Carlos Beltrán is out of baseball purgatory. Two years after parting ways with the New York Mets for his role in the Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal, Beltrán is returning to the game as a television analysis with the YES Network, regional sports network of the New York Yankees. Beltrán played two and a half years with the Yankees from 2014-16.
The YES Network's Jack Curry announced the news Friday.
Beltrán, 45 in April, retired as a player following Houston's World Series win in 2017. He interviewed with the Yankees for their managerial job after that season, then joined the team's front office as a special advisor to GM Brian Cashman in Dec. 2018. The Mets named Beltrán their new manager in Nov. 2019, then the two sides parted ways two months later.
"We met with Carlos last night and again this morning and agreed to mutually part ways," former Mets owner Jeff Wilpon and then-GM Brodie Van Wagenen said in a statement at the time. "Considering the circumstances, it became clear to all parties that it was not in anyone's best interest for Carlos to move forward as Manager of the New York Mets."
In MLB's report into the sign-stealing scandal, Beltrán was the only player mentioned by name, and some Astros players told The Athletic that Beltrán was "El Jefe, the Godfather, the king, the alpha male in the building." Unlike former Astros bench coach Alex Cora and former Astros manager AJ Hinch, Beltrán was not suspended. Hinch and Cora served their one-year suspensions and immediately landed managerial jobs.
Television work is the first step in Beltrán's return to baseball and presumably toward another managerial job. He has long been considered a future managerial star, and Hinch and Cora getting hired so quickly after their suspensions ended shows the sign-stealing scandal is not a dealbreaker. It seems Beltrán had to wait longer to return to baseball because he was an active player during the sign-stealing scandal, and because he has no prior managerial experience.
Earlier this offseason Cashman told reporters, including the New York Post's Dan Martin, that fan resentment stepping from the Astros sign-stealing scandal is "not part of that process" when evaluating free agent shortstop Carlos Correa. Obviously the same applies to Beltrán and the team's television broadcasts. Beltrán's and Correa's Astros eliminated the Yankees in the 2017 ALCS.
It also should be noted Beltrán will join the Hall of Fame ballot next year. He authored a .279/.350/.486 (119 OPS+) batting line with 435 home runs and 312 steals in parts of 20 big league seasons, racking up 70.1 WAR thanks to splendid center field defense in his prime. It remains to be seen how the sign-stealing scandal will factor into his Hall of Fame support, though it seems likely it will have some negative impact.
Beltrán will help fill the broadcast void created by David Cone's move to ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball and Ken Singleton's retirement. Cone's workload will be reduced from roughly 70 games to 55-60 games, according to the New York Post's Andrew Marchand. Former Yankees Paul O'Neill and John Flaherty are also part of the YES Network's rotating analyst team.
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