Carlos Beltran Traded

First off, I'd like to thank Carlous Beltran for his time as a Met. He gets a bad name but in his time with the Mets he averaged 119 games played a year and batted .281 with 557 RBI and 149 Homeruns.

Now I understand those numbers aren't what people expected but let's give credit where credit is due, it is pretty damn good. Fans look at the bad more than the good. In 2009 and 2010 Beltran only played 81 and 64 games. That's only 145 games in those two years, and also they remember that dreaded strikeout in the NLCS. But hey, you tell me that wasn't the nastiest curveball you've ever seen. That is what Beltran is most remembered for and not the good years.

What I don't get is, the Mets are only 7 and a half games out of the Wild Card chase. To me, this is the Mets management giving up, which is completely ridiculous for a New York Team. And as for the prospect Zack Wheeler, you might never hear his name again. There was a reason the Giants traded their 10th pick overall of 2 years ago. The Giants are really good with prospects and I trust that if they don't see something in him anymore, then there probably isn't anything there. But hey you never know, he is a top pitching prospect and that is one thing the Mets need. Even thought I completely disagree with the decision to trade Carlos, I guess it was inevitable. You could have fought the rest of the year to get that Wild-Card spot but, no, you chose to lay down and give it to the Braves. And if they win the Wild-Card by one game over the Pirates, this season should be cancelled.