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                                      Group One-placed sprinter Shiraz is thriving in his new environment but Kim Waugh is taking a patient approach to the stables classy addition. Raymond Felton Jersey .Shiraz is set to make his debut for Waugh alongside stablemate Supreme Effort in the Listed Starlight Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday.While Shiraz is the highest rated runner in the race, the now seven-year-old didnt make an impression at stakes level until about 15 months ago.He won two early spring Group Three races and returned in autumn to finish second behind Griante in the Group One Galaxy at Rosehill.But Shiraz struggled with anti-clockwise racing at Caulfield and Moonee Valley and when Tony McEvoy closed his Hawkesbury stable he recommended sending the horse to the Wyong-based Waugh.She said Shirazs former trainers advice had rung true so far.Youll still learn a bit I think in the first couple of runs with how he pulls up and how he backs up, Waugh said.Shiraz will have to overcome 59kg and the widest barrier to record his fifth first-up win from eight attempts, but two barrier trials have convinced Waugh the horse is travelling well.While he was placed at the top level less than nine months ago, Waugh is focused on giving Shiraz a couple of runs before locking in a target.Supreme Effort is a more familiar presence at the stable and Waugh is happy the horse will carry 54kg from barrier three.He should get a lovely run from there, she said.Supreme Effort was tried in betting in a benchmark handicap last start at Rosehill on November 19 but finished fourth carrying 60kg.Hes stepping up in class a bit but still to get that lighter weight, he hasnt had that for a while, Waugh said.Supreme Effort acquitted himself well at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day under Tommy Berry, finishing third in a Listed straight race over 1200m.Down the straight first time he was a little bit lost, Waugh said.Tommys back on him Saturday which is great.Shiraz shares the second line of betting with Kuro and Bachman at $8 behind $2.80 favourite Nieta.Supreme Effort is at $9.50 along with Mr Manhattan.Waugh is excited about her other runner at Rosehill, Hetty Heights who is in the Treeserve Handicap (1200m)Shes filled out a bit more and shes got a bit of class about her, Waugh said. 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NEW YORK -- New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson called it bad optics that Yoenis Cespedes played a round of golf hours before landing on the disabled list with a lingering right quadriceps injury.On Thursday, Alderson added that he has come to a mutual agreement with Cespedes representatives that the outfielder will refrain from golfing, at least for the time period when it could be viewed negatively by the public.Ive had conversations with his people, but not directly with Yoenis, Alderson said. But that message will get to him, at least circuitously, and probably directly.... I think everybody is taking it seriously. I think Yoenis takes it seriously. But Yoenis has his own personal life that sometimes is larger than life. Weve seen that from the beginning of spring training.Cespedes injured the quadriceps on July 8, and he has been in and out of the lineup for the past month. He finally landed on the DL after a 9-5 loss to the Yankees on Wednesday, when manager Terry Collins spotted Cespedes grimacing on a swing during his final at-bat. The outfielder said he could not continue.Alderson did not have an estimate for the length of Cespedes absence, but the GM hoped it would be limited to two weeks. Alderson said an MRI taken of Cespedes quadriceps Thursday showed no worsening of the injury from when it was originally diagnosed.In retrospect, Alderson acknowledged the Mets should have placed Cespedes on the DL when the injury originally occurred. Cespedes skipped the All-Star Game and appeared in only 14 games since originally straining the muscle. He hit .227 with one homer and seven RBIs in 44 at-bats during that stretch.It has been a trying month or so with Yoenis and the injury, Alderson said. And, in retrospect, its probable that we should have just put him on the DL at the beginning of this episode, which is generally true with most injuries, unfortunately. ... On the other hand, he wanted to trry to play through it. Paul George Jersey. We certainly had every interest in seeing him do that.Alderson said team doctors cannot confirm that golf made the injury worse, but the GM acknowledged it comes off looking poor. At least one Mets employee was disappointed that former major leaguer Kevin Millar tweeted a photo of his round of golf on Wednesday with Cespedes, which put it on the medias radar.In reality, Cespedes may have played golf 10 times in the past couple of weeks, a team official said.The golf is bad optics, Alderson said. Lets just start there. Our doctors have told us that probably had no impact on the injury -- positive or negative. But lets face it: You play golf during the day and then go out injured in the evening, its a bad visual. I think he recognizes that at this point. So well go from there.Cespedes landing on the DL is a serious blow to the Mets, who entered Thursday a season-high 8? games behind the Washington Nationals in the National League East. Jay Bruce just made his Mets debut on Tuesday after being acquired from the Cincinnati Reds. Cespedes and Bruce appeared in the starting lineup only once together before Cespedes required the DL trip.With Brandon Nimmo promoted to replace Cespedes, the Mets now have five lefty-hitting outfielders, which Alderson acknowledged is not ideal. In addition to Cespedes, righty-hitting outfielders Juan Lagares (thumb surgery) and Justin Ruggiano (hamstring strain) are on the DL.The Mets considered calling up T.J. Rivera, but he is primarily an infielder, so team officials passed. Mets brass also was concerned about Travis Taijerons high strikeout rate with Triple-A Las Vegas (131 Ks in 364 at-bats).Were going to have to grin and bear it for the moment, Alderson said. 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