Carlos Beltran will join the Yankees front office in some capacity, MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand reported today on Twitter. Beltran, who retired last year after winning the first ring of his 20-year career, signed a three-year deal with the Yankees prior to the 2014 season. He spent two-plus seasons with the team before being sent to the Rangers at the 2016 non-waiver trade deadline.
Beltran was among the candidates for the Yankees’ managerial job after Joe Girardi was let go last fall. Such a sudden transition from playing to managing would have been nearly unprecedented, so the fact that Beltran was under consideration at all was a testament to how highly the organization thought of him.