{"id":2316,"date":"2016-12-03T15:04:29","date_gmt":"2016-12-03T20:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=2316"},"modified":"2016-12-03T15:04:29","modified_gmt":"2016-12-03T20:04:29","slug":"carlos-beltran-houston-astros-one-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2016\/12\/03\/carlos-beltran-houston-astros-one-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Beltran Reunites with Houston Astros on One-Year Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Houston Astros<\/strong> signed outfielder <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/beltrca01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Beltran<\/a><\/strong> to a one-year, $16 million deal. The deal comes with a full no-trade clause. The Astros and Beltran will reunite for the first time since 2004 when he was traded to the team from the <strong>Kansas City Royals<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Source confirms: Beltran in agreement with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Astros?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Astros<\/a>, one year, $16M, full no-trade clause. First on agreement: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Buster_ESPN\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Buster_ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ken_Rosenthal\/status\/805115290354937856\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 3, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Carlos Beltran Reunites with the Houston Astros on a One-Year Deal<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/2016\/11\/17\/report-astros-sign-josh-reddick\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">signing<\/a> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/reddijo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Reddick<\/a><\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/2016\/11\/17\/yankees-trade-brian-mccann-astros\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trading<\/a> for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mccanbr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brian McCann<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0earlier in the offseason, the Astros continued to bolster their offense in this latest move. Their outfield now consists of Beltran, Reddick, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/springe01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">George Springer<\/a><\/strong>. They also have <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/aokino01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nori Aoki<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/marisja01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Marisnick<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hernate01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teoscar Hernandez<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/tuckepr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Preston<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/tuckepr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Tucker<\/a><\/strong>, who can all play the outfield.<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old had a <strong>All-Star<\/strong> season last year in his time with the <strong>New York Yankees<\/strong> and <strong>Texas Rangers<\/strong>. In 99 games with the Yankees, he hit .304\/.344\/.546 with 22 home runs and 64 RBI making him a hot commodity nearing the trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>While on the Rangers, Beltran&#8217;s production dropped off\u00a0a tick, but he still performed quite well. In 52 games, he hit .280\/.325\/.451 with seven home runs and 29 RBI. The Rangers won the <strong>American League West Division<\/strong>, but lost to the <strong>Toronto Blue Jays<\/strong> in the <strong>American League Division Series<\/strong>. Beltran had two hits and one RBI in the three games of that series.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his numbers in those three games, Beltran has been known for his postseason success over his career. This began in 2004 while he was with the Astros. In 12 playoff games during 2004, Beltran had 20 hits, eight home runs, 14 RBI, six stolen bases, and 21 runs scored. That was all in 46 at bats during his first season in the playoffs, but it was statistically one of the best postseason performances in the history of baseball.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/613647636\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/613647636?et=r0iOqOkTQRpmjU_ZILNtvA&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=toEPATRAtZE8vsiFFczflK3AY_uR4JlYDYhewDnlzTo=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Houston Astros signed outfielder Carlos Beltran to a one-year, $16 million deal. 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