Comments on: What Can the Mets Expect From Carlos Beltran This Year?

By: tlagee

tlagee — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 03:12:54 +0000

You Wrote “For the first four years of his contract with the Mets, Beltran put up great numbers.”

Really? The first year of his contract he batted in the .260′s with 16 dingers and 78 RBI – those are not great numbers.

Beltran is a notoriously slow healer. I look for this season to be another Beltran injury drama season – with him showing enough to get a good contract from some other sucker.

By: Mr North Jersey

Mr North Jersey — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:30:32 +0000

Trying to predict what to expect from Beltran is just too difficult to do at this time. The man has yet to plat 2 back2back games in the outfield.

I need to see him do that 1st and how his legs respond to even begin trying to guess what to expect from him and even then that would be one huge guess for me.

By: scottydoesn'tknow

scottydoesn'tknow — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:17:01 +0000

Putting aside the previous 2 negative comments, I expect Beltran to do everything in his power to make a positive contribution to this team. Carlos has always been a team first guy, and I know this is not the first time I have written this.

His desire and want should never be in question by Mets fans. His health however, could very well limit his productivity for this season. However, unless his lower leg is dangling from his knee cap by a single thread of tendon, I would expect Beltran to go out there and play with the pain.

The fact that this is a contract year for him, his past reputation suggest that he has been willing to play with pay, for large extents of time, suggest that Beltran will make every effort to be on that field in a productive manner.

If his health and the pain prevents him from being productive, I would expect Beltran to allow some other player to step in and contribute, rather than be selfish and demand to be kept in the lineup despite poor numbers.

He is a class act, and always puts the club and his teammates first. He has had health issues with his knee (no mystery), but atleast he has not let his ego and pride get in the way of the clubs success.

I see Beltran playing a lot this season (obviously not everyday), but I think it will be enough to surprise most of the pessimists out there.

By: t agee

t agee — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:54:18 +0000

I’m not counting on Carlos staying on the field or being Carlos when he does get on it.

By: Dennis Ribant

Dennis Ribant — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:26:04 +0000

How can you assume anything based on Beltran being healthy? He couldn’t get healthy enough all Winter to survive one trip around the bases. If the guy plays more than Aolu did in his second year, you can call it a baseball miracle.