Carlos Beltran Not On Trading Block

i didnt understand why they would entertain it in the first place. the minute someone gets injured doesnt mean you should try to move him

It's the Mets. It's what they do.

I wonder what kind of a deal Beltran could expect to get as a free agent in two years.

what's funny is that he's been worth his contract. A lot of Mets players have played to contract expectations. As a team, though, they just haven't put it together. Very interesting.

he is the best all-around player on the mets, no need to trade him.

In related news: A spokesman for the Association for Porcine Advancement denies reports of local pigs applying to flight schools and contacting genetic research facilities regarding wing evolution.

(S) J.Reyes (SS)
(S) O.Hudson (2B)
(S) C.Beltran (CF)
(R) D.Wright (3B)
(R) J.Francoeur (RF)
(L) D.Murphy (1B)
(S) A.Pagan (LF)
(L) J.Thole (C)
--Pitcher--

There really should be no reason to entertain the thought of trading Beltran. Simply keep building around him, Reyes & Wright. The team I've laid out above is not perfect but I think it can more than suffice.

BKuGoit
Phillips got us Wright and Reyes. Omar got us Pelfrey, Parnell, Niese, and Fmart. And doesn't include the EIGHT prospects he traded for Santana and Putz. Try thinking before you type.

BKuGoit
Phillips got us Wright and Reyes. Omar got us Pelfrey, Parnell, Niese, and Fmart. And doesn't include the EIGHT prospects he traded for Santana and Putz. Try thinking before you type.

Posted by: Omarfan | October 26, 2009 at 02:07 PM
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Omarfan

Phillips traded away Jason Bay, basically set in motion the Scott Kazmir trade (though he actually didn't pull the trigger because he was fired before). Phillips also attempted to trade David Wright and Jose Reyes on a couple of occasions but to his credit, the Gm on the otherside was more dumb.

Minaya has made it pretty clear that he values a players status as being Latin American over a players status as being good. I'll give him credit for the Santana trade. Parnell's minor league numbers are pretty average and it's too early to tell how Neise is going to turn out. I'll give you Fernando Martinez but I won't give you Pelfrey considering he's still young and has proven that he's unpredictable. The guy has very low strikeout numbers, and I don't think he projects to be that good of a pitcher. Plus did you not watch the Mets 2009 season? I think it was pretty obvious that their farm system had issues when all of their major players went down.

Carlos Betran was worth every penny, despite his sub par season in 2005 and his injury shorten season in 2009. In 2006/2007/2008 he avgeraged over 30+ homers and over 100RBI'S and 3 gold gloves. He is the best CF in baseball when healthy, which he should be in 2010. some writer suggested that the Mets should sign Cameron and put him in CF and Beltran in LF!!Why? Some suggest trading Beltran, which doesn't make sense at all. First of all, he has a no-trade clause and secondly; he is coming off an injury plague season, which would lower his value. Keep Beltran in CF, Bring Back Francouer for RF, see if Crawford is available (either trade or FA) and leave pagan as your 4th OFer. Go with Murphy at 1st for one more season with a RH bat to platoon with him (perhaps Nady or Garko). This will give Ike Davis a full season at AAA and ready in 2011. Go get a solid catcher such as Barjaras (Toronto) for 2 years until either Thole or Pena are ready. Last but not least, offer lackey a 4 year/$68mil contract ($17 mil per year) with a 5th year option at $17mil and sign either Sheets/Penny/Bedard/Harden (if fully healthy) to a 1 year deal with incentives and an club option for a 2nd year. bring back maine and offer Perez to the Cubs for Bradley and then find a third team (that has interest in Bradley) and trade Bradley to them for either bullpen help or a contract they want to get rid off. Same thing with Castillo, find a team that has a similiar problem (contract)with a player and go out and get Hudson.

Reyes/Crawford/Betran/Wright/Francouer/Murphy or Nady/Garko/Barajas/Hudson

Santana/Lackey/Pelfrey/Sheets or Penny or Bedard or Harden/Maine
Start Niese at AAA to develop and recover from his injury and let him get his innings in. Also keep Misch and Nieve at AAA ready for spot starts in case of injuries.

Gleb that lineup isn't nearly enough to compete. First base and the outfield corners are dangerous at best, and horrible at worst.

Other than playing a few weeks of good baseball in '08, why do we expect Murphy to have the bat to start at first for a contender? Similarly, we just saw what is probably the best we'll get from Pagan. A slight downturn would make him too light a bat for a starting corner. Franceour showed all the same poor plate discipline with the Mets; he will revert to being a drain. That's without mentioning the potential for Thole to struggle in extended play.

It's not building around a strong core unless you actually build around that core. The Mets need to be more like the Phillies, finding the Werths of the world to complement their superstars.

tim,
pleeeeeaaaaase stop quoting fangraph's ridiculous valuations
all they do is pull somebody else's money out of thin air, blow em up in ballons and let them flaot away
they are as steeped in reality as wall street's valuations were for the past decade or two

"Depending on how he performs next season as well as how the mets are doing, it might not be such a bad idea to trade him and start rebuilding that farm system that Steve Phillips and Omar Minaya completely destroyed."

Yeah, nevermind the idea that the Mets system is climbing the ranks very quickly, and should be in the top 10 by the middle of 2010. Who cares about facts right? They don't support the stupid theory you have so just ignore them?

Ok. Maybe crap was too strong a word for Ellsbury, but he still is basically a league average .280/.340/.390 type guy with lousy defense in CF. What does Boras have to do with whether or not you would want Beltran anyway? You aren't signing a new deal with him. You let him play for 2 years and then offer him arb and let him walk. Simple.

WHAT DO YOU THINK???

this idea came from another red sox biased writer trying to create a dream team.

maybe the sox should trade kotchman papelbon varitek lowell kottares anderson and bowden for beltran and reyes. then sign matt holliday over jason bay. trade all their other amazing prospects for felix hernandez and adrian gonzales

2010 boston red sox

C-martinez
1B-gonzales
2B-pedroia
3B-youkilis
SS-reyes
OF-ellsbury
OF-beltran
OF-holliday
DH-ortiz

beckett
hernandez
lester
bucholz
wakefield

Crappy Jacoby Ellsbury, thats funny. Remember the Teixeira and Boston negotiations, that Boras played Boston for a fool. Varitek and Boras stupid contract demands. Boston has not forgotten this.

This is great news! Trading Beltran is a stupid idea on every level. Unless, of course, Omar is blown away by a GM who is confident Beltran is fully recovered and makes an offer including a top flight 1st baseman.

Sorry, I neglected that we didn't have Reyes most of the season. Still, it's not enough.