Remember the275-pound, prize-winning pig Yoenis Cespedes bought earlier this week at the St. Lucie County Fair? Well, it's about to go under the knife.

Cespedes, known for , will Steve Atwater Women Jersey have plenty on hand to create his belovedCuban sandwiches. The Mets outfielder told reporters Wednesday he wasn't allowed to keep the $7,000 pig so he instead. (UPDATE: Jerrell Freeman Jersey The Mets and Florida officials have conflicting opinions (via )about whether Cespedes could have kept the animal.)

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The new king of spring training stuntsshowed up to the fair in last Thursday and was so enamored with the pig that he came back to buy it the next day.

Yes I was at SLC Fair and he purchased my grandsons Grand Champion hog. Great guy and lovely Devin Funchess Jersey family.

Sandy Croghan (@sandy20110)

Mets manager Terry Collins said "" after Cespedes rode ahorse to James Conner Jersey practice this week,but the outfielder might throw one last party after slaughtering an800-pound cow.

No word on whenPETA will beginboycotting the Mets.

UPDATE: PETA hasn't started a boycott, but it is protesting the purchase.

Yoenis Cespedes can afford $7,000 out of his own pocket, and this loving, Johnny Unitas Women Jersey loyal and clever pig is paying the real price with his life, Lisa Lange, PETA senior vice president, said in a statement Wedneday night (via the Post).Its a shame that Cespedes dropped the ball here and mi sed the opportunity to send this pig to a sanctuary, where he could have lived Reggie Ragland Jersey out his days in peace.

Were sending Cespedes some delicious vegan bacon in the hope that hell open his heart, not clog it with pig fat.