The Carlos Beltran trade finally went down this week as the New York Mets were able to move the slugger to the San Francisco Giants. Right now the deal appears to be as mutually beneficial a trade as you can find these days. The Giants sent top prospect Pitcher Zack Wheeler to the New York straight up for Beltran. The Giants have had absolutely no run production from their lineup this year after winning the World Series last year, ranking in the bottom half of nearly every offensive category. They have successfully added the best hitter available on the mid-season trading block.
The Mets on the other hand were able to get a top prospect for Beltran which is something few could have predicted coming out of spring training. Beltran was coming off of two years where he only played a combed 145 games due to injury and on top of that was only able to play 3 exhibition games this spring because of his ailing knee. As I posted earlier his surprising level of play this season made him the hottest commodity in July.
The Mets have played well above expectations this year considering all the team has had to deal with including the financial woes of team ownership and a bevy of injuries to their best players (Johan Santana, Ike Davis and David Wright). Right now they are on the fringe of the Wild Card race which made it a little harder for them to part with the services of Beltran but in the long run it was a move that had to be made.
Despite his ups and downs with the Mets I am happy to see Beltran has found a good home and greatly appreciative for his 6 1/2 years of service in New York.
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