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NEW YORK -Yoenis Cespedes will come to New York for some more tests Monday, general manager Sandy Alderson indicated Saturday.

But its not because the Mets injured slugger had a setback with his strained left hamstring. In fact, Alderson said Cespedes rehab is going well. Cespedes went on the 10-day disabled list on April 28 after pulling up lame on a double against atlanta the day before.

Yoenis is making good progress with his hamstring, Alderson said. However, were bringing him up here Monday to undergo an evaluation thats a little broader than just the hamstring to try and get to the question of why he may have recurring hamstring injuries.

Cespedes has had leg woes before this latest setback, so thats why the Mets want to take a closer look at him physically.

Alderson said the goal is to see if theres something preventative that we can do to address the possibility of these injuries recurring.

Syndergaard apologizes: During his session with reporters Saturday, injured pitcher Noah Syndergaard said he wanted to clarify an incident that occurred several days before he was injured at Washington. Syndergaard snapped at Mets long-time media relations maven Jay Horwitz when reporters approached him after a game.

I was a little confused about why the media was approaching me after the game, Syndergaard said. I didnt think anything had changed (in his injury situation). I didnt mean anything disrespectful toward Jay Horwitz or anyone in general.

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Collins quips: Mets manager Terry Collins saw a photographer taking his picture Saturday afternoon during his pregamebriefing and said, "Is this going out with that other photo? Just wanted to make sure.

Collins was referring to an incident Friday night when the Mets official Twitter account inadvertently sent out a photo of T.J. Rivera which showed a sex toy in teammate Kevin Plaweckis locker. It became a sensation on social media. Plawecki said Saturday it was not his and that a teammate must have planted it as a prank.

Plawecki said he first heard about it while on his way home after the game.

Somebody said check the internet, and it just kind of blew up from there, he said Saturday. I've got nothing to do with it, I know that. I didn't know about it. It's not mine. Nothing to do with that thing.

There are some good pranksters on this team, he added. It's definitely awkward. It's weird, but at the same it is kind of funny, but by no means does it reflect who I am as a person.

Staff Writer J.P. Pelzman:jpelzman@gannett.com

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