It Turns Out the Mets Actually Made the Right Decision to Fire Carlos Beltran After Update on Scandal Surfaces

On Tuesday, The Athletic dropped another bomb concerning the Houston Astros' disgraceful sign-stealing scandal that's engulfed the MLB for months now.

This particular eye-opener focused on Carlos Beltran's role in the operation, and the shocking report revealed the former New York Mets manager was, along with then-bench coach Alex Cora, very much the ringleader of the whole operation.

It all proves that the Mets were right to fire Beltran when they did even though many believed there was little reason to do so.

In truth, the Mets' brass should have conducted the appropriate due diligence during the hiring process to avoid this chaos entirely from the jump, but they deserve credit for ridding themselves of a PR disaster that would have undoubtedly been of epic proportions at this juncture.

The report claims that Beltran, upon arriving in Houston in 2017, told the Astros that they were "behind the times" when it came to stealing signs. Brian McCann even reportedly approached Beltran about stopping the affair, but his efforts were for naught.

By every stretch of the imagination, it seems Beltran was hell-bent on seeing the sign-stealing operation through. The Athletic even states the former nine-time All-Star was the strategist behind the trash can-banging blueprint.

The Mets opted to move on from Beltran after he was the only player named in the league's investigation that ultimately led to Houston's canning of skipper AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow.

Because of their relentless incompetence, the Mets are often an easy organization to disparage, but they absolutely did right here, and there's something to be said for that considering the sheer implications behind Tuesday's damning report.