sparky
09-13-2003, 04:03 AM
General manager Allard Baird hopes to bring back Carlos Beltran for his final arbitration-eligible season in Kansas City, ESPN.com's Peter Gammons reported. "I think we can make it work," said Baird. "It won't be easy (the arbitration number may approach $11 million), but I hope it can. I think with the salary and the one-year remaining, it will be difficult to get two good young players who can step right in, and what Beltran brings to this team is too important to lose as we try to develop our young pitching."