New York Fan Sites Reports the Mets Have Signed Carlos Beltran
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Met sources: 'We got Beltran'
By Mike McGann
January 5, 2005 - Two separate sources within the New York Mets organization tell NYFS that a deal to sign All-Star centerfielder Carlos Beltran may have been reached. The reported deal, for seven years at $112 million would be subject to approval by Major League Baseball and would not be formally announced before tomorrow at the earliest.
NYFS staff made two separate attempts to contact the Mets to get confirmation. On the first, a NYFS reporter was told the team would have no comment, as they were “too busy moving offices.” Another NYFS reporter reached Mets’ chief spokesman Jay Horowitz who declined to address the report. Other sources within the organization contacted by NYFS could not confirm or deny the deal.
The 27-year-old Beltran hit .267 with 38 HR and 104 RBI in a season split between the Kansas City Royals and the Houston Astros. Considered by many to be the prize free agent player on the market, the Mets faced competition from the Astros, Cubs and Yankees for the outfielder’s services.
NYFS will have more on this story as it develops and will continue to work to get confirmation of the deal.
Copyright, 2005. New York Fan Sites. All Rights Reserved. Secondary reports must credit
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Met sources: 'We got Beltran'
By Mike McGann
January 5, 2005 - Two separate sources within the New York Mets organization tell NYFS that a deal to sign All-Star centerfielder Carlos Beltran may have been reached. The reported deal, for seven years at $112 million would be subject to approval by Major League Baseball and would not be formally announced before tomorrow at the earliest.
NYFS staff made two separate attempts to contact the Mets to get confirmation. On the first, a NYFS reporter was told the team would have no comment, as they were “too busy moving offices.” Another NYFS reporter reached Mets’ chief spokesman Jay Horowitz who declined to address the report. Other sources within the organization contacted by NYFS could not confirm or deny the deal.
The 27-year-old Beltran hit .267 with 38 HR and 104 RBI in a season split between the Kansas City Royals and the Houston Astros. Considered by many to be the prize free agent player on the market, the Mets faced competition from the Astros, Cubs and Yankees for the outfielder’s services.
NYFS will have more on this story as it develops and will continue to work to get confirmation of the deal.
Copyright, 2005. New York Fan Sites. All Rights Reserved. Secondary reports must credit
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He, he, he, he, he.....we shall see.
There have been talks of Delgado even if they do sign Beltran
I've heard some serious talks have gone on between the Mets and Red sox about N.Y getting Kim and Mietzc.
Is that worth 112 million even in todays market?
The Mets need a young, exciting star for their new network
We finally may sign a player BEFORE his prime
Don't forget the guy stole 42 bases last year as well
<< <i>I've heard some serious talks have gone on between the Mets and Red sox about N.Y getting Kim and Mietzc. >>
I'll personally drive BYK to Flushing, and drop him off at Shea.
I am a die hard mets fan. i hope this ends up being true. but gut feeling is mets are being used again to make the team beltran wants to play for up there money a little! we got pedro which i was shocked i hope im shocked again!
LETS GO METS I WANT TO BELIEVE!
EDITED TO ADD THANKS FOR THE LINK BUT THATS A FAN SITE.. I AM NOT GETTING MY HOPES UP.
I too wouldn't be surprised if Boras was using the Mets to drive up the price. I wouldn't be shocked if he resigned with Houston but for some reason i have a good feeling he'll be a Met
P.S Arod WANTED to come to Shea. Steve Phillips is the reason he's not a Met
<< <i>I am a die hard mets fan. >>
<< <i>First off, Kuhl you keep throwing me off with that icon. Time to trash it >>
He is now an Eagles fan and part of the brotherhood hopefully for about another month.
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<< <i>Rumors.......Rumors!!
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Met sources: 'We got Beltran'
By Mike McGann
January 5, 2005 - Two separate sources within the New York Mets organization tell NYFS that a deal to sign All-Star centerfielder Carlos Beltran may have been reached. The reported deal, for seven years at $112 million would be subject to approval by Major League Baseball and would not be formally announced before tomorrow at the earliest.
NYFS staff made two separate attempts to contact the Mets to get confirmation. On the first, a NYFS reporter was told the team would have no comment, as they were “too busy moving offices.” Another NYFS reporter reached Mets’ chief spokesman Jay Horowitz who declined to address the report. Other sources within the organization contacted by NYFS could not confirm or deny the deal.
The 27-year-old Beltran hit .267 with 38 HR and 104 RBI in a season split between the Kansas City Royals and the Houston Astros. Considered by many to be the prize free agent player on the market, the Mets faced competition from the Astros, Cubs and Yankees for the outfielder’s services.
NYFS will have more on this story as it develops and will continue to work to get confirmation of the deal.
Copyright, 2005. New York Fan Sites. All Rights Reserved. Secondary reports must credit >>
If it is true, (and I hope it isn't), then I hope I am wrong about my upcoming comments. First, the Mets are idiots for paying this much to a player. First, I question if the guy is worth $16 million a year. Vlad is a better player and he got less. Second, with a 7 year contract, the Mets may regret it in the long run. Players making this much will be hard to offload if they head south after a few years.
As far as Beltran, I hope he doesn't turn into another young player who ruins his career at Shea. I believe his career .BA at Shea is .166, but to give him the benefit of the doubt, he probably hasn't had many AB's there. Regardless, Shea is an ugly park for a hitter to play in and I hope he can succeed. Plus, with Beltran on the Mets, he will still be overshadowed by the Yankees.
I won't believe it until I hear the official announcement.
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<< <i>The 27-year-old Beltran hit .267 with 38 HR and 104 RBI
Is that worth 112 million even in todays market? >>
I don't think he is worth 112 million or 100 million. I think his best performance was the playoff games. If the Mets gave 112M just hope he improves (he needs a lot to make 112M worth it).
ARod is worth for his price than Beltran's.
Let's see if there's going to be chemistry in the Mets next season. Let's see if Minaya's aquisitions will be fruitful.
the icon s@cks bro i know! after superbowl im back to normal! bets a bet have to live up to it!
Beltran more i look into it now yanks are back into the runing id be shocked if it happened! i think mets are at 2% chance now!
Mets are being used and abused once again by a free agent. we shall see, i hope it happens!
ESPN WOULDNT SAY IT IF IT WASNT TRUE WOULD THEY? THAT MEANS DELGADO SIGNS THIS WEEK AND WE ARE HEADED TO CHALLENGE FOR THE TITLE!
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guess he doesn't like crowds
That's as much money as Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols received on his extension last year and more than Angels outfielder Vladimir Guerrero got last year, two players whose statistics clearly surpass Beltran's, and Pujols is three years younger. And it wasn't enough.
For all of his obvious gifts, Beltran is still only a career .284 hitter who has hit more than 30 home runs in a season just once. While Beltran may prove to be the kind of talent along the lines of Guerrero or Pujols, he hasn't done it on a grand scale yet, with the exception of his 12 postseason games this past season. And that followed a July 1 -- October 3 stretch during which Beltran hit .249.
But Houston was willing to gamble he was a budding superstar. You could say Purpura and the Astros didn't do what could reasonably be expected to bring back Beltran. They went above and beyond that.
Blame greed if you like. Blame Boras or Beltran.
Just don't blame The Yankees this time, reports have it that Baras called the Yanks late in the afternoon yesterday and is still sitting on the edge of his seat hoping for a call back.