Cespedes doesn’t start due to tight quad

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NEW YORK — For the seventh time in the past 18 games, Mets manager Terry Collins penciled in a starting lineup without Yoenis Cespedes for Sunday’s series finale against the Rockies at Citi Field.

The outfielder was removed from Saturday’s loss to the Rockies for “precautionary reasons” after his strained right quad started to tighten up. Collins added that Cespedes could be available to pinch-hit Sunday.

“I talked to him [Saturday] night and he’s still pretty sore, so we have to be careful,” Collins said. “I’m really concerned because …

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