Carlos Beltran, who said on Monday that the constant speculation about Willie Randolph's job security was a distraction, on Tuesday said he was satisfied that the distraction was over after the meeting between Randolph, Omar Minaya and Fred and Jeff Wilpon.
"It was. Not anymore," Beltran said when asked if it was still a distraction. "Like I said, before all the rumors about Willie being fired and all that, it is a distraction. You try not to think about it, but it's still in the clubhouse because people talk about it. Right now they said that he's going to be with us. We don't want to talk about it anymore and we don't want to hear about it anymore. It's all about us playing better baseball."