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Mets will cash in on Beltran’s ability to pick up opponents’ weaknesses

You don’t play Major League Baseball for 20 years and not learn how to get an edge. It goes without saying that if you work in any industry you are going to figure out how to use everything to your advantage.

So, when it was revealed this week that the Houston Astros were using video technology to steal signs in 2017 – the year they won the World Series – and that veteran Carlos Beltran was a part of it, came as little surprise.

Beltran has always been a student of the game, picking up little tidbits and springing them on his teammates.