Carlos Beltrán is joining the YES Network as a part-time game analyst, tweets Jack Curry, his now-colleague at YES Network. He is expected to call 36 Yankees games next season. Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reported last week that Beltrán was under consideration for an analyst role with YES.
It marks the first notable career-related development for Beltrán in two years. Hired by the Mets as manager in November 2019, he and the organization parted ways the following January. That quick ouster, of course, was in response to Beltrán’s active role in the now-infamous 2017 Astros’ sign-stealing scandal, the extent of which came to light in the intervening two months.
Beltrán has largely remained out of the news since departing the Mets, but his name has surfaced a couple times this offseason. He was floated — largely speculatively, it seems — as a possibility to assume some role in Queens on Buck Showalter’s coaching staff. Beltrán also had some brief discussions with the Padres about taking on a potential coaching role in San Diego. Neither position came to fruition, and it seems his next step will be in broadcasting.
The 44-year-old Beltrán is no stranger to the Yankees organization. He played for the Bronx Bombers late in his career, logging action in 341 games between 2014-16. Beltrán returned to New York after hanging up his spikes, serving as an advisor to Yankees general manager Brian Cashman during the 2019 campaign. Obviously, he’s not currently returning to a role in baseball operations, but he should bring plenty of knowledge about the franchise to his position calling games.
It remains to be seen whether this broadcasting position will serve as a sort of stepping stone for Beltrán in future efforts to get a position with an MLB club. Both A.J. Hinch and Alex Cora — the Astros’ manager and bench coach during the 2017 season, respectively — were suspended for the entirety of the 2020 seasons and dismissed from their respective managerial gigs in Houston and Boston. Yet both returned to managing quickly after their suspensions wrapped up. Hinch was hired by the Tigers; Cora reunited with the Red Sox.
It’s possible Beltrán attempts to follow a similar path down the line. Because he was a player on the 2017 team, Beltrán was not suspended by MLB despite the league finding he’d been a key orchestrator of the sign-stealing operation. Unlike Hinch and Cora, the nine-time All-Star didn’t have a World Series-winning résumé as a skipper that might’ve allowed him to land a new managerial position after a year away from the game. Whether or not he pursues future coaching/front office roles, Beltrán will garner plenty of attention next offseason, as he’s slated to appear on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time.
Nice, easy re-entry into the game. A field or front office position should be next.
Shoot make him president of cheating operations.
Buzz off man it was like five years ago now. Dodger fans shouldn’t care (like myself) and now it is just people making a fuss.
People making a fuss? A lot of it was covered up? Why is Jeff Luhnow the only one without a job still? And you say people ate making a fuss?
Five years ago or seventy-five years ago. Cheating is cheating. Nice to see you’re in the “Leave everyone alone and let them do what they want” generation.
@milt. If we held your standard to EVERY wrong done, nobody would have a job.
I do kind of want to see how Beltran would perform as a manager. Has he ever done any interviews or anything about himself being “a key orchestrator” of the cheating scandal? I would love to hear his side of the story when someone else is asking some tough questions. I wonder if he would portray himself as just being the biggest scapegoat in something he didn’t start or if he would say it’s true that he was the biggest catalyst for a lot of star players knowingly cheating the game. In other words, I would like to know Beltran’s view on his own integrity and why he specifically holds those views about himself in regards to the cheating scandal that he seems to be a bigger cause of than any other person.
Has he released any info like that? Is it “I had less integrity then and now I’ve changed” or is it “It wasn’t really my fault and here’s why.” Or maybe even the more sensational “Hell yeah it was my fault and I’m only sorry we got caught. I would do it again if I thought we could get away with it. That’s because I want to win more than anyone else!”
What do you guys think his response is?
I think we’ll see that addressed over a Michael Kay Show interview before he even takes the mic.
Beltrans teams always fell short of winning championships so he devised a scheme to finally win one even if he didn’t get to actually play during it, and still barely won. What a sad man
Ironic the YES network is helping out Beltran with baseball again…
I’m guessing Michael Kay has the biggest say about who is on the broadcast team. He seems like someone who would help someone out.
This guy should be a manager. Padres should have hired him or the Mets.
Why so they can cheat too?
Dave, I think he will be a manager sooner than later, especially if he does well on YES. This will help build up his rep and get him positive exposure.
The Mets DID hire him. Then they fired him.
Can’t be any worse than ARod
Oof, rough, RSox…lol. But, ARod is tough on the ears. It would be hard to surpass that (negatively).
Johnny Gomes. Great guy but…
This is a move George would have made, to get a former players involved when he’d been down. Nice step back into the game.
Costanza? I agree.
Bang bang! Cheater.
Someone will be tracking the Yankees record when he covers those games.
As should the RS and however many games are played next season. Something, something glass house.
Girardi was a YES analyst right before he became bench coach. Could be a move to prepare him for the dugout in a year or two. Gives the organization a chance to see how he operates as an ex-player, and how he thinks analyzing games.
It happens.
– Aaron Boone
what’s with the cheaters getting rewards lately?
select few cheaters, though.
I’m guessing there is a lot of cross over between people who are complaining about this hire and people who complain about “cancel culture”
lately? …. arod got 500m with his cheating … yankees got multiple world series with clemens pettite etc etc cheating and they got lucrative contracts and all star appearances … are there other teams that cheated .. yes but cheating is cheating no matter how you look at it … they should remove any championship or records done where someone was proven a cheater.
Also lets not forget damn near every pitcher using the ticky tack which is cheating as well.
Is a curse no longer considered broken if it was won off the strength of brothers-in-cheating Manny and Ortiz?
Sheffield, Sierra, Giambi, Brown, ARod … shall i continue.
Not a wise decision to go down the “they had roid users and we did not” path.
Betts and Springer got paid. Correa will be rewarded. Not all cheaters prosper though…Gleyber, Yelich, Bregman, and Belli can’t hit the broad side of a barn (altho time will tell if Breg and Belli are more injury related).
Cheer up, at least we can always point to Marwin sucking after 2017 <3
Beltran: We can hear the trash cans banging so a nice off speed pitch is coming.
It’s funny because it is original!
It’s an accurate description.
Or “ In this situation, I see a great opportunity to cheat here.”
Now let’s listen in on the away teams dugout hidden mic.
Strange how Yankee fans embrace a cheater after all they did was cry after Astros cheated, lead by Beltrans cheating system learned while with the Yankees. Short term memory I guess
Doubtful if the fans were part of the hiring process.
Uh, you mean the three anonymous people that posted elsewhere? How does that classify Yankees fans” (meaning the fan base)?
I represent a majority of the Yankees fan base (I believe) in saying all those who were caught cheating should’ve been banned in a Pete Rose-style exile.
Now, Beltran getting a second chance isn’t going to make me jump out of my seat since those above him already got their jobs back, including Cora who cheated on two separate teams to win and was fired for it, only to be rehired and given a ticker tape parade to return.
In fact, Beltran has been punished much more harshly than any of them, which has demonstrated the inconsistency among ownership views on the personnel involved with the issue.
Queue the “everybody in the league was doing it” defenders!
Pete Rose is the all time hits leaders and belongs in the HoF.
The hate for him in an age where sports betting is legal and highly intertwined with sports leagues is so odd.
Agreed, Dusty. And in reality, the punishment that was meted out was only done done side that’s what “the book” said the punishment was. It’s very peculiar. And, with all the consideration given the PED-era guys, it’s only natural to…evolve (?) in Rose’s punishment too. He’s been punished about as harshly as one can be with virtually a lifetime ban from baseball; he may have a couple years left on Earth to see his HOF induction. At this point it just seems stupid to keep him out.
Pete Rose belongs in the hall of fame as a player. He also deserves to be banned for his conduct as a manager .
No, but queue the people that actually read MLB’s report on the 2018 Red Sox. MLB found no actual evidence of illegal sign stealing after investigating the Red Sox for months. I recommend people read the original accusation article by The Athletic and then read MLB’s investigation report. Nothing in The Athletic’s article was confirmed. MLB admitted they “largely do not have direct evidence” of illegal sign stealing and that they have a “factual dispute”. MLB made “inferences” (which are guesses) to conclude the Red Sox cheated. If there was any evidence at all, there would not be a “factual dispute”. I can only guess that MLB chose to reach a conclusion based on speculation so they wouldn’t look dumb for opening the investigation. This was very unfair to the Red Sox and Red Sox fans. Also, Cora was not fired by the Red Sox. It was a mutual parting of ways according to the Red Sox.
Oh boy, and there it begins. So, your defense is he only was proven to have cheated (repeatedly) for one season and not definitively caught the second time? I hope you’re not a lawyer.
Also, I surmise then you support anyone who hasn’t failed a drug test (regardless of the Mitchell Report or head size growing) getting into the Hall? Just to analogize this in context.
haha. No I’m not a lawyer. I’m just saying that, from what I read, no evidence of cheating was found against the 2018 Red Sox. It was all just speculation to “find” that the Red Sox cheated “on at least some occasions”….even though they couldn’t document a single occasion. I think there should be some evidence before labeling someone a cheater. I’m sure you wouldn’t stand for someone accusing you of something without evidence. I think there needs to be evidence for PED use too, not necessarily a failed test, but some kind of evidence. I think this is a fair way to look at things.
suit – There was evidence of the 2018 Red Sox cheating, but the cheating was not nearly as flagrant or as frequent as that of the Astros. And there was no evidence of the Sox cheating in the postseason.
“JT Watkins (Red Sox video replay operator) on at least some occasions during the 2018 regular season, utilized the game feeds in the replay room, in violation of MLB regulations, to revise sign sequence information that he had permissibly provided to players prior to the game.” — Rob Manfred
Watkins was banned and the Sox lost their 2020 2nd round draft pick.
Fever: Now please post the evidence in MLB’s report that supports that conclusion. There is none. Do you you really accept conclusions without supporting evidence?
From MLB’s report on the 2018 Red Sox:
“The crux of this matter involves resolving a FACTUAL DISPUTE regarding whether
Watkins utilized game feeds from the replay room to revise the sign sequence
information that he had provided to players prior to the game….”
A factual dispute means the facts could not be ascertained…because there is no solid evidence. No doubt about it.
Also from the report:
“The witnesses who believe that Watkins obtained sign sequence information from in-game video feeds LARGELY DO NOT HAVE DIRECT EVIDENCE, but most based their BELIEF primarily on INFERENCES that they drew from the way the information was communicated during the game….”
There was no evidence presented in the report. Beliefs and guesswork (inferences) are not evidence. It is pretty obvious.
Labeling the 2018 Red Sox as cheaters is very unfair which is why I keep taking issue with it.
suit – Just so I’m clear, are you saying the 11 Red Sox players and one non-player who were with the team in 2018 ALL were lying? Sorry but I just don’t buy that.
Just because nobody has the cheating on video (no pun intended) doesn’t mean it never happened. How did MLB know the trash can bangs were intended to tip off Astros hitters, and how did they know the information that the Astros hitters received during their plate appearances was actually used by the hitters? There’s no DIRECT EVIDENCE for the Astros scandal either. However testimony given by many players, along with obvious motive, was enough to conclude the Astros scandal was real.
Besides numerous Red Sox players corroborating the accusation, another big thing is MOTIVE.
Just like I have no motive to say my favorite team cheated, what motive would eleven Red Sox players and one non-player have to give testimony that said the Sox cheated?
And what motive would MLB have to conclude the Red Sox were guilty if there wasn’t reason to be believe they were? Believe me, MLB did NOT want either the Sox or the Astros to be implicated in cheating .. especially with both teams winning the World Series. In fact, we probably would have never even heard about either scandal if neither team had won.
But Fiers forced MLB’s hand after his whistleblowing, and one or more of the dozen with knowledge of the Red Sox cheating forced MLB to investigate that one as well.
And finally, do you think for one minute that John Henry, Tom Werner etc would just sit back and quietly accept their punishment if the conclusion of the investigation wasn’t accurate?
Sorry but all that combined (testimony from a dozen Red Sox insiders, no motive by MLB, no motive by the 11 Sox players, quiet acceptance by Sox management and ownership) is enough for me.
But again, just like the PED issue, the Sox and Astros weren’t the only teams cheating during the past 5 years. Probably the only reason the Sox got caught was because of the Cora connection. He successful orchestrated a cheating system in Houston that helped them win a championship, so why wouldn’t he try to do something similar with the Red Sox? He just did a better job of covering up his involvement with the Red Sox cheating, and nobody ratted him out like Fiers did.
Fever:
1. The players were not lying. They were clearly speculating about what happened. There is a difference and MLB’s report admits that when they say the players based their beliefs on inferences as I posted above. If Watkins had said that he just got this info from an in-game feed or if players saw him get info from an in-game feed which he then gave to them, that would be evidence of illegal sign stealing…but none of the players said this. They only said they believe he did something illegal based on the way he phrased some in-game communications. The report says the players were making inferences which is an accurate statement. They were speculating and, as long as it is known that you are speculating, it is not lying. Speculation is often wrong. So, using it to reach conclusions is very unfair. MLB admits they are doing this in the report and they are allowed to do it. The commissioner can do whatever he wants, but that does not make it fair.
2. Regarding the Astros, the evidence is the admission that they put a TV behind the dugout to steal signs. Astros players and Cora have apologized which is an admission. Admissions are evidence. There was also Mike Fiers testimony.
3. Motives: I don’t think the players had any motive to lie and I don’t think they were lying. The report says they were making inferences which is speculating and not lying. I don’t know what MLB’s motives motives were, but they clearly could have concluded there was no evidence of cheating.
4. I don’t know why John Henry accepted the punishment. Maybe because the commissioner is free to reach conclusions based on speculation. How can you overcome that? The Red Sox expressed that they do not accept MLB’s conclusion in court in the Draft Kings lawsuit that was thrown out. The Red Sox were asked in court if they admit to wrongdoing and they said they do not.
5. Your last point about Cora is pure speculation. You have nothing to back that up and that is why I keep calling out unproven speculation about the 2018 Red Sox. I do not dispute Cora’s proven and admitted to involvement with the Astros.
Is there anything I missed responding to? Have a great day. I need to go dig out of the snow here.
Fever: How do you explain away MLB admitting that their investigation culminatied in a “factual dispute”? This is a huge admission. They are saying they really have no idea what happened.
Can you please provide a link to that, so I can see it in context. The snippet sounds like they are talking about what they needed to do (resolving the dispute), without reading the rest of it I am led to think the dispute was resolved.
There’s just no way MLB would find the Sox guilty if they didn’t have solid reason to do so. The burden of proof is on MLB, without it they’d have no justification for punishment.
Thank you for the reply, I will respond but right now I too have to leave. The beach is calling me.
The whole report is here:
mlb.com/amp/news/red-sox-sign-stealing-decision.ht…
The investigation was started to get to the facts. It ended in a factual dispute. Two sides were saying different things and neither side had evidence to prove they were correct. So, the commissioner picked a side and issued his finding. They combined this finding with the 2017 Apple watch incident to justify the punishment.
suit – Okay I read the entire 15 page document. I have a question and a comment.
Where is the “factual dispute” part? What page/paragraph? Maybe my eyes are failing me, but I looked for it twice and didn’t see it.
As it turns out, SIX PLAYERS testified they observed Watkins writing out signs during the game. And ALL ELEVEN PLAYERS said they received updated sign sequence information during the game that was different from what he provided pre-game. Common sense says the different information was gathered during the game. Watkins wouldn’t just decide to change his pre-game information on a whim.
And FOUR PLAYERS testified Watkins used gestures and notes to communicate sign information during games. Why would he try to hide it if the information was properly obtained prior to the game?
And ONE PLAYER who was interviewed twice, said that he watched Watkins attempt to decode the sign sequence by writing sign information on computer paper while he watched the replay station in the replay room and then circling the correct sign in the sequence after the pitch was thrown.
I mean come on guy, how much evidence are you gonna ignore? You said all the players were only speculating. No, many of them were not just speculating.
Regarding the Astros apologizing, are you saying Watkins must be innocent simply because he refused to apologize?
The MLB Constitution states any suspension of more than 10 games can be appealed to an arbitrator or an arbitration panel. So the Sox did have recourse.
Yes, of course my belief that Cora was involved is speculation. I’m not an insider, I wasn’t there, so there’s no way I can prove he did or did not play a part or have knowledge of what was going on.
Fever:
1. The factual dispute is mentioned on pg. 11 of the report under “Watkins Alleged Conduct”.
2. Watkins was allowed to write out signs during the game for use during later games. Zero players said any of the stuff he wrote down was given to them. If he gave it to them, that would be solid evidence. So, no evidence there.
3. According to the report, Watkins received sign sequence information during games from players who stole signs when they were on second base. Watkins would then distribute the information to other players. This explains why sign info changed during games. The report can explain it better:
“Watkins, for his part, vehemently denied that he utilized the replay review system
to decode signs, and he offered several explanations for the statements of the witnesses. Watkins said that he sometimes took in-game notes of sign information that baserunners obtained when they were on second base and reported to him. He insisted that any notes that he provided to players were based on his pregame advance work or information
provided to him by players during the game. He also contended that any updated sign sequence information that he provided to players during the game was based on information reported to him by baserunners who had decoded signs when they were on second base.”
This is a plausible explanation with no evidence to the contrary.
4. From the report regarding concealing:
“Watkins admitted that he attempted to conceal his communications with players from the Video Room Monitor in the replay room but claims that such conduct was entirely innocuous. He said that he passed notes or used gestures when a Video Room Monitor was present because he did not want to “give the impression that we were doing something that we should not be doing.” Watkins also claimed that players and staff
were careful about what they said when Video Room Monitors were present because they were concerned that the Video Room Monitors would share Red Sox advance scouting information with other Clubs.”
This is a plausible explanation with no evidence to the contrary.
5. I am saying there were no admissions of wrongdoing by anyone associated with the Red Sox such as apologies by people in the dugout like happened with the Astros. Admissions are evidence. Actually, I do not care about the Astros. I care about making the point that there is not evidence in the Red Sox report to support the conclusion.
So, the report does not document in any way:
1. Anyone witnessing Watkins decoding signs during a game and then giving that info to players during that game. No players reported that.
2. Watkins admitting decoding signs during a game and providing that info during the same game…something like, “I just saw they changed to this sign sequence.” No players reported that.
So, no one saw Watkins do anything illegal and he never admitted to doing anything illegal during the course of conversions. There is no evidence of any kind cited in the report of Watkins doing anything illegal.
Manfred says of resolving the factual dispute at the bottom of page 12 of the report:
“Because there is no written record, recording, or other contemporaneous evidence of the underlying events, resolving these allegations requires an assessment of the relative credibility of the accounts of Watkins, on the one hand, and the witnesses providing incriminating information on the other. I do not do this lightly—I personally met with some of the key witnesses on both sides of the issue to evaluate their responses myself, weighing the consistency, clarity, and logic of the information provided. Based on this
process and after careful consideration, I believe that the evidence clearly supports a finding that Watkins, at least on occasion, utilized in-game video to decode sign
sequences.”
This clearly shows that Manfred had no solid evidence before him. He simply weighed the two unsupported potential versions of events and decided which he liked better. This is speculation which can often be wrong. He could have chosen neither and concluded no evidence of wrongdoing or he could have said the investigation provided no evidence supporting guilt or innocence.
I think Manfred reached an unfair conclusion.
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, I see it now.
So it truly is a matter of who we believe. The players who insist Watkins used the game feed to provide updated information to them, or Watkins who insists the information he provided to players in-game was either reminders of what he provided pre-game or signs that players had stolen during the game.
I just can’t wrap my hands around the possibility that players would throw him under the bus if they had even a sliver of uncertainty about what was going on. It simply goes back to motive for me, Watkins had motive to lie and the players did not have any motive to throw him under the bus. If anything players would cover for him, not expose him.
Well I’m ready to move on. Good discussion my friend, thanks for providing all that information. At the very least I now know a lot more about the investigation than I did a couple days ago.
I agree, time to move on…although you will probably see me call out people in the future.
I think some players were doing all they could with their testimony, including making inferences, because they could be punished if they were found to be lying. I believe players had immunity as long as they told the truth. So, I think players were motivated to tell the truth.
I give you a lot of credit for reading and digesting that report. Most fans would never do that apparently
Actually, I think trying to evaluate motives is more speculation. I tried to avoid speculation and just looked for irrefutable facts uncovered.
Enjoy the beach today!
Thanks. If somebody spends the time and effort to provide information, I’m going to take the time to read it. And baseball is really the only sport that I follow closely, so I have more time for it than other people who follow multiple sports.
Yeah the players typically get granted immunity, because without their testimony there is no case.
Managing the Mets, in hindsight, might have been a fitting punishment for Beltran.
Touche
Good get for YES. I look forward to his insight. I also hope he explains his role in 2017.
It would be interesting if he actually told the truth that many speculate: “I learned this on the Yankees and took it to Houston, where we took it too far. Everyone was doing it, but we were the worst. Turns out, it didn’t actually help that much, which the numbers back up. We didn’t use it in the postseason and won fair and square. I’m sorry. It was wrong, but I’m keeping the ring.”
Of course it was used in the postseason why would they stop there? Makes no sense. Also having to go 7 games twice while cheating shows how unworthy they really were. Should’ve been able to completely dominate that postseason
1. The trash can scheme only works if it’s quiet enough for the batter to hear it. Postseason games are too loud.
2. 7/10 postseason teams in 2017 were constantly changing signs, even with the bases loaded. Good luck stealing that.
3. The trash can banging system was wrong once about ten percent of the time. The results were lots of strikes and outs.
Hate the team if you want, but their cheating system wasn’t sustainable in the postseason.
fan84 – You’re being facetious, right?
I mean, even if you ignore the confessions and the testimony and the conclusion of MLB’s investigation, all of which prove they cheated throughout the 2017 postseason, you can’t ignore the ridiculously obvious statistics:
2017 Postseason Stats
Altuve/Correa .371/.421/.743 Home
.211/.231/.395 Road
Bregman/McCann .300/.382/.467 Home
.037/.161/.037 Road
Gurriel/Gattis .300/.464/.550 Home
.200/.333/.200 Road
I don’t recall him as a charismatic post game interview subject.
If he’s interested, I’d rather go with the thoughtful and beloved Mariano Rivera, who does a nice job in several recent commercials.
Besides, Rivera is a career Yankee. Beltran came aboard near the end of his playing days.
Still makes me angry how AJ Hinch, then the Astros manager, openly scoffed at the idea that his team was cheating when, though he didn’t assist in it, he knew his players were.
“And then when I get contacted about some questions about whistling, it made me laugh because it’s ridiculous. And had I known that it would take something like that to set off the Yankees or any other team, we would have practiced it in Spring Training. And we would have got — it apparently works, even when it doesn’t happen…. So to the Yankees, there’s no — nothing bad going on.” – AJ Hinch
Just in time here to read from the cheater derps XD
Nah. Just using them to get a better contract offer from ESPN. It’s what he does.
Hey, no reason Beltran shouldn’t be able to make a living.
I’ve been an avid reader of this site since I was a kid. Like literally 14 years old. And I’m 28 now. I love mlbtr. It’s the best site for actual baseball rumors. Only bad part about it has become you guys.. this place used to be so awesome at one point. Everyone got along and respected each other’s options… over the last few years you guys have just become total jerks to each other for no reason, I read this comments on a daily basis and have been for like I said, 15 years now. I finally decided it was time to sign up and start commenting myself. And I came here to have fun and talk about baseball. Woooo!!!!
Hey welcome man! Post more often
Good for you!
Yeah, there’s a lot of garbage in the comments. I don’t mind the wrong opinions of some posters so much, but I don’t care for the personal attacks. I’m not talking about good-natured ribbing, that’s fine. It’s the juvenile “you like Team X so you suck” stuff that bugs me.
And I do get tired of “hot takes” with no validity. The kind of comment that people back up with carefully selected misleading bits of data, or numbers pulled from their never-to0-amazing memories, or best of all figures they just plain made up. Of course if you point out their errors with accurate data the response you get is “you’re team suxxxs!”
Finally, there’s politics. I have my own political opinions, but I’m not going to spout them. The one thing I do know is that whatever my or your political opinions are, they’re going to piss off or annoy a bunch of people, so best kept quiet.
Sometimes issues like stadium debates or salaries or tax incentives come up and politics enter the conversation naturally, and in those cases it would be wonderful if people were polite toward one another .I’m not holding my breath.
He will be stealing pitches and sending that to the dugout.
Spy in the sky!
Why doesn’t YES hire NYY former greats to do analyst work for them and do some color for broadcasts? maybe they do, local cable removed YES (minus games) few years back, but then they didn’t have any former star players can remember doing baseball analyst work who had played a long time for the team.
What mean by that, is NESN has Jim Rice, Tim Wakefield, Eckersley full time doing from analyst in the studios to color commentary during games. Remy did color for 30+ years before passing away.
NY had Rhizzuto on for years, but has since gone another way and have wondered why a long time with long time former players.
YES has ex-Yankee stars Paul
O’Neill and David Cone as their two primary game analysts.
I guess, as the song goes, if Beltran can make it in New York, he can make it anywhere.
I see the double digit IQ crowd still believes that Beltran was the mastermind of the trashcan scandal
He was though lol
If you believe that I have a bridge over Brooklyn to sell you
Is he gonna relay signs from the booth
Don’t want to hear a cheaters perspective and insight on a game in which he totally disgraced and disrespected. I’m a Meta fan. My second favorite team was the Royals back in the day Beltran was there. This is 100% unbiased. I know he brings other insights and was a cerebral player. I get all that. But when you cheat and disrespect the game that bad, I can’t take you seriously. Just like I don’t want to her relationship advice from a two timing 3 times divorced cheater. No matter how much experience and insight they may have that actually applies. Im just not interested in sifting through all the dirt. Why wasn’t his wisdom and experience enough for the astros, if it’s so positive and impactful? He couldn’t have said hey guys this is wrong. You study the opponent and do it the right way
How was what he did, worse than Pete Rose betting on his own team? Or at the very least betting on the games he was a part of with no evidence he ever fixed or threw a game? This dude was legit busted cheating in the playoffs and World Series!!! Yet another horrible disgrace and embarrassment to baseball. A league with more in game scandal than all the other 3 major sports put together. And this dude was front and center of one of those scandals, and now we have to hear him broadcast 36 or whatever games? Absolutely disgusting.
After every game
Carlos
Cheat
Class
Sports networks think that for some reason fans want to listen to unqualified ex-jocks when they watch games. I’d rather listen to someone who is a good broadcaster. Most guys that played suck at it.
Kev – Some ex-players are really good at providing information from a different angle, based on their past experiences as a player. Pairing up ex-players with non-players who have broadcasting skills has been a very successful formula for decades.
You’ve got one guy who actually calls the games, and the ex-player who is a color commentator that provides levity and insight. Pretty sure Beltran will be doing the color commentary.
A lot of fans prefer their teams radio announcers with the TV on and it’s audio off.
Hilarious. Looking forward to reading various Yankee “Squirrel!” comments.
Not a big fan. Without Kenny Singleton… the TV broadcast team is hard to listen to.
Seems like this guy always ends up in NY
This was a Disgraceful Hiring on the Yankees’ part.
Really, Hal? After listening to one of the classiest men in baseball in Ken Singleton for many wonderful years, we now get to listen to a CHEATING MOTHER F***ER!
Weren’t there any Non-Cheating Ex-Players Available, Hal? Or do you refer being surrounded by scum**** like yourself because this does NOT speak well of what kind of person YOU are Hal. Only an a-hole would give someone like this piece of cr*p a job!
I’ll be turning the sound off when Beltran’s on & listen to the game via radio. Go to hell, Beltran; you’re a DISGRACE to baseball.
In charge of trash can and whistling analysis?