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Well, Carlos Beltran got his money. I always knew he would. A couple of years ago, I had a big e-mail argument with a Royals fan who felt absolutely sure that Beltran would never get the big money he and his agent were demanding.

“The days of those big contracts are over,” the fan wrote.

Yeah. Beltran will sign a seven-year deal today with the New York Mets for $119 million. That's $17 million per year until 2011. See, there's a classic line in “Citizen Kane” that goes, “Well, it's no trick making a lot of money, if all you want is to make a lot of money.”

Carlos Beltran was always going to get his cash.

For some reason, people did not want to believe that about Beltran. People wanted to believe he was about something more than money. I don't know why. Maybe it's because he's a nice, quiet guy. Maybe it's because he's fun to watch. Maybe it's because he's got a good smile. For weeks, you kept hearing reports that he really wanted to go back to Houston because he really liked it there, liked the fans, liked the town, liked his teammates, whatever.

He may have liked the fans, town, teammates and all that. In fact, I'm sure he did.

But there was no way Carlos Beltran was not going to get his money.

All of it.

That's not a knock on the guy. Not at all. Hey, this is America. You can take the highest-paying job. You can sell to the highest bidder. Go ahead. I'm just not sure why people expected anything else from Beltran. He never hid his priorities. He did not, as so many ballplayers do at contract time, tell tales about how he would play the game for free and how he would love to play with one team his whole life and all that stuff. No, Beltran was pretty up front about his goals in life. When asked whether he would consider taking less money to stay in Kansas City, Beltran scoffed.

“Would you?” he asked.

When asked whether he would be willing to play in New York, he praised George Steinbrenner. For you kids at home, here's a tip: When a ballplayer willingly praises George Steinbrenner, that's a pretty good clue that he would like to get paid.

More than anything, Beltran had Scott Boras as his agent. You don't hire Scott Boras to find you a nice town with nice people. For that, you call a travel agent. No, you hire Scott Boras to get you moolah, cashola, greenbacks. That's the only reason.

You don't hire a shark unless you want blood.

Beltran wanted blood. He wanted the very top dollar he could get. People who know Beltran best understand this about him. You heard people around town saying the Royals should sign him. Please. The Royals never had a chance. Beltran was always going to become a free agent. He was always going to see what he could get on the open market.

See, in baseball, money means more than money. It means respect. It means esteem. Money is a way to keep score. Everybody's making huge dollars — shoot, Derek Lowe will be getting $9 million per year — but only a chosen few make $16 million, $17 million, $18 million. Those are numbers for the superstars.

Those salaries are only for the best of the best.

Beltran has always wanted to be thought of in that class. I think he resented playing in Kansas City, away from the spotlight, away from the praise. He scored runs, drove in runs, hit home runs, he was almost impossible to throw out stealing, he chased down fly balls all over the park. Nobody seemed to notice.

So when he was traded to Houston and made his first playoffs, he made sure everyone noticed. He was as locked in as any player in playoff history. In 12 games, he hit .435, smashed eight home runs, stole six bases and scored 21 runs. Nobody had ever seen anything quite like it. Nobody had ever seen a player quite like him.

And he was going to cash in. For a while, nobody seemed willing to pay his price. The Yankees dropped out of the bidding. Anaheim, the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles — none of those teams wanted to play at this poker table.

Astros management wanted Beltran badly and probably overextended. You kept hearing the rumors than Beltran really wanted to stay in Houston, but I never bought it. He wanted the BIG money, not Houston's best offer. He wanted the splash. And this is where Boras comes in. Lots of agents know the market. But what Boras does better than anyone is create the market. Like him or not, Boras is a talented man. He pressures. He coaxes. He manipulates. He plays teams against each other. He convinces everyone that they cannot possibly live without his player.

The Mets came through. Seven years. One-hundred nineteen million. True, Carlos Beltran will now play for the other New York team. He will play in a lousy stadium by an airport. He will play for fans who will boo him the first time he takes a called strike. He will play for a team that has been an absolute mess.

But he got his money.

And that's what this was about all along.
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Old 01-11-2005, 02:06 PM   #31
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As a Met fan, I'm truly not worried about the Braves. Hudson's shown he can be injury prone and I'm going to wait to see how an aging Smoltz adjusts to being a starter again. They lost Russ Ortiz and J.D. Drew, as well as Charles Thomas this off-season, so they're going to end up starting 2 no-names in the corner outfield spots. I think they'll struggle to find the right mix, early on atleast.
After what they did last year, I'm just gonna pick the Braves every year until they lose... I guess I've learned never to doubt John Schuerholz, he's a great GM.
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Old 01-11-2005, 02:18 PM   #32
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How many fucking Met fans are on this board? Up until today, I thought Russ was the only one afflicted.
I've been one since I was real young. I think NaptownChief is a Mets fan too.
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Old 01-11-2005, 02:30 PM   #33
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Old 01-11-2005, 02:37 PM   #34
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After what they did last year, I'm just gonna pick the Braves every year until they lose... I guess I've learned never to doubt John Schuerholz, he's a great GM.
No joke. Dude wins where ever he's at.

It's good to know HolmeZz isn't afraid of them though.
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Old 01-11-2005, 02:42 PM   #35
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How many fucking Met fans are on this board? Up until today, I thought Russ was the only one afflicted.
I'm sure there are a few around here. They just didn't have much to cheer about because of their old GM was a terrible GM.

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Old 01-11-2005, 02:47 PM   #36
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No joke. Dude wins where ever he's at.

It's good to know HolmeZz isn't afraid of them though.
They could still easily find a way to win the division. I just don't see any part of their team currently that scares me. Last year I could've pointed to Smoltz in the bullpen, but I can't say that this year.
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Old 01-11-2005, 02:47 PM   #37
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Aside from the Cubs, who has a rotation in the NL as deep as the Mets?
That's easy. The Cards and Braves.

I'm waiting to see how Rick Peterson can influence Zambrano. He said he could fix him in 10 minutes and I remember Victor pitching quite well after he was dealt to the Mets. They he got hurt. The Mets' rotation is solid, but their bullpen seems like the bigest issue to me.

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Hard to believe that a guy who only hit .267 gets that much money!
Exactly, the man makes more money than Pujols. That's crazy.
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Old 01-11-2005, 02:54 PM   #38
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That's easy. The Cards and Braves.

I'm waiting to see how Rick Peterson can influence Zambrano. He said he could fix him in 10 minutes and I remember Victor pitching quite well after he was dealt to the Mets. They he got hurt. The Mets' rotation is solid, but their bullpen seems like the bigest issue to me.
Bullpen is their biggest problem.

Hudson, Smoltz, Thompson, Hampton and Horacio Ramirez isn't better than Pedro, Glavine, Benson, Zambrano, and Trachsel IMO. You could make an argument for St. Louis, but I want to see how Carpenter comes back from his injury and whether or not Matt Morris can be the Matt Morris of old. If both those go well, then yeah, they very well could be better than the Mets rotation. All I was trying to get across was that the notion that the Mets don't have a good enough rotation to win is pretty stupid, especially when you look at the rest of the NL.
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Exactly, the man makes more money than Pujols. That's crazy.
His price was jacked up because of the market. He was widely considered the best player available and it's hard to pass up a young switch hitting 5-tool centerfielder with the speed and power he's got. Plus, he's coming off one of the greatest individual post-season performances I can remember. Most years he wouldn't have made this kind of money. He benefitted from slim pickings.
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Bullpen is their biggest problem.

Hudson, Smoltz, Thompson, Hampton and Horacio Ramirez isn't better than Pedro, Glavine, Benson, Zambrano, and Trachsel IMO. You could make an argument for St. Louis, but I want to see how Carpenter comes back from his injury and whether or not Matt Morris can be the Matt Morris of old. If both those go well, then yeah, they very well could be better than the Mets rotation. All I was trying to get across was that the notion that the Mets don't have a good enough rotation to win is pretty stupid, especially when you look at the rest of the NL.
Morris has some type of injury I believe.

Mulder is a good pitcher, but Carpenter isn't better than Glavine.
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Old 01-11-2005, 03:59 PM   #41
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All I was trying to get across was that the notion that the Mets don't have a good enough rotation to win is pretty stupid, especially when you look at the rest of the NL.
Pedro's arm could fall off tomorrow, Zambrano's lack of control, Glavine's age, and Benson and Trachsel's mediocrity all cast doubt on the rotation. As it relates to the rest of the NL, I'd rather have the Cards/Braves/Marlins/Cubs/Pads. The Dodgers in that park will probably be decent, and I think the Pirates could be sneaky good this year.

So, should the Mets compete with their rotation? Sure. But I don't think they're in the top 5 rotations in the National League when it's all said and done. Having said that, Peterson is a very good pitching coach, so he could really make a difference.
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The Royals could have technically afforded him; if they found someone DUMB enough to take Sweeney's mistake of a contract off of our hands, Beltran is actually making less than he and Mike made last year (17 vs. 20 million) and Pickering would then have a spot on the roster (currently, he doesn't). Of course, we wouldn't have given him 7 years and Mike will come off the books in a few years AND we would have had to forfeit a high pick, or something...
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The Royals could have technically afforded him; if they found someone DUMB enough to take Sweeney's mistake of a contract off of our hands, Beltran is actually making less than he and Mike made last year (17 vs. 20 million) and Pickering would then have a spot on the roster (currently, he doesn't). Of course, we wouldn't have given him 7 years and Mike will come off the books in a few years AND we would have had to forfeit a high pick, or something...
Maybe, but there is no way in hell he was ever going to sign here without at the very least becoming a free agent first. If we had held on to him, everyone would be slamming Allard right now for not getting anything of value out of him while he could.
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