12:48 PM ET: Cespedes was awarded (earned?) his visitors visa and is flying to Miami, according to Jayson Stark. Jim Bowden adds that Cespedes will meet with agent Adam Kats to review processes:
- Twitter / @JimBowdenESPNxm - "Yoennis Cespedes has a meeting scheduled tonight with Super Agent Adam Katz to go over the up-coming process w mtg sched with Marlins on Wed"
- Twitter / @jaysonst - "Yoenis Cespedes gets visitors visa, flying to Miami this afternoon. Likely to meet with #Marlins tomorrow, sources say."
11:39 AM ET: Yoenis Cespedes is still waiting on his chance to meet with teams face-to-face but should be in camp, wherever that might be, in just a couple weeks according to Bruce Levine of ESPN. Last we heard, Cespedes was set to visit the Marlins. And don't count the Tigers out -- Tom Gage of The Detroit News suggests the team is still right in the thick of it:
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Cespedes awaits chance to finish a deal - Bruce Levine | ESPN Chicago
"Cuban outfielder Yoenis Cespedes’ next step toward signing with a major league team will eventually happen on U.S. soil, as he awaits his chance for face-to-face meetings with his agents and interested teams. The plan, according to sources with knowledge of the situation, is still to have Cespedes in a big league camp by the third week of February." -
Tigers 'most likely set,' but still are pursuing Yoenis Cespedes - Tom Gage | detroitnews.com
"But he didn't slam the door on the Tigers' interest in Cespedes, who defected to the Dominican Republic and has been granted free-agent status. The Tigers might not be Cespedes' most likely destination at this point, but Dombrowski said "it's correct to say" the Tigers haven't declared themselves out of it." -
Yoenis Cespedes Likely to Visit Miami Marlins Soon - MLB Daily Dish
Yoenis Cespedes is likely to visit with the Miami Marlins over the next week, according to Ken Rosenthal. The Chicago Cubs and "others" remain interested, adds Rosenthal.