Overview
- The National Baseball Hall of Fame announced that Carlos Beltrán’s plaque will feature a Mets cap, with Andruw Jones shown as a Brave and Jeff Kent as a Giant.
- The Class of 2026 will be inducted on July 26 in Cooperstown, where plaques are revealed before each speech.
- Beltrán spent seven seasons with both the Mets and Royals but led in games, home runs and WAR in New York, becoming only the third Hall of Famer with a Mets cap after Tom Seaver and Mike Piazza.
- Beltrán said his greatest individual growth and success came with the Mets and emphasized that every team he played for will be listed on his plaque.
- Hall officials say they work with electees on logo choices but make the final determination, a policy reiterated by communications executive Jon Shestakofsky.