May use answer in a blog post. Which Beltran will see for the rest of this season is healthy, the April version or the May version?
— Greedy Pinstripes (@GreedyStripes) May 12, 2015
Let’s just cut to the chase, during the month of April
Carlos Beltran was absolutely horrible. He looked done and many, including
myself, called for him to be simply released or benched for the rest of the
season. Then the calendar changed to May and Beltran is an entirely new hitter
at the plate and even hit a home run in back to back games on Sunday and Monday
giving the Yankees some signs of life and hope for this season. You have to
remember that Beltran changed a lot of his approach last season to be able to
stay in the lineup and to be able to take at bats with his bone spur problem.
Along the lines Beltran presumably picked up more than a few bad habits that he
is now trying to break in live action MLB games rather than in the spring or in
the minor leagues. With Chris Young playing so well his playing time has also
been cut dramatically further complicating the problem but with Beltran’s
recent hot streak it begs the question, is this the Beltran we will see for the
remainder of the season or will the team ride this hot streak out before he
turns back into a .200 hitter?
This sounds like all the makings of a Twitter poll, doesn’t
it? Here are your responses:
@GreedyStripes i think june when he hit 400/500/600
— Yankee2800 (@yankee2800) May 12, 2015
@GreedyStripes Also unfair to say Beltran's in a 2 season slump, he crashed into a wall then broke up his elbow playing injured all last yr
— AspiringCultLeader (@newkingofmedia) May 12, 2015
@GreedyStripes May....has often started slowly
— David Spellman (@David_Spellman) May 12, 2015
@GreedyStripes Hopefully May
— Rach (@RachelG48NYY) May 12, 2015
@GreedyStripes May!!!
— Julie Ann Johnson (@Julie_Johnsoned) May 12, 2015
@GreedyStripes somewhere in between. Baseball is highs and lows. He certainly is better than that April version of himself.
— Jordan White (@JordanWhite_33) May 12, 2015
@GreedyStripes Beltran is a HOF talent. I dont think he'll b as hot as hes been in May but he's certaintly no where close to as bad as April
— AspiringCultLeader (@newkingofmedia) May 12, 2015
Honestly I think Beltran will be fine as long as Young
continues to hit well. Will Beltran be the guy the Yankees signed after leading
the St. Louis Cardinals to the World Series? Probably not, but he can be better
than he was in April of this season and can be better than he was in all of
2014. I truly believe that, stay tuned.
To be involved in our next Twitter poll head over and give
@GreedyStripes a follow and watch out for our next tweet. I will always inform
you that we may or may not use your answers in our next blog post.
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