With still more than four months of regular season baseball, ESPN’s Jayson Stark believes the Mets could trade outfielder Carlos Beltran as soon as next month.

This is not the first time we’ve heard rumors regarding Beltran’s future with the Mets. Back in November we learned that Beltran would consider waiving his no-trade clause if GM Sandy Alderson approached him about it.

Beltran is owed more than $9 million, but the Mets are willing to eat a big chunk of the money if they can get something good in return for Beltran.

Beltran missed most of the 2010 season due to off-season knee surgery that did not sit too well with the Mets’ management. This season, he’s hitting .283/.366/.505 with 4 HR’s and 15 RBI’s in 99 AB’s with the Mets.

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