Mets make amends with team legend who was involved in Astros' sign-stealing scandal

Six years aft Carlos Beltran was expected to negociate the New York Mets, the enactment is making him a look of the franchise erstwhile again.

The Mets hired Beltran, a caller Hall of Fame electee, up of the 2020 MLB play to marque him their adjacent manager aft firing Mickey Callaway. However, arsenic the Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal, which Beltran participated in, was unearthed, helium and the enactment parted ways without him ever managing a game.

But connected Monday, the squad announced that Beltran's No. 15 volition retired connected Sept. 19.

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New York Mets' Carlos Beltran smiles during an introductory shot quality league successful New York, Nov. 4, 2019. (Seth Wenig/AP)

Twelve Mets person worn the fig since Beltran's past crippled with the Mets successful 2011 - outfielder Tyrone Taylor presently wears it. But Beltran's Hall of Fame plaque this summertime volition diagnostic a Mets cap, making him the 3rd subordinate to correspond the Mets successful Cooperstown, on with Tom Seaver and Mike Piazza.

When MLB announced its findings into the probe into the Astros successful 2020, Beltran was the lone subordinate named successful the MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred's report.

It has wide been speculated that Beltran, on with Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora, the Astros seat manager astatine the time, spearheaded the operation.

While Beltran's astir memorable infinitesimal successful a Mets azygous is an unfortunate 1 - looking astatine Adam Wainwright's 3-2 breaking shot with the bases loaded to extremity Game 7 of the National League Championship Series - helium is inactive easy 1 of the top players successful franchise history. He ranks 3rd successful WAR, 4th successful OPS, and seventh successful location runs and RBIs.

Carlos Beltran of the New York Mets is greeted by Angel Pagan aft some people connected Beltran's two-run location tally successful the 5th inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers connected July 5, 2011 astatine Dodger Stadium successful Los Angeles, California. (Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

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The nine-time All-Star was a accordant unit passim his full career, adjacent making the Midsummer Classic successful his second-to-last play arsenic a New York Yankee, erstwhile helium deed .295 with an .850 OPS, 35 location runs and 101 RBIs.

Beltran, a switch-hitter, won 3 Gold Glove Awards portion accumulating 2,725 hits, 435 of which were location runs. He besides stole 300 bases successful his career, making him 1 of conscionable 8 players successful MLB past successful the 300-300 club. Beltran has the fourth-most location runs by a switch-hitter, trailing Mickey Mantle, Eddie Murray and Chipper Jones.

New York Mets close fielder Carlos Beltran lunges for the shot during the 3rd inning of an MLB shot crippled against the Arizona Diamondbacks, April 22, 2011 successful New York. (Bill Kostroun/AP)

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He is besides 1 of 39 players to some thrust successful and people astatine slightest 1,500 runs. Thirty-two of those players, including Beltran, are successful the Hall of Fame. The different 7 who aren’t are either tied to performance-enhancing drugs (Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Rafael Palmeiro, Gary Sheffield, Manny Ramirez) oregon are not yet eligible for the Hall of Fame (Albert Pujols, Miguel Cabrera). In 65 postseason games, Beltran deed .307 with a 1.021 OPS.

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