ed the Mets in early July and initially shifted from his natural shortstop position to third base to fill in for injured captain David Wright.Cespedes worked out Saturday and is expected to be the designated hitter for St. Lucie on Monday. Then he would play the outfield in the following days, Collins

WEST POINT, N.Y. -- Army coach Jeff Monken is set to begin year three at the helm, which means half his roster includes players he has signed.Right now, he likes that mix.I think were getting better as a program and better as a team, Monken said. Weve got a lot of guys that have played in games that find themselves in pretty important roles this year. Weve just got to perform, execute.Army finished last season 2-10, the finale against Navy a heartbreaking 21-17 setback. It was the 14th straight defeat suffered in the series by the Black Knights, who came oh-so-close to ending the skid.Lost in the emotion of the moment was that Army quarterback Chris Carter was a freshman making only his second career start leading the complicated triple option. And he nearly led the Black Knights to victory against a heavily favored Navy team led by record-setting senior quarterback Keenan Reynolds.For a kid to not play in this offense in high school, learn the offense and the very next year hes starting in the Army-Navy game, thats a lot to ask, Army offensive coordinator Brent Davis said. It was a huge test. He really elevated his game. I think theres something there.Carter returns this season along with junior Ahmad Bradshaw, the starter in 2015 before injuries sent him to the sidelines.Its important that we start to show some improvement, Davis said. Guys that we recruited our first year ... for what our vision of the offense is are working their way into the lineup. Thats exciting.Other things to know about Army heading into the new season:QB SHUFFLERunning the option usually requires more than one quarterback to get the job done because of the punishment that goes with the position. Army seems to be set there. Bradshaw, a junior, sparkled at times (468 yards rushing with five touchdowns) when he wasnt ailing -- he missed four games -- and Carter has two big games (Rutgers was the other) under his belt.Its not a finished deal, Davis said. We think its a good situation to have two guys we feel good about.WHAT PRESSURE?Armys run totals were down in 2015. The Black Knights outgained opponents 2,931-1,982, but their per-game average was just 244.3 and their 4.8-yard average per run was barely better than their opponents (4.5). Thats a far cry from the 2012 team, which averaged 369.8 yards to lead the nation.A lot is expected this season.We need a guy to rush for 1,000 yards out of that position, Davis said. That makes us really dangerous.TOO MANY TURNOVERSLast season, Army lost 13 of 38 fumbles and suffered nine interceptions in just108 throws, while the defense had six picks and five fumble recoveries.Not a recipe for success.We cant turn the ball over and weve got to find a way to get more balls back from the other team, Monken said. That may be the biggest statistic in football in terms of who wins and who loses. We didnt do a very good job with it the last two years.NOT-SO-GREEN DEFENSEArmy, which was forced to start two freshmen on defense last season, has some experience to count on this time. The two-deep preseason depth chart features four seniors, four juniors and zero freshmen.I hope we can execute this year, said senior Jeremy Timpf, who tied fellow linebacker Andrew King for the team lead in tackles with 92. Our fundamentals are coming together. We have a bunch of veterans now on defense and a bunch of good guys on offense. I think this year its just putting the pieces together and executing.King, also a senior, had 4.5 of Armys 15 sacks, while defensive Brandon Jackson had 50 tackles and three picks as one of those two freshman starters.PREDICTIONArmy plays only one of its first five games at Michie Stadium -- Rice on Sept. 10 -- and hosts rival Air Force in November. The Black Knights also play Notre Dame in San Antonio in November before the annual season finale against Navy. With Lafayette and Morgan State of the FCS, and North Texas also at home and road games against Buffalo and Wake Forest, a total of five wins doesnt seem out of the question.---Online: AP College Football Website: www.collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Kekis on Twitter: www.twitter.com/Greek1947Black Air VaporMax Shoes . JOHNS, N. Supply Air VaporMax Shop .ca NHL Power Rankings for the second straight week, ahead of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Colorado Avalanche. http://www.cheapairvapormaxoutlet.com/ . 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The speedy switch-hitter played shortstop in place of Asdrubal Cabrera, sidelined since Aug. 1 with a strained tendon in his left knee.Cabrera is making progress, however, and the team hopes he can return next weekend in San Francisco, manager Terry Collins said.Collins sounded even more confident about slugger Yoenis Cespedes coming off the DL when hes eligible on Friday. Cespedes has been out since Aug. 4 with a strained right quadriceps and is scheduled to begin playing rehab games Monday with Class A St. Lucie.It was welcome news for a Mets team that later snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the Padres 3-2 in 11 innings. Reyes drew a walk in the first and came around to score.Ranked 29th out of 30 major league clubs in runs, the defending NL champions (58-58) are 2 1/2 games behind St. Louis for the leagues second wild card. They are 11-20 since Cespedes first got injured on July 8.Those guys cannot get back at a better time, Collins said. We need `em. We need their leadership, besides their playing ability.New York also called up right-hander Gabriel Ynoa from Triple-A Las Vegas to provide a potential long man in a bullpen that threw 6 1/3 perfect innings Friday night.Ynoa, who was 10-5 with a 4.42 ERA as a starter in the minors, pitched a perfect inning to win his major league debut.If you want something in life and you put your mind to it, you can accomplish it. I was very emotional today to have this opportunity, he said through a translator.Right-hander Logan Verrett and infielder Matt Reynolds were optioned to Triple-A. Verrett, whho had been filling in for injured starter Matt Harvey, lost his spot in the rotation Friday night after allowing a career-high eight runs -- including four homers -- in 2 2/3 innings of an 8-6 loss to the Padres.ddddddddddddeft-hander Jonathon Niese is now scheduled to take that next turn in the rotation Wednesday night at Arizona. It would be Nieses first start for the Mets since he was reacquired from Pittsburgh at the Aug. 1 trade deadline.Hopefully, he can give us those quality innings that were going to need as we finish up the last couple months, Collins said.Reyes went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts and is hitting .225 with three homers and eight RBI in 71 at-bats. He had been sidelined since July 27 with a strained muscle on his left side and played a pair of rehab games at third base with Class A Brooklyn, going 2 for 6 with a double, three runs, two walks and two stolen bases.His energys going to bring something here, Collins said.Released by Colorado this season after serving a domestic-violence suspension, Reyes joined the Mets in early July and initially shifted from his natural shortstop position to third base to fill in for injured captain David Wright.Cespedes worked out Saturday and is expected to be the designated hitter for St. Lucie on Monday. Then he would play the outfield in the following days, Collins said.Weve talked to him on the phone and he said, `Ill see you Thursday in San Francisco, Collins said.When the outfielder returns, Collins said he might try to keep playing Cespedes in left field rather than center to protect his legs.Cabrera ran and took grounders and batting practice Saturday. He could begin playing minor league rehab games Tuesday, Collins said. ' ' '