BELTRAN REJECTED CARDS OFFER... GUESS WHAT'S NEXT?

News has broke that Carlos Beltran has rejected the St. Louis Cardinals qualifying offer and is seeking a 3 to 4 year deal.  I found that interesting.  The next thing I thought of was, "Beltran obviously read BYB's poll from titled IF YOU HAVE AN ARGUMENT FOR SIGNING BELTRAN... THEN MAKE IT and he wants the Yankees to sign him for 3 or 4 years." Then... I laughed... because I'm kidding and I don't take myself too seriously with these rumors... it IS fun though.

According to Tim Brown at Yahoo Sports, "...six teams have expressed varying degrees of interest in Beltran, a number that is likely to grow in a free-agent market that offers Jacoby Ellsbury and Shin-Soo Choo as the big-ticket outfielders and then Beltran as the three- or four-year alternative. That’s right, according to sources, Beltran is no longer on the two-year plan he was after the 2011 season, though he remains adamant that he will go to a place where October baseball is most plentiful. He will not accept the one-year, $14.1-million qualifying offer from the Cardinals. Therefore, his return to St. Louis is unlikely..."

The Yankees will no doubt sniff around the Beltran hydrant.  So will the Red Sox.  I personally don't care much for Beltran these days, but some fans want him and Yankee brass may have a big plan.  Look, I see their point, but my biggest concern is age. Plus, he's done nothing much for me other than shine in the post season, and if the Yankees field a 2013 team in 2014, we won't be in the post season, and so, it won't matter!  You also have to figure, he really didn't do well in the New York spotlight with the Mets, so what makes you think he could do better with the media in the Bronx? 

Another theory is the Red Sox are making a huge push for Beltran, and so, like the old days of signing Mark Teixeira before the Sox did... the Yankees should be spoilers and see what the guy can offer. Sure there are different opinions, but we'll need to see what happens here.

One thing is for sure though... there's a market for Beltran, but I'm not sure the Yankees are the club but we shall see!

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