New York Mets manager Carlos Beltran, center, poses with general manager Brodie Van Wagenen, left, and Mets COO Jeff Wilpon during a Nov. 4 news conference at Citi Field in New York. (AP file photo)

NEW YORK — Carlos Beltran, called out on a curveball again.

So for the second time since they last threw a pitch, the New York Mets are in the market for a new manager.

Sign of the times.

Beltran’s 2 1/2-month tenure as Mets manager ended Thursday before he spent a single game on the bench, the latest fallout from the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal that has rocked Major League Baseball.

The Mets announced the decision in a news release, saying Beltran and the team “agreed to mutually part ways.”

The move came just two days after Boston cut ties with manager Alex Cora, who was Houston’s bench coach in 2017 when Beltran played for the Astros.

A day before that on Tuesday, manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were fired by Houston soon after they were suspended for the 2020 season by Commissioner Rob Manfred for their roles in the cheating scheme.