On a Winding Path, Carlos Beltrán Will Return to Mets
Beltrán has mentioned he by no means dreamed of changing into a supervisor when he was youthful, however when the job was provided he felt a accountability, as a former participant from Puerto Rico, to take it, do effectively and make it simpler for others to take action. It has been reported that Manager Buck Showalter, who was the National League supervisor of the yr in 2022 in his first season with the Mets, had thought of including Beltrán to his teaching employees for that yr, however Beltrán selected to stay as a commentator with the YES Network.
In his seven years as a Met, Beltrán put up sensational numbers. He had an .869 on-base plus slugging share, 149 dwelling runs, 208 doubles and 100 stolen bases. He put up 31.1 wins above alternative for the Mets, in line with Baseball Reference, which positioned him seventh in Mets historical past total and third amongst Mets place gamers, trailing solely David Wright and Darryl Strawberry.
He made 5 All-Star groups as a Met and got here in fourth in N.L. Most Valuable Player Award voting in 2006, a yr wherein the Mets made the National League Championship Series. Many Mets followers bear in mind Beltrán hanging out a nasty curveball from Adam Wainwright of the St. Louis Cardinals to finish Game 7 of that sequence as an alternative of his many different accomplishments with the crew.
In 2011, the Mets traded Beltrán to the San Francisco Giants for Zack Wheeler, a pitching prospect on the time. Beltrán, who got here up with the Kansas City Royals, performed six extra seasons, spending time with the Cardinals, the Yankees, the Rangers and the Astros.
In 20 years, Beltrán amassed 435 dwelling runs, a .279/.350/.486 slash line and was considered an distinctive heart fielder. His total numbers are near these of Scott Rolen, however Rolen was the one participant elected into this yr’s class for the Hall of Fame. Rolen acquired 76.3 p.c of the vote, whereas Beltrán’s 46.5 p.c positioned him behind Todd Helton, Billy Wagner, Andruw Jones and Gary Sheffield, all of whom had over 50 p.c.
