Astros' Beltran Keeping Options Open
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Carlos Beltran's bat was silent in Game 7 of the NL championship series. Now, the Houston Astros center fielder will take some quiet time to ponder his future.
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Some day, maybe soon, Carlos BeltrÃ¡n, a switch-hitter who entered the game batting .155 in June and .265 over all, expects to be a lethal hitter again.
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The Post&#39;s George King reports that Randy Johnson could ask the Yankees for a two-year, $32 million contract extension. The Daily News&#39; Peter Botte reports that Carlos Beltran&#39;s agent plans to meet with the Yankees tomorrow.
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Carlos Beltran got off to a fast start in the free agent market, too. After hitting eight home runs for the Houston Astros to tie the postseason record, the speedy center fielder was among 65 players who filed for free agency yesterday on the first possible day.
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Only three premier free agents remain on the market - Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado and Magglio OrdÃ³Ã±ez - but only a few teams appear to be after them.
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SEATTLE (Sports Network) - The Mariners continue to spend  heavily in the free-agent market, as they have reportedly come  to terms with third baseman Adrian Beltre.
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A prominent executive with a major league team said the prevailing thought throughout Major League Baseball was that Carlos Beltran will return to the Astros.
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After injuring his left knee making an impressive leaping catch in the ninth inning that likely saved the New York Mets win, Carlos Beltran couldn't bend it. But he still had his sense of humor.
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ATLANTA - Carlos Beltran belted a solo home run to right field, his second of the series off Atlanta starter Jaret Wright, to put the Houston Astros ahead of the Braves 3-0 after three innings in the decisive Game 5 of their NL Division Series on Monday night.    Wright, the Game 1 loser, gave up two runs in the second inning...
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With Luis VizcaÃ­no having more success lately, Manager Joe Torre might use VizcaÃ­no or someone else in the eighth and the struggling Kyle Farnsworth elsewhere.
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Carlos Beltran, the Mets' new center fielder, and his arrival has created new expectations for a franchise that has floundered for the past three seasons.
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Confident their deal to acquire Randy Johnson had been finalized, top Yankees' officials headed to Florida on Tuesday to see Carlos Beltran. By the time their meeting with the star outfielder was over, the trade for the Big Unit had fallen through.
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HOUSTON - Carlos Beltran met with Astros officials on Wednesday, Houston&#39;s latest effort to keep the All-Star center fielder who led the team within one win of its first World Series berth.
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Carlos Beltran drives in five runs to carry the Astros to a 12-3 rout of the Braves in Game 5 of their first-round NL playoff series.
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With a record-tying eight homers, Carlos Beltran pushed the Astros into tonight's Game 7 of the N.L.C.S. Cardinals.
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The Houston Astros have made their first bid to keep Carlos Beltran. They know it will be far from their last. Beltran met with Astros officials on Wednesday, Houston's latest effort to retain the All-Star center fielder who led the team within one win of its first World Series berth.
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NEW YORK -- Free-agent center fielder Carlos Beltran will get to meet George Steinbrenner on Tuesday. Beltran will travel to Tampa, Fla.