Carlos Beltran: Bust By Bay?
August 18th 2011 17:11
Surely the San Francisco Giants expected more than what they have received from Carlos Beltran when they acquired him from the New York Mets at the trade deadline.
Beltran, a good though never great player, has been largely disappointing to a team that desperately needed some punch in its lineup.
Consider his last 10 games, for instance before the outfielder injured his hand.
Although Beltran had hits in eight of the contests, including two multi-hit games, his power suddenly went south.
The former Astros playoff phenom, who belted eight homers in one postseason, had one double, two triples, no homers and 2 measly RBI over that span.
Is the slugger, due to return from the DL over the weekend, pressing at the plate?
Perhaps, as Beltran, who usually draws his share of walks fanned five times in his last four games and didn't drawn a free pass for nine tilts.
"That terra-bull," Charles Barkley might say if he broadcast MLB games.
Worse is that San Francisco is falling apart of late, as a team that held a four-game lead in the NL West a month ago is now 2 1/2 games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks.
There will still be time for Beltran and the defending champs to turn things around, but we are entering the 11th round of a possible 12 round bout.
And the Giants will need Beltran to show his knockout (of the park) ability very soon.
Beltran, a good though never great player, has been largely disappointing to a team that desperately needed some punch in its lineup.
Consider his last 10 games, for instance before the outfielder injured his hand.
Although Beltran had hits in eight of the contests, including two multi-hit games, his power suddenly went south.
Carlos Beltran
The former Astros playoff phenom, who belted eight homers in one postseason, had one double, two triples, no homers and 2 measly RBI over that span.
Is the slugger, due to return from the DL over the weekend, pressing at the plate?
Perhaps, as Beltran, who usually draws his share of walks fanned five times in his last four games and didn't drawn a free pass for nine tilts.
"That terra-bull," Charles Barkley might say if he broadcast MLB games.
Worse is that San Francisco is falling apart of late, as a team that held a four-game lead in the NL West a month ago is now 2 1/2 games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks.
There will still be time for Beltran and the defending champs to turn things around, but we are entering the 11th round of a possible 12 round bout.
And the Giants will need Beltran to show his knockout (of the park) ability very soon.
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