A renowned figure in the Puerto Rico baseball world, played as professional baseball outfielder for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB) is Carlos Ivan Beltran. He earlier played for the Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, San Francisco Gaints, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees and Texas Rangers. He has amazing fielding skills and a fine-tuned throwing arm. He was born on April 24, 1977 in Manati, Puerto Rico to Wilfredo Beltran (Father) and Carmen Valdes (Mother) who were pharmaceutical salesman and a homemaker respectively. His ethnicity is Puerto Rican and zodiac sign is Taurus. He has an older brother, Nino Beltran and twin-sisters, Marie Liz and Liz Marie. When Carlos was kid, he used to tell his mom that he would grow up to be a star in the major’s league one day. Now, he is known as a Five-Tool player.
When Carlos was young, he surpassed in many sports with volleyball and baseball being his favorites. When he turned seventeen, his father encouraged him to give up the volleyball court in order to concentrate on baseball. However, volleyball was fun and challenging Wilfredo wanted his son to make a good living. Likewise, he initiated his career in baseball. In 1995, after graduating from Fernando Callejas High School in Puerto Rico, he was drafted by Kansas City Royals in the second of the Major League Baseball. After he signed a contract, the Royals set apart him to Gulf Coast Royals of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League. A natural right handed hitter, the rookie trained to bat left-handed. Although it was difficult task, his hardworking performance made him good at switching bat. In 1996, after his impressive game he was able to play Class A-Short Season Northwest League and the Lansing Lugnuts of the Class A-Midwest League for the Spokane Indians. Then he spent the entire season playing for the Wilmington Blue Rocks of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League in 1997. In 1998 he received a promotion to the Wichita Wranglers of the Class AA Texas league.
Moving on to his personal life, five-tool player Carlos Beltran married to his longtime sweetheart, Jessica Lugo in November 9, 1999. Carlos and Jessica had a 2 daughter named Ivana Beltran and Kiara Beltran. He is a decent and handsome guy and he has a million of fans. He is followed by his fans throughout the world. Apart from this, there is no any news about him having any past or current girlfriend or affairs. The couple is happy together. Carlos provides equal time to family and side by side to his career too. Recently Carlos and his beautiful wife are busy in helping needy people. The couple is seen many times in social media assisting to social work and getting involved in social organizations.
There was rumors of trading star center fielder Carlos Beltran to different clubs. The rumors were coming from Kansas City Clubhouse and from Beltran fans.
Carlos Beltran is a gentleman with a kind heart. He has established a high school named Carlos Beltran Baseball Academy in 2009, focused on developing young athletes. He had donated over $ 4 million to the academy, built on 20 acres (81,000 meter square) of land donated by local government.
Five-tool player Carlos Beltran is 6 feet 1 inch tall, which is approximately 1.85m and his weight is 215lb. As per 2016 his salary is $15 million and net worth is $ 45 million.
