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Six years aft Carlos Beltran was expected to negociate nan New York Mets, nan statement is making him a look of nan franchise erstwhile again.
The Mets hired Beltran, a caller Hall of Fame electee, up of nan 2020 MLB play to make him their adjacent head aft firing Mickey Callaway. However, arsenic nan Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal, which Beltran participated in, was unearthed, he and nan statement parted ways without him ever managing a game.
But connected Monday, nan squad announced that Beltran's No. 15 will retired connected Sept. 19.
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New York Mets' Carlos Beltran smiles during an introductory shot news convention successful New York, Nov. 4, 2019. (Seth Wenig/AP)
Twelve Mets person worn nan number since Beltran's past crippled pinch nan Mets successful 2011 - outfielder Tyrone Taylor presently wears it. But Beltran's Hall of Fame plaque this summertime will characteristic a Mets cap, making him nan 3rd subordinate to correspond nan Mets successful Cooperstown, on pinch Tom Seaver and Mike Piazza.
When MLB announced its findings into nan investigation into nan Astros successful 2020, Beltran was nan only subordinate named successful nan MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred's report.
It has wide been speculated that Beltran, on pinch Boston Red Sox head Alex Cora, nan Astros chair coach astatine nan time, spearheaded nan operation.
While Beltran's astir memorable infinitesimal successful a Mets azygous is an unfortunate 1 - looking astatine Adam Wainwright's 3-2 breaking shot pinch nan bases loaded to extremity Game 7 of nan National League Championship Series - he is still easy 1 of nan top players successful franchise history. He ranks 3rd successful WAR, 4th successful OPS, and seventh successful location runs and RBIs.
Carlos Beltran of nan New York Mets is greeted by Angel Pagan aft some people connected Beltran's two-run location tally successful nan 5th inning against nan Los Angeles Dodgers connected July 5, 2011 astatine Dodger Stadium successful Los Angeles, California. (Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
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The nine-time All-Star was a accordant unit passim his full career, moreover making nan Midsummer Classic successful his second-to-last play arsenic a New York Yankee, erstwhile he deed .295 pinch an .850 OPS, 35 location runs and 101 RBIs.
Beltran, a switch-hitter, won 3 Gold Glove Awards while accumulating 2,725 hits, 435 of which were location runs. He besides stole 300 bases successful his career, making him 1 of conscionable 8 players successful MLB history successful nan 300-300 club. Beltran has nan fourth-most location runs by a switch-hitter, trailing Mickey Mantle, Eddie Murray and Chipper Jones.
New York Mets correct fielder Carlos Beltran lunges for nan shot during nan 3rd inning of an MLB shot crippled against nan Arizona Diamondbacks, April 22, 2011 successful New York. (Bill Kostroun/AP)
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He is besides 1 of 39 players to some thrust successful and people astatine slightest 1,500 runs. Thirty-two of those players, including Beltran, are successful nan Hall of Fame. The different 7 who aren’t are either tied to performance-enhancing narcotics (Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Rafael Palmeiro, Gary Sheffield, Manny Ramirez) aliases are not yet eligible for nan Hall of Fame (Albert Pujols, Miguel Cabrera). In 65 postseason games, Beltran deed .307 pinch a 1.021 OPS.
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