Carlos Beltran Bits from WWU...

A few quick bits from Carlos Beltran in media scrum at Winter Warm-Up:

* He will wear number 3 for the Cardinals. Says family wishes factored into decision.

* Carlos says, "Lance called me...recruited me. I also talked to Holliday. It's gonna' be fun to play with good ballplayers."

* Carlos indicated he said (while with Mets), "Let's turn the page and let Pagan play center field and let me play right field."

* Carlos said, "Right field is easy for me." He then later smiled and said, "If I knew it was going to be that easy, I would have made the switch a long time ago."

* Beltran said, "Last year, the games I missed weren't because of the my knee...it was because of an injury to my wrist. My knee felt great."

* Beltran said, "Pujols is a hole maybe no one can fill...but with myself, Berkman, and Holliday, those are three guys who can produce in the middle of the order."

* Beltran said, "New York is a city, it's not for everyone...to play there, you have to be strong mentally."

* On his decision to come to St. Louis: "The decision was based on being on a team to give me the opportunity to play in the playoffs."

* The list of teams Carlos says were in on him: Cleveland, Tampa Bay, San Francisco, and, of course, St. Louis.

* Beltran said another team was in it with a 3 year deal for less money (he did not specify the team), but "At the end of the day, I came here because I felt it was a good fit for him."

- Kevin


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