What a tangled web we weave. Once again, Major League Baseball finds themselves embroiled in another incredible and incredulous scandal. A scandal whose repercussions have already brought down one general manager and two managers… wait, make that three managers…

It wouldn’t be a proper baseball scandal if the Mets weren’t knee deep in it either directly or indirectly, in this case indirectly.

On Thursday, the New York Mets officially announced that they and manager Carlos Beltran had mutually agreed to part ways — this after a brutal 24 hours of twisting and contorting over what to do while being spectacularly lambasted by a relentless media.

“Over my 20 years in the game, I’ve always taken pride in being a leader and doing things the right way, and in this situation, I failed,” Beltran said in a statement.

“As a veteran player on the team, I should’ve recognized the severity of the issue and I truly regret the actions that were taken.”

Beltran made no excuses and blamed only himself while apologizing. He went on to say that he wanted to stay with the Mets and that he could handle the heat, but neither him or the team wanted any future distractions related to the scandal.

I can certainly understand why both sides came to this conclusion, but I don’t have to like it… And I don’t.

It pisses me off how Beltran was the only player listed in that report from a clubhouse full of dozens of other players who were all in on this elaborate sign stealing scheme. Why was Beltran the only player outed?

It also stretches my last nerve that MLB opted not to punish or fine Beltran and yet he ends up losing his job anyway. Way to go — you bloodthirsty media.

Anyway, there’s enough blame to go around for everyone in this latest Mets debacle, but let’s understand that Carlos Beltran was most responsible for losing his chance to manage because he played a significant part with the sign stealing. Some reports even referred to him as the ring leader.

Additionally, it would have been really bad optics had the Mets not acted the way they did. However, they could’ve done a much better job of vetting Beltran during the interview process. In their rush to hire Beltran they didn’t seem to take the sign stealing situation that was brewing in Houston very seriously.

So now with Beltran’s exodus complete – before ever managing a single game – one can only hope that a new opportunity arises for him in the future. I wish him well.

There’s really no way to sugarcoat how this has impacted or will impact the Mets. Whomever Van Wagenen ends up choosing as the next Mets manager will have a lot of catching up to do and not much time to do it in.

I’m not rock solid on anyone in particular right now as far as replacing Beltran, but I do believe Luis Rojas is a very solid option, and I’m also intrigued by Joe McEwing, who is looking to manage and even interviewed with the Mets before opting to go with Mickey Callaway after the 2017 season.

All in all it was a pretty sad day to be a Mets fan, but I will leave you all with something that comes from our captain-in-training Pete Alonso himself.

“Yes, there’s a lot of craziness in the baseball world right now,” Pete tweeted on Thursday evening.  “But at the end of the day, we have to do our job on the field and win the battle between the lines. Great things are to come this year.”

Well said, Pete… From your mouth to God’s ears.