Depends if Carlos even wants to stay here though. The Organization (owners) have 3 different times gone out of their way to embarrass him. The Surgery, Walter Reed and Fred’s recent comments and who knows what else.

We have such a long history of not treating our best players with the respect that they are due. Carlos was misdiagnosed, never said a word, played hurt, never said a word, had a teammate not remove the bat from home plate on a close play he got called out and criticized for, never said a word, told the GM he was going in for surgery and that the Met Medical Staff concurred, he merely defended himself.

The Walter Reed thing occurred when Carlos was himself attending to charitable activities that he has put HUGE money into.

The guy is the lowest maintenance elite superstar and pro’s pro of any player who has ever been a Met and by far the best all around player we have ever had and all he catches is flack from ownership.

I agree with you that two more years would be great and the repercussions of losing him in our lineup are pretty severe but I just don’t see it as even a remote possibility.

One lesson learned about this guarantee to not offer arb to FA’s though is this. A type B FA doesn’t hamper anyone’s market value since the signing team doesn’t have to give up anything so the opportunity to offer arb if a player becomes a type B should always be retained. Also, even if we could offer arb we couldn’t take the chance because 15 – 21 M would be where he would fit in and considering the knees would be a very risky move regardless of how great he’s played this year.

It’s such a shame that a fairly large percentage of Met Fans think of just one AB when discussing Beltran. We’ve really been blessed to be able to see him everyday (for the most part) for seven years.

I think as a fan base, most of us desperately want some relief, and a modicum of success this season would help going forward, and the renewal of interest in the Mets (read: ticket sales) might be enough of a “plus” to make keeping him all season worth it.

He’s one of my very favorite players, and I absolutely hope they do at least offer him a 2 year incentive-laden deal, but I can’t imagine them staying in the hunt once the Skankees open their wallets looking to replace Posada at DH.

Am I the only one bothered by this wringing of the NYM payroll to mere drips while Fred still craves owning a Soccer Team?
As it goes presently, a petitioning of MLB for a franchise renaming to “NY DEBTS” can not be too far over te horizon lol unless Frede’s alreadty reserved the name for this new dream enterprise.

Just because someone defends a guy that has been the ONLY constant for the last 6 years doesn’t mean he does no wrong.

The hate club for this guy, is so ridiculous it borders on insanity.

He got off to a bad start yea – then got hurt, PUT HIM OUT TO PASTURE.

Is he the only guy in the history of the game to get off to a bad start?

NO, but lets kill Wright because too many of you “MEN” are afraid to like the guy because you’re afraid they will take your man card away.

You’re hate club is WORSE then the DO NOW WRONG club – which you all ASSUME exists when someone defends the guy – same with the Alderson kool aid comments.

Mets fans – not the brightest crayons in the box.

I’d rather let a player go one year too early rather than hold onto him one year too long.

Beltran cannot run hard anymore and spent much of the last two years on the DL. Maybe he’s not soft, but he avoids contact at 2B like Mo Vaughn avoids vegetables that aren’t fried.

We are still years away from recovering from Minaya’s habit of signing players past their prime to multi-year deals.

Other than that, great idea!

LOL!

Too much.

Thanks for the humor you provide to countless people you don’t even know of.

Beltran hasn’t run hard once this year because he cannot and was hurt a significant part of the last two years.

Let’s re-sign him for two years!

HAHAHA!

Thanks pal.

Like you said, his contract is very affordable, the Dodgers might have to sell real soon. I can’t think of one minor leaguer I wouldn’t include in a deal for Kemp and Billingsley.