aspirations:

In all, seven golf carts, a half-dozen cameras and 13 people followed the group. Cespedes said the crowd was good practice for when he made the PGA Tour.

He was not necessarily joking. At one point, walking the course, he said he planned to join the tour once he retired from baseball, and in some ways it was hard to argue with him. For instance, on the first hole, from about 120 yards out, he spun a shot that landed a few feet from the pin.

“I’m sorry,” he said, sarcastically, to Wilpon.

Cespedes ended up shooting a 79 (Wilpon beat him with a 76), which is pretty impressive for a guy who hadn’t actually played golf until four years ago. Naturally, that comes with a great story also.

The first time Cespedes picked up a golf club was a little over four years ago, after he defected from Cuba. He was working out in the Dominican Republic with the trainer Chris Wray, hoping to sign a major league contract. One day, a friend of Wray’s brought golf clubs to the field. Cespedes proceeded to bet Wray that he could hit a golf ball farther with a bat than Wray could with a club.

Cespedes tossed a golf ball in the air and smacked it over the outfield wall. Wray then teed up a ball and drove it much farther. Cespedes was intrigued.

The biggest takeaway from Cespedes’ golf outing is not surprising at all. You see, it turns out the two-time Home Run Derby champion can hit a golf ball really far.

Wednesday’s outing marked the first time that Wilpon had played with Cespedes, making him the latest person to marvel at the fact that Cespedes has never taken a lesson. Watch this, Cespedes will say to his playing partner as he steps to his ball, the golf equivalent of Babe Ruth calling his shot. Often enough, he will then drive the ball 300 yards or more. He handles a pitching wedge just as smoothly.

“He’s got a complete game, honestly,” Wray said. “If he would take lessons and leave baseball, he could play on the tour. He’s a three, four handicap, and he’s playing part time.”

Hopefully after blasting the ball 300 yards he he remembers to flip the golf club.

[Photo via NewsDay]

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