WHAT DOES METS WORLD HAVE TO SAY ABOUT ALL OF THIS?

As we found out yesterday, Beltran was canned from the Mets for his involvement in the Astros cheating scandal. Many things have been said since the news came out and here is some of that information.

Mike Francesa addressed the scandal itself as well as if we will see Alex Cora, Carlos Beltran, AJ Hinch, Luhnow, Crane... back in baseball again during his "Mike's On" radio show last night.

“America is very big on second chances,” he said. “The American sporting community is very big on second chances. If you will say you did wrong, say you’re sorry, you’re 70 percent home. If that’s the case, you’ll see these guys again.”

Mike Piazza was at the Mets' spring training complex yesterday for a street-naming ceremony, hours before Beltran was released, and had this to say about the scandal.

"Unfortunately, it's an unintended consequence of the digital age and all this information," Piazza said. "To use a camera and relay it to the dugout is something I can't relate to," Piazza said. "Can you imagine if Nolan Ryan knew you were relaying his signs? You'd probably be missing a head."

Mets' star Pete Alonso is reassuring fans that there is nothing to worry about at this point in time. 

"Yes: there's a lot of craziness in the baseball world right now. At the end of the day, we have to do our job on the field and win the battle between the lines. Great things are to come this year. The boys will be ready. #LFGM"

Keith Hernandez also encouraged Mets fans not to worry about all of the craziness.

"Everybody, calm down. This current crisis is unfortunate to the nth degree, but not insurmountable. We have a good solid team, good core of young everyday players, mixed with veterans, and a solid rotation. They have great camaraderie, spirit, a will to win, 

and they're hungry."

Now the Mets will have to begin their second manager search of the season. However, it would have been worse if Beltran had stayed like he had wanted to.

"His tenure as manager of the team would begin with a news conference in which he not only would have to account for being a mastermind in the team’s systematic cheating, but also have to answer detailed questions about his misuse of technology, such as why he didn’t stop when warned, what he did in the 2017 World Series and when his unethical espionage began. He also would have to explain why, when the scandal first broke, he lied multiple times to reporters in denying he misused technology to decode signs."


In the upcoming days I am sure more news will continue to come out, so stay tuned for more of this mess.

--Missy O'Rourke
BYB Contributor
Twitter: @missy_orourke