Don't make the mistake of counting on Beltran

Carlos Beltran is the best center fielder in baseball.  He is almost a year removed from playing his last game, and is coming off major knee surgery.  Don't think for one second that he is going come back and be that big Midseason aquisition that sports radio has portrayed.  Like we saw from Reyes earlier in the season, it takes about 5 to 6 weeks for players to get caught up to major league pitching. 

Carlos will struggle and about the time the Mets are about 7 games back by the end of August, fans will be calling for Pagan to start. 

The Mets are close but in my opinion Beltran will not be the difference in the division.  It is very short sided to think he will be that midseason aquisition.  Didn't we go through this last year?

This is typical Mets propoganda that has come out of the front office since the winter.  It wasn't that long ago how they were trying to sell fans on Ollie P and John Maine.  I am really starting to think the owners are broke.  Seriously, they could have landed Cliff Lee.  He is only owed 6MM the rest of the way, and they have a lot of good prospects.  Omar will say that he is ALWAYS looking to upgrade the team.  Except it has to be the right price.  Name one team that is willing to part with inexpensive pitching?

The deadline is two weeks away, but I don't forsee the Mets adding payroll and that is a shame.