Last night, on SNY’s Mets Hot Stove, Carlos Beltran told host Kevin Burkhratd that his knee is feeling good.
Mets Hot Stove airs every Thursday on 
SNY at 7 pm during the off season.
Beltran said he will continue to work in the off season, doing low-impact exercises, after which he’ll soon start hitting and getting his arm loose, and he looks forward to being ready for spring training.
Right now, he explained, he is not concerned about the issue with his knee returning next season.
Beltran said he was disappointed with how he and the team played last season. According to Beltran, while watching on TV from the disabled list, he was equally frustrated by how the team was losing, as he was in the actual losses.
In the end, he says the team needs to play smart baseball all season, noting it is just as important to win games in April as it is to win games in September.
Regrading David Wright, Beltran said he has no doubt Wright will return to form next season, as he continues on a path to becoming a Hall of Fame player.
To watch video from Beltran’s appearance on SNY, click here; to learn more about the Carlos Beltran Foundation, go here; and to follow him on Twitter, click here.
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Its nice having a bunch of players on one team that have a good shot at the HOF. Wright, Beltran, Santana and Reyes. Now they all still have a long way to go but they are all one of the best in the game at their position which is a big factor for the HOF. Now if the Mets can build around them(the right way and not with guys like Sheffield) the Mets can be a very very good team for years to come. So the debate that has been going on between Mets fans is who should the Mets get this offseason?
I can’t see why anyone would even consider signing Holliday for most of the teams budget over trading for A-Gon. Gonzo is a beast who is only 25 years old and making very little money right now. He brings a gold glove at first bast and one of the best bats in the game(much better than Holliday). Now I know he will cost more down the line but if the Mets trade for him, it means they are willing to pay him when that time comes.
I know a lot of people don’t want to give up a bunch of prospects but what are we really giving up?
Davis…A lot of talent and potential but he will never be Gonzo.
Mejia…..Sounds like this guy has a lot of talent but is also years away and may never make it.
F-Mart….This one would hurt a little bit but Gonzo is worth is. I think that F-Mart will be a very good OF in the near future but he won’t be as good as we all hoped for the past few years.
Havens…The Mets are going after Hudson or Figgins for 2nd so if they get one of them where is Havens going to play
Tejada/Flores….The last time I checked the Mets have a stud SS named Jose Reyes blocking them from ever having a spot on the team
If they want some major league players in the deal they will probably want guys like Parnell, Maine, Pelfrey or Ollie(I wish).
Parnell….To be honest, I’m not impressed. He throws hard and gets hit hard. He will be good but don’t hold on to this guy if it means bringing in a stud like Gonzo. Holding on to a what if or a maybe in the pen is a horrible move if you need him to make Gonzo happen.
Maine….Good bye
Ollie……Don’t let the door hit you on the way out
Pelfrey…..Would hate to see you go, but Gonzo is worth it and to be honest all 3 of these SP’s can be replaced with better talent on this years free agent market(Wolf, Pinero, etc.)
So whats the problem. Gonzo is a future HOF player and one of the best in the game today. He’s young, ton of talent and power and only getting better. To get him we would have to come up with a package of a bunch of blocked players, ??? players and easily replaced players. Its a no brainer!!!
The problem is sooner or later the Mets are going to have to develop a group of young cheap players that have significant everyday roles on this team. Otherwise you are going to have the same top heavy roster we’ve seen since 2007. Maybe you get lucky like 2006 and get surprise season’s out of vets like the Mets did with Valentin and Lo Duca. But in that scenario you can’t expect to do that every year.
I’m not saying the Mets need to hold onto all of their prospects but they need to hold onto some of them to incorporate onto the Major League roster if they expect to have long term success.
I coudn’t agree with you more. In fact I would love to develop the young 25 year old SUPER STUD 1st baseman and future HOF guy like A-Gon!
I’m not even looking for superstars. If the Mets could develop 2 solidy everyday position players from within, I would be thrilled. Rather than pay a vet $8 or $9 million to come in and fill a position the Mets would be paying a young everyday player significantly less than that giving them flexibility to fill in the other holes on the roster.
This just in…Carlos Beltran is a hell of a player…
It’s great that Carlos makes himself available and talks up his teammates like this. Very, very glad he’s on our team, and this last year demonstrated his value. And yes, sell the farm to get Gonzales. He’d round out this team incredibly, and we need to build a team to win now.
I love Carlos, also one of those guys, is going to be able to come up and play 2B at some point in the nearish future and we’d have thole and if we only trade one of them fmart/ike than we can have one of them up to play in a year or so
The Mets should try and get Harang and Phillips from Cincy. Doumit from the Pirates. And then trade for Doc
Reyes
Phillips
Wright
Beltran
Doumit
Francouer
Pagan/Pierre(castillo for pierre)
Murphy
Johaness
Doc
Harang
Pelf
Olly
Maine in the pen if hes not included in any of the trades
tell me thats not a championship contending team
or Id bat Pagan/Pierre or Murphy in the 2 slot and Phillips in the 5 slot ..
The Mets dont have enough to trade for phillips, haran, doumit, AND Halladay. We can make 1 Big time trade so either gonzalez or halladay then we would probably have to sign the other position or else we would need to have open try outs for our minor leagues bc theyd be depleted.
if cincy is so into cutting salary with harang/arroyo and we can get one of them and phillips for a minimal amt of prospects then this is a no brainer…fill two holes with minimal farm reduction…
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