Comments on: Carlos Beltran would be open to a trade

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:45:24 +0000

Nothing will improve the Feesh under the present ownership. Nothing. That’s the real source of my bitterness. And I would say the same thing about any number of Feesh who realize that their only hope of being paid market price for their talents is to play their way out of there.
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That, and before I moved to Macondo for the air conditioning, I grew up a Mutts fan. I was sitting fifty feet from Bill Buckner when the ball went through his legs. I was sitting in the same spot for the “ball off the wall play” in 1973. On and on. It kills me to see what’s happening to the team of my childhood.

By: Benny Blanco

Benny Blanco — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:48:00 +0000

No one would have agreed with you in 06 and 07 (prior to the collapse anyway)

By: matt

matt — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:25:51 +0000

As a Phillies fan I always thought he was somewhat overrated. He also came across as a sulking and moping kind of guy I wouldnt want in my clubhouse. Those kind of guys just drag the life out of everything. He’s obviously talented, but I didn’t see that he impacted the Mets positively in relation to the size of his contract. Time for the Mets to clean that cancer-ridden clubhouse out and start over.

By: Benny Blanco

Benny Blanco — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:16:42 +0000

I always liked Beltran, but if the Mets can get a starting pitcher and a prospect or 2, I think most Met fans wouldnt mind seeing Beltran go.

By: Benny Blanco

Benny Blanco — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:15:20 +0000

I doubt David Wright wants to leave the Mets. But you keep hating Gator. It’ll make your feesh that much better.

By: BC

BC — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:14:41 +0000

Good riddance.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:54:52 +0000

To say that someone would be “open to a trade” from Minaya’s Mutts is like saying that a passenger on the Titanic would be “open to” a lifeboat.

By: Simon DelMonte

Simon DelMonte — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:27:41 +0000

Never got how people don’t care for Beltran (though I think some of it is part of the racist nonsense about “Omar only likes Latinos). In his prime, he was a great player, a talented outfielder and strong hitter who, while never quite as good as that one amazing stretch in Houston, had been a steady presence till his injuries. And he gives it his all, as we saw last year when came back too soon because he wanted to play.
Was the contract too big? Maybe. Too long? Yes. But his arrival made the Mets matter for a few years, leading to the arrival of Pedro and the 2006 season. I like him and will miss him if he leaves. Not that trading him would necessarily be bad if they can get prospects for someone whose body might never be up to it again. And not that I blame him for wanting to move on, after the mess that was made of his treatment. But I will always be glad he came.

By: mike wants wins

mike wants wins — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:21:28 +0000

Wow, that’s a lot of money. IF he can recover his speed, any contendor should be interested, if they can get the Mets to pay part of the price. I assume he’d still cover more ground than Delmon Young or Michael Cuddeyer……

By: Dannyb712003

Dannyb712003 — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:54:45 +0000

I am so glad the Astros did not sign him but we did get Carlos Lee I don’t know witch is worse?