Beltran won't rule out return but no current interest in Mets job - ESPN

NEW YORK — Carlos Beltran wouldn't rule out interviewing to become manager of the New York Mets, a job he left before he ran a single game in 2020, but he didn't sound all that interested.

His No. 15 was retired by the team Saturday before its next-to-last home game of a disappointing season in which Carlos Mendoza was fired on June 26 as the high-spending team skidded to a losing record.

«Being a manager in Major League Baseball is a huge commitment — very huge commitment,» Beltran said before the ceremony, in which he was also inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame. «I'm not saying that I'm not willing to take that commitment, but right now, at the position where I am today in life, I love to be a dad, I love to be a husband, I love to be involved in the Carlos Beltran Academy in Puerto Rico.

»And being a manager, you would not be able to do that full time," Beltran added with a laugh.

A nine-time All-Star, Beltran was hired as the Mets' manager on Nov. 1, 2019, but left 76 days later in the fallout from the Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal. Beltran was the only Astros player mentioned by name in Major League Baseball's report that concluded Houston broke rules by using electronics to steal signs en route to the 2017 World Series title.

Beltran is the 12th member of the Mets to have his number retired and the 38th person inducted into their Hall of Fame. He returned to the Mets in 2023 as a front office special assistant.

«Right now, I love what I'm doing,» Beltran said. «I believe that the opportunity the Mets are giving me to be part of the organization and be able to comment on the things I experienced as a baseball player — to hopefully continue to add value to the decisions that they're making and bring