Buzz: The Carlos Beltran Situation
Michael Silverman of the Boston Globe believes the Red Sox should keep a close eye on the Mets, and the Carlos Beltran situation.
According to Silverman, a play for Beltran is the kind of creative thinking Theo Epstein and Co. have regularly displayed.
In the end, though there are no indications the Mets are in rebuilding mode, “If Hanley Ramirez was worth calling about 
last winter,” Silverman writes, “Beltran certainly is as well.”
…interesting… i have heard plenty of buzz the last two seasons regarding boston’s interest in beltran and Jose Reyes, but i do not think any substantive talks ever occurred, and i have a hard time believing they will again… i just don’t think the Mets behavior the last few weeks suggests they’re ready to start dumping stars, like beltran, reyes or David Wright… instead, they seem to be in more of a double-down mode, then, say, a get-up-from-the-table, cut-your-losses and find-another-game mode…
…i think it would be a huge mistake to trade beltran, not that trading him is even an option or something that is being considered…
…i am in the camp of people who feel he actually gets less credit than he deserves… i find there are tons of fans who have him totally wrong… they see him as a loafer, and someone who is frail and can’t play through pain, and who isn’t a leader… in what i have seen, be it in person, in the clubhouse, or through my television, i find him to be the total opposite… he’s always covered in ice, it looks like he loves to hitting, he’s always working on some aspect of his game or talking to his teammates about theirs, and, though he may not be visually intense, he looks like he wants to win as much as anyone, and he doesn’t take losing very well…
…i feel he’s the kind of player who will be more revered when he’s gone, because, only then, people will realize what is missing…
Beltran will earn $18.5 million each of the next two seasons, after which he will become a free agent.
