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Carlos Beltran
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 25 of 1218 players
Beltran
Carlos Ivan Beltran
Born: April 24, 1977 at Manati, P.R.
Throws: Right Bats: Both
Height: 6.01 Weight: 190

Carlos Beltran has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 54 times, most recently on October 22, 2023.

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First Mets game: April 4, 2005
Last Mets game: July 26, 2011

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Mark Wilson
January 11, 2005
It is an honor to be the first to share a "memory" of Carlos Beltran. Today he is being introduced as a Met and begins, what all Met fans hope, will be seven years of outstanding play. Met fans must thank owner Fred Wilpon, who may have strayed from "the big name" in the past but now has put his money where his mouth is. His first and best move began with the greatest move of all: hiring Omar Minaya to be GM. Mr. Wilpon said "I'm tired of losing" and I believe all Mets fans are, too. GM Omar Minaya has begun, in a big way, to change that. The Carlos Beltran era has begun.

Brian
January 18, 2005
Beltran should be exciting to watch, guys who chase down fly balls in the alleys, and swiping bases are two of the most dynamic things about the game of baseball. Beltran should be more than adequate at doing both, his reputation precedes him. God, I've been longing for some excitement in Flushing for a while. Hopefully this is the catalyst for some excellent Mets baseball for years to come.

Jonathan Stern
January 24, 2005
Beltran will make or break this season, and probably the five or six that follow. If he goes the way of other high-priced Mets of yesteryear, it will be a serious drain on his teammates and devastating to the whole organization. Imagine another September without "meaningful games." The thought makes my stomach turn, especially given the money invested in Beltran and all of the other new Mets. He better produce.

Geoff Valleskey
July 4, 2005
Feel free to run to 1st base, Carlos. He stood at home plate after a popup and Carlos Delgado turned the play into a double play. Sheeesh! At least he is not an arrogant sob making 150 million. He is coming around but the Mets need more out of him!

Kwispy Sottovoce
August 15, 2005
I think you guys are jumping the gun on Carlos Beltran.

The only way to determine whether his Mets career was good or bad is to ride out the full seven years. Once he leaves the team, then you can decide if his legacy was good or bad. Also, I never thought of him as being the "centerpiece" of the team (in other words, the guy you build your team around). He is an important cog in terms of building and producing runs, but he is not the established superstar threat that Mike Piazza or Keith Hernandez were when they first came here.

You also are forgetting that he played most of the first half with a bad quad injury. Did you ever injure a quad? I have. It robs you of your mobility. I had to play a game for my company softball team with it and I couldn't drive the ball for beans, nor could I run full blast. So I understand why there was a lack of hitting consistency on Carlos' side early on.

Let's also examine where Carlos is playing. He works at Shea Stadium. Unlike Minute Maid Park, Shea is not a bandbox. It is designed for pitchers. When Beltran was signed, I said that if he gives me 25 home runs and drives in 90 runs, that's fine. He seems on pace to do that. I don't think he'd belt 38 homers playing half the time at Turner Field or Comerica, but if he played at Camden Yards or Great American Ballpark, then I'd place higher expectations on his power numbers.

Tommie Agee once said that good ballplayers should look at other ways to help his club besides making long hits. Beltran, by virtue of several diving and wall-scaling catches, does that. He seems to have (unknowingly, of course) followed Agee's philosophy.

The one thing I think he is not doing is stealing bases. I think he should be a lot more aggressive. He's been doing that in little spurts. He'll steal three bases in five games, then not steal a base for the next 12 games, then steal two more before going theftless in the next 15. That is something I'm disappointed about.

Be patient with Beltran. The guy's a decent ballplayer and I'm glad he joined the Mets.

Shari
August 15, 2005
He's way over rated, way over paid and I am sick of hearing how he'll have a better second half. I know the Mets had to overpay him to get someone who didn't stink in the outfield, but this guy commands a King's Ransom based on 8 play off games last season. He's making an insane amount of money, and we are not talking about Willie Mays, Duke Sinder or Mickey Mantle here. Some interesting things about his career-he's hit 30 home runs only once, he's hit over .300 twice, and the only thing he's done consistenty was drive in over 100 runs-but that doesn't happen this year either.

Mr. Sparkle
September 24, 2005
OK with 2005 almost in the books Carlos has not gotten the hot streak that Willie thought he would have. I don't think where you bat in the order is all that important but I have to agree with everyone who says he's a #2 hitter. Maybe he's put too much pressure on himself being the #3 hitter and can relax more at #2. Lately he's hit a lot of singles so maybe he's not the power guy everyone thught he was. If Carlos had the year he should have had based on what he's making the Mets could very well be 10 games over instead of 1 under. He has to be the leader making $17mm a year but wants only to be a contributor. This may be a stretch but the Mets could have saved all that money and got similar production every day from Eric Valent or Prentice Redman. I mean come on, is anyone at all impressed by his numbers? He runs the bases very well but he's an average hitter with not enough power in Shea stadium. Does he have the heart to improve next year? I hope so.

Jonathan Stern
November 6, 2005
One year down, six to go. Hey, Carlos: learn how to run to first base and do not always swing at the first pitch. You do those two things and you'll be amazed at how forgiving we Mets fans will be. Besides, we know you did not deserve that money. So, therefore, you should feel no pressure to prove that you did. Should you?

armando looper
May 22, 2006
Proud to say that Carlos is havin one hell of a year so far. He's got 11 homers and he missed, what, 11 games with The Tweak he had before. George Foster? I think not.

Joe Figliola
May 31, 2006
Good point about Beltran's missing 11 games with the tweak, Armando. Had Beltran given his quad a rest for a week or two rather than putting pressure on himself last year, I truly believe his numbers would be better.

Mr. Sparkle
June 28, 2006
Finally Carlos is the man we paid all that money for. He has been awesome this year and deserves big cheers whenever he comes to the plate. Julio Franco has had a big impact on him as has Carlos Delgado. He's a bit sensitive for my tastes but the way he is playing now he really is the man. I'm glad Willie didn't decide to bat him second like so many people wanted him to. You don't give a guy that kind of dough to bat second.

Feat Fan
July 31, 2006
10 ribbies in last 2 games, on pace for 150 and 50 homers. MVP candidate. Guess he's coming around!

J-murph
October 14, 2006
In game 1 of the 2006 NLCS Beltran Blasts a 2-run homer, giving the Mets all the offence they would need and they would go on to win the game 2-0. A couple more nights like that and people are going to stop talking about the 2005 season.

LIFELONGFAN
October 20, 2006
Carlos is an excellent player - there is no mistaking that. Matter of fact, I'd say that behind Jose Reyes - he's the team MVP. But, with 2 outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth of Game 7 of the NLCS - YOU CANNOT TAKE A CALLED THIRD STRIKE!!! You cannot make anything happen with the freakin' bat on your shoulder - my Little League coach told me that when I was 9 years old!

Shari
October 25, 2006
Would have I have preferred if he had to go down on strikes, seen him do it swinging? Of course-but I can't kill him for anything at all that he accomplished this season. Last year I rode his case about how much money he made only to bat barely .270 with 16 HRs and 78RBIs, but this season he earned his cash (even though I don't believe any athlete is worth that amount of money) and he was decent in the playoffs-he didn't put the team on his back like he did with Houston in 2004, but he did hit. I have no complaints about him at all this season-or in the NLCS.

Mr. Sparkle
November 10, 2006
The guy had a great year, was awesome throughout but unfortunately didn't swing on the last Met at bat of the season. I'm not happy about it but let's not kill him over it. I expect a big year out of him in 07 but he's a sensitive guy so let's not boo him because of it.

Feat Fan
June 18, 2007
I was listening to the FAN today, something that I try not to do. Beltran is getting blasted, some of these comments from us "fans" are absolutely out of line. I think we are all still upset about the WAINWRIGHT freeze but this is a quality player and teamate who is having a tough go of it. This is not A-ROD, or BONDS, or PUJOLS.

This is a nice complimentary player more like an athletic Tori Hunter than the above mentioned. Part of the problem is that Delgado has been slow to start and after the 5 hole there isn't a lot of healthy hitters out there.

We'll get through this, Carlos will get his .280 25-90 and we must realize that last year's 41-113 was a career year and those expectations are a bit long.

Get off his case and get on Omar's a little. We need more pitching, faster and younger bench players and PEDRO.

James Damion
August 10, 2008
He's never clutch. He plays with no heart. He's the dullest Met in my memory. He should some kind of triple crow. You would think with the millions the Mets pay him he would have that coco puff removed from his temple.

Jujo
November 3, 2010
I think we let Carlos play this year in CF and have the best season he can in his walk year. We won't get full trade value during offseason. The best we can hope is that he helps the team compete for playoffs or play well enough so we trade him by July 31 next year for good prospects. I hope he still has a half season in him so we can get something. He and Piazza are examples that 7 year contracts don't work. When we total the stats and dollars paid we will have gotten maybe 5 solid seasons out of him. When he is gone, Pagan is our CF which is good enough.

Dan the Man
September 9, 2011
I guess when you look back at his 6.5 years here overall I'd say he was average considering the money that got thrown at him. He had an MVP like season in 2006 (although striking out in the biggest at bat of his life) and was the only Met to play well consistently down the 2008 year when everyone collapsed. But, it just seemed so many times he was just walking through the motions which more than the above mentioned strikeout never made me warm up to him. At any rate wish him well as long as it ain't against the Mets.

Shale
April 6, 2012
Although this was his time to go, I'm really going to miss Carlos Beltran, who when healthy was a staple in the Mets outfield and arguably the greatest all around center fielder in Mets history. Sure, he froze against Adam Wainwright's curveball in the 06 NLCS (which happened to occur on my 18th birthday; second time the Mets got knocked out of the playoffs on my birthday, with the other year being in 1999), but Beltran's contributions to the Mets should overrule that moment by a landslide. He had his career season that year and was one of the most feared hitters in the league from 2006-2008. You wouldn't have wanted anyone else at the plate in that moment. Some people may have already forgotten that Beltran is still tied with Todd Hundley for the Mets' single season home run record, when he blasted 41 in 2006.

All in all, although he was quiet in the clubhouse and around the media, Beltran was a team leader both on and off the field. He was one of the most active charity workers in the country and contributed to NYC recreational baseball probably more than any other NY baseball player during his time with the Mets.

Jordan
December 6, 2012
Perhaps the most underrated player ever to put on a Mets uniform, large contract and '06 NLCS be damned!

This guy put together 3 monster seasons, '06 was arguably the greatest offensive season ever for a New York Met.

He glided his way around the outfield making gold glove defense look easy. Statistically speaking, he is one of the most efficient base stealers of all time.

Beltran always went about his business in a way that New York fans never really warmed to. However, I feel in the coming years he will be remembered more fondly. I will always dream of him taking that devastating curveball from (future Cy Young award winner) Adam Wainwright into LF for a game winning 2 run single, but even with that indelible black mark this guy is probably my favorite Met ever.

Stu Baron
November 13, 2019
That's OK, Schickhaus, he didn't win that ring with the Cardinals; he won it with the Astros in 2017. But even if the Cards had won in 2013, it would have been no reflection on the Mets. It's really not healthy to hold a grudge like that, and trust me, individual feelings as you describe have no effect on which team wins or any other outcome.

Now it will be fascinating to watch how Carlos does as manager in 2020 and beyond.








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