[Offseason] Carlos Beltran Thread 12-16-04

I doubt you would be saying this if we land him. Beltran will be an Astro in no later than two weeks.

 

Meanwhile, Purpura doesn't expect to have any dialogue with Scott Boras, the agent for free-agent outfielder Carlos Beltran, until next week. The two sides haven't spoken since Tuesday, on the heels of the winter meetings.

Not sure if I'm reading too much into it, but it sure as hell ain't encouraging..

 

The espn boys are hinting it may be over -- CB in Shea with Pedro. Say that ain't so, Carlo(s).

 

They are wrong based on everything known so far. All the guy(on a basketball halftime show I might add)is supposed to mention was the Mets plan to make an offer to Carlos, but somehow he then decided to draw an illogical conclusion that a deal is close to between reached between Beltran and Mets.

This is from rotoworld today:

Carlos Beltran's agent, Scott Boras, is expected to travel for face-to-face meetings with Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and Astros owner Drayton McLane next week.

Yesterday's rotoworld news:

The Mets have been discussing a plan to pursue Carlos Beltran, Newsday reports.

There is no other major media running with that story right now, and I'd just venture to guess the guy was just passing along yesterday's news about the Mets and Beltran and got ahead of himself or misspoke.

The Mets are still longshots at best in this whole deal, and are much more likely to sign Carlos Delgado.

 

All that is good, and well. If I have interpreted everything clearly (hah, little chance of that), then Carlos wants Houston or Cubbies or Angels.

Astros are trying.
Cubbies are trying to offload Sosa (to get in the queue for you know who)
Yankees will drive up the prices while having a large Puerto Rican base, but even with buddy Bernie is not a Carlos-friendly destination.
Angels took Finley, dropped out of CB-stakes.

So, if Beltran does not want the Yanks, why consider the Mets (except to push the $$$ up).
And, if he was Angel-ic might be be Dodger-ific?

This signing appears to be a marathon with 1/8/05 the finish line.

 

Damn straight... if we land him... i'll be saying... GOD I LOVE THIS S**T!!


but I am running out of patience

 

Me too Dawg.

 

Let him go. I bet we are working on some trades that aren't so obvious!

 

Man, i can't wait till we get him. it's going to be so awesome.

 

until after Jan. 8th sounds like the biggest negotiating ploy....EVER!!!

seriously...how stupid do you think we are, scott? you played out the Angels because YOU tried to establish the market on a player in a flat market. you set this meeting up with the Yanks to try to build the notion that they're driving up the bidding on beltran, in the midst of their pursuit for randy. what a joke.

 

Im not going to start worrying till Janaury 3rd.

 

Whats January 3rd?

 

you're so awesome lol

 

Small Beltran update: No real movement. Unless the Cubs move Sosa, they're out of the race. (Source reiterated that Chicago is his first choice.) Yankees have jumped back in. If the money is close, Beltran prefers the Astros over the Yankees, anyway.

Also, the Randy Johnson trade is done. Penny just has to take a physical.

(Yeah, not exactly breaking news here, but whatever.)

 

Just something to clarify on the Sosa thing, if it hadn't already been made certain. Moving him will NOT help the Cubs' financial situation. He has a clause in his contract which will make his option for 2006 automatic should he be traded. This means that whoever gets him does not have him at a 1yr/~$17mil. But rather 2yrs/~$37-40mil(forgot the exact numbers).

Now, Sosa's probably worth about 2yrs/$10-15 mil at most on the FA market. Which means the Cubs are going to get about $20+ mil of contract deadweight from any club to make financial sense of the trade. Basically, the Cubs are screwed.

 

I can't see any teams taking on Sosa until Beltran is signed. They know why they want to get rid of Sosa so quick that they'll either hold out or hold the Cubs over the coals.

If this new info is true, I think we have to turn to someone else. Ideally, a non-Boras client.