Carlos Beltran will have to wait at least another year for a chance to be enshrined in Cooperstown after missing out on being inducted into the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class announced Tuesday night.
And one of his former managers is not pleased.
Beltran, who played 20 years in MLB with the Mets, Royals, Yankees, Cardinals, Astros, Rangers and Giants, received 70.3 percent of the votes (277 of 294) from Baseball Writers Association of America Hall of Fame voters. Obtained. .
The threshold that needed to be reached was 75% of the votes.
This is Beltran's third time on the ballot, inching closer to immortality in Cooperstown after receiving 57.1 percent in 2024 and 46.5 percent in 2023.
Beltran's legacy took a hit when he became the only player publicly named in MLB's investigation into the Astros' 2017 sign-stealing scandal.
His involvement cost him his managerial job with the Mets in 2020.
Former Mets manager Terry Collins took issue with those still holding onto Beltran's sign-stealing scandal and using it to justify keeping him from the Hall of Fame.
“The Astros' problems are already out of control. The Hall of Fame is full of guys who knew what pitches were going to come at certain times, so it's a little hard to hear him being held accountable.” I'm tired of it,'' Collins said on SNY following the announcement of his 2025 induction into the Hall of Fame. “He wasn't even a starter. It's not like he benefited from what was going on. I think he's being punished too much. He lost his managerial job because of this. He paid the price. He's a Hall of Fame player and he should be in the Hall of Fame.”
Beltran is considered one of the best switch-hitting outfielders of all time, finishing his career with 435 home runs and 1,587 RBIs while batting .279.
Some of his best years were spent in a Mets uniform, where he spent seven seasons and helped the team win the National League Championship in 2006. That year, he hit career highs with 41 home runs and 115 RBIs, with 127 RBIs in the regular season.
With the Mets, Beltran hit .280/.369/.500 with 149 home runs, 559 RBIs, and 100 stolen bases.
He hit 56 home runs in three seasons with the Yankees in the twilight of his career.
