Posted by: AX January 12, 2005
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Puerto Rican Carlos Beltran, the most coveted free agent in this year free agency, is near certain to sign with the NY Metropolitans. He signed for $119 Mil over 7 years.
His amazing performance during the series with St Louis grabbed everybody attention. He played the leading role for Houston Astros? playoff appearance. He belted 38 HR and scored 121 runs and stole the base 42 times with .267 hitting average playing for KC Royals (69 games) and Houston Astros (90 games). He has been playing fulltime for 5 years in the major league and following is the comparison with other premier players:
Players------------------------Game---Runs------Hits---------HR-----RBI------SB------avg
Carlos Beltran (17 mil)------145-----101---------162---------24------94------32-----.280
Vladimir Guerrero (11 Mil) 148-----102---------185---------36-----109------22-----.331
Alex Rodriguez (21.7 mil) ---158-----126---------183---------47-----127-----17-----.304
Miguel Tejada (9 mil) --------162-----105---------183---------31-----123------8------.287
Derek Jeter (18.6 mil) --------146-----110---------185---------17------70-----23-----.313
DJ and AROD signed their contract when the salary was inflated. Even one dimensional player like Manny Ramirez was getting $20 Mil per year contract. Last few years, the salary has gone down, Vladimir signed affordable $11 mil per year and Tejada signed lesser contract a year before Guerrero.
I am sure my frens back in Forest Hills and Rego Park are enjoying the new look of their beloved NY METROPOLITANS.
I wonder what made Mr. Wilpon to be this generous to open his wallet. Was he always like this and the problem was the Doubleday or it?s Omar Minaya?s vision or they got insight form ex Yankees Willie Randolph, the new manager of the METS or the YES influence???