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Beltran Deadline PassesSunday, January 9, 2005The deadline for the Astros to re-sign Carlos Beltran just passed at 12:00 a.m. EST. None of the major news outlets are reporting that Beltran has signed, so unless the signing happened at the very last minute, it looks like Beltran will not be returning to Houston. As far as I am concerned, this is great news. Unless the Yankees decide to enter the bidding, I think the Cubs might have an inside track if Beltran decides to go with a winning team. The three teams that have publicly made offers to Beltran are the 'stros, Mets, and Cubs... and if I'm Beltran, and I want to win, I'd pick the team with the best starting rotation and core of young players... and that would be the Cubs. A word of caution: Beltran may have signed with the Astros, and just not announced it yet. Word of the Nomar trade took about 55 minutes to be announced, so the deadline passed without an announcement. However, I am guessing that an announcement would have been made right away, so my guess is that Beltran won't be an Astro next year! Updates will follow if anything new happens. Update: 12:15 A.M. EST Sportsline.com has a short paragraph up stating that Beltran "declines to re-sign with the Astros by Saturday's midnight ET deadline, which is good news for the Mets and other suitors. Houston can still ink the All-Star outfielder, but not until May 1 ... nearly a month after the 2005 season starts." Update: 12:32 A.M. EST ESPN.com is running a story saying that Beltran has decided not to sign with the Astros. "The Astros failed to reach an agreement with the All-Star center fielder before a midnight ET Saturday deadline, and now Beltran probably will leave the team he helped come within a win of its first World Series appearance." What does this mean? It means either Beltran isn't happy with only $105 million from the Astros and thinks he can drive up the price signficantly more over the next month and a half... or the rumors that Beltran's wife didn't like Houston had a little substance. Update 12:48 A.M. EST ESPN news just announced that the Houston Chronicle is reporting that Beltran will be signing with the New York Mets. Hot Diggity! Update 12:52 A.M. EST Here is the link to the Houston Chronicle article announcing Beltran will sign with the Mets.
Update: 2:07 A.M. EST One last update before bed. This article is compliments of 'Joel' who posted this link in the comments (#43) at TCR.
Posted by Byron at January 9, 2005 12:00 AM
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Good coverage.
If Mets really do sign Beltran for 7 years and more than $105M, count me in the camp that is glad that the Cubs decided not to play that game.