Carlos Beltran is on the verge of history.
The legendary, switch-hitting outfielder whose brightest days in MLB came for the Kansas City Royals and New York Mets is set to make it to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
The voting results will be announced Tuesday night, and by Beltran’s tracking numbers, he’s on his way.
“Beltrán has received a vote on 89.2% of the ballots counted by (Ryan) Thiboadaux’s tracker,” MLB.com’s Brian Murphy writes. “Like all players on the BBWAA ballot, he just needs to be above 75% of the vote when the final results are unveiled. According to Sardell’s latest simulations, Beltrán ends up north of that magic number 100% of the time.”
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Murphy also shared this stat: Beltran is one of five players ever to have at least 500 doubles, 400 home runs and 300 steals, along with Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Willie Mays and Andre Dawson.
Beltran’s legacy is complicated by his role in the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal late in his career, but voters have clearly decided his career was more than that.
Beltran was originally a second-round draft pick by the Royals in 1995 out of Puerto Rico.
He never quite put together a 40-40 season with Kansas City, but he was often getting his home run and stolen base totals both well beyond 30.
In a first stint with the Astros in 2004, Beltran had his epic postseason with eight home runs in 12 games.
He then went on to play for the Mets, the Giants, the Cardinals, the Yankees, the Rangers and finally the Astros once more.
Beltran hit 435 home runs, stole 312 bases and put together a career OPS of .837 in 20 MLB seasons, while being a great defensive outfielder for much of his time in the majors.
And now Cooperstown beckons.
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