Mets Retire Carlos Beltran's Number

0:00It's April 7th. Welcome in. This is New York Metz News Today, where your team meets AI. I'm Cory with the story. Carlos Beltran is riding high after getting voted into the baseball hall of fame on January 20th, with 84.2% of the ballots, making him the six-porter recon player to earn that spot. Now the New York Metz are taking it further by retiring his number 15 in a ceremony on September 19th at City Field. The team had originally lined him up for their hall of fame induction this year alongside Lee Mozilla and Bobby Valentine, but they're giving him their top honor instead. Fans are buzzing about this, especially since Beltran becomes just the third Metz to head to Cooperstown wearing a Metz cap on his plaque, joining Tom, Seaver and Mike Piazza. He credits the Metz for his biggest growth, an outfielder Tyrone Taylor, who at number 15 is switching to 28 to make way. Beltran signed with the Metz as a free agent before the 2005 season and put up monster

1:00numbers over seven years, including 100. 49 homeruns, 100 stolen bases, 3 gold gloves, and 2 silver sluggers. These moves keep Beltran tied to the organization, where he's now a special assistant to President of baseball operations David Sterns staying close to the game he dominated.