Crazy Mets fan: ays a 25 steal guy, my bad. But yeah thats the only thing he hasn’t done in NY in my opinion is steal 40 bases, and honestly with Reyes usually hitting leadoff, thats been more than fine as hes become more of a power bat anyway.

look, the guy is no slouch. he could have been greater if not for his leg injuries.

sparty:
he had 3 straight season over 40 SBs prior to coming to the Mets.and…he was entering his prime with them.

Yeah I was kinda being hypocritical because I said that he didn’t really steal much in NY and then said he was always a 25 steal guy, my bad. But yeah thats the only thing he hasn’t done in NY in my opinion is steal 40 bases, and honestly with Reyes usually hitting leadoff, thats been more than fine as hes become more of a power bat anyway.

275 30 homerun, 110 RBI 25 steals

he had 3 straight season over 40 SBs prior to coming to the Mets. and…he was entering his prime with them.

sparty:
so you think that if beltran never had knee issues or any of his leg problems his stats wouldn’t have been better?

No I don’t, I think he really earned his attention with the 2004 playoffs where he hit 8 homeruns in the 2 series he was involved in. He was always a (around) a .275 30 homerun, 110 RBI 25 steals type guy and he more or less stayed around that even when he played 162 games. Guys get injuries all the time, but thats really the type of player he was going to be, and still is, in my opinion. Unfortunately stereotypes shadow him and even I was guilty of that until I looked at his trends and saw he produces in the same areas as he always has.

Crazy Mets fan: Not as good as he could of been? His stats match and stay pretty consistent throughout his career in my view. Only thing he hasn’t done as much of in NY is steal bases, but his hitting power and everything is as good or better than it was in KC and Houston.

so you think that if beltran never had knee issues or any of his leg problems his stats wouldn’t have been better?

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Not as good as he could of been? His stats match and stay pretty consistent throughout his career in my view. Only thing he hasn’t done as much of in NY is steal bases, but his hitting power and everything is as good or better than it was in KC and Houston.

cbh49er:
That’s what he wants to know, you characterized his career as up and down.

i prefaced it by saying that it was due to injuries. he has played through a lot of them, and it caused him to not be as great as he could have been.

sparty: his first year was plagued by injuries, had career lows. That is the truth. blew up in 2006 and followed that up with 2 strong seasons. where is the up and down?

That’s what he wants to know, you characterized his career as up and down.

cbh49er: I sent this to a friend of mine that is a Mets fan and nhe is off his rocker about how wrong you are about Beltran, Sparty. Tried to get him to comment but he won’t.

wrong about what?