Carlos Beltran signs in New York again; this time with Yankees

Free agent right fielder Carlos Beltran has signed with the New York Yankees. Beltran gets a three-year contract, that's worth $45 million. The Yankees lost free agent second basemen Robinson Cano to the Seattle Mariners, and filled his loss by signing Beltran. Beltran's bat should be able to help the Yankees line up, after losing Cano to the Mariners. Beltran has played in the MLB for sixteen seasons. He was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1995 MLB draft. He played for the Royals from 1998 until June,2004 when he was traded to the Houston Astros. He spent the rest of the 04 season with the Astros.

After 2004, Beltran became a free agent and signed with the New York Mets for a seven year deal. That deal was worth $119 million. The Mets ended up traded Beltran in July, 2011 to the San Francisco Giants for starting pitching prospect Zack Wheeler. The Giants were hoping the Beltran would be enough to help push their team into the playoffs, but Beltran wasn't enough to help get the Giants into the playoffs.

He left the Giants after the 2011 season, and signed a two-year contract with the St. Louis Cardinals. Beltran was hoping to get his first World Series ring of his career. He reached the World Series for the first time ever in his career in 2013. But, Beltran and the Cardinals would lose in six games to the Boston Red Sox.

He's established himself as one of the best all time hitters in the postseason, hitting .333 for his postseason career, with 16 home runs, and 40 rbi's.

His career stats are: 2,064 games played, 2,228 hits, 1,346 runs, 446 doubles, 77 tiples, 358 home runs, 1,327 rbi's, 308 stolen bases, and a batting average of .283.

Beltran should be a future Hall Of Famer, whenever his career is over. He pretty much needs a World Series ring somehow before he retires. I would have liked to see it happen in St. Louis even though, that didn't happen. He'll be missed in St. Louis. I'm glad to have seen him play for the Cardinals, even though he didn't get a World Series ring as a Cardinal. I hope Beltran gets a World Series ring before he retires, he's worked hard to deserve one. Beltran is an eight time All-Star over his career, with three gold golve awards, two silver slugger awards, and he won the AL rookie of year in 1999.