Former Astros Manager Phil Garner was a guest today on XM Radio “The Show” with Host’s Rob Dibble and Kevin Kennedy. Garner, who managed Carlos Beltran offered some interesting insight about Beltran’s personality and how to get the most out of him:

“Carlos Beltran is not going to be a team captain or a verbal leader and that isn’t a slight to Carlos Beltran or any player for that matter,”…”He always performed best when he was hitting 2 in the lineup, he may shy away from attention sometimes, when I hit him in the 3 hole he struggled.”

Garner also spoke about how he can relate to what Willie Randolph is going through:

“It’s not a good feeling when people are trying to lobby for your job…it’s just not right and if someone is going through that, it’s not fun, believe me.”

Garner goes on to talk about what a bad job the Mets brass did handling yesterday’s meeting and how making Willie a lame duck is counter productive. Go to MLB on XM blog to read more excerpts from this interview.