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Adrian Beltre Expected To Miss 4 Weeks With Hamstring Strain

By Jeff Todd | September 1, 2017 at 3:47pm CDT

Veteran Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre is expected to miss at least four weeks of action after being diagnosed with a grade 2 hamstring strain, per an announcement from club executive VP of communications John Blake. With one month left in the regular season, it appears unlikely that Beltre will return in 2017 unless Texas can secure a postseason berth in his absence.

That’s unfortunate news for the Rangers, who just picked up righty Miguel Gonzalez last night to help out down the stretch. While the Rangers are on the outside looking in right now, the team is still a plausible contender with four games to make up in the AL Wild Card race.

Of course, even getting to the play-in game will be much tougher now with Beltre out. Advancing age — he’s already 38 — may well have impacted his ability to stay healthy, as Beltre has suited up for just eighty games this season. But it has not robbed him of his immense abilities on the field.

Through 341 plate appearances in 2017, Beltre is slashing .315/.393/.553 — which translates to a 145 wRC+ that tops any of his prior full-season efforts since his monumental 2004 campaign. Beltre has launched 16 long balls on the year while walking more than ever (10.9%) and continuing to make plenty of contact (12.9% strikeout rate). He’s also still a well-above-average defender, even if metrics haven’t rated him as quite the premium gloveman that he has long been.

Though he has been limited, Beltre is playing at a six-WAR pace, so he has arguably still earned the $18MM he’s owed this year. Texas will employ the future Hall-of-Famer for one more year at the same rate under the extension he signed last spring.

In Beltre’s absence, the Rangers could turn to a number of different internal options. Breakout slugger Joey Gallo could man the hot corner. The club might also give some time to Will Middlebrooks, who’s coming up as part of the wave of September call-ups. One player that isn’t making an immediate appearance in the majors, though, is former top prospect Jurickson Profar; he, too, could see action at third, if and when he returns to the majors.

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  1. pepesilvia

    5 years ago

    I think his career is over.

    Reply
    • berteuthis

      5 years ago

      I think all the Hall Of Fame talk and none about PED use is absurd. Look at his career, when and how much he produced, and when he didn’t produce.

      Reply
      • bastros88

        5 years ago

        I don’t think anyone here is really debating that, he’ll definitely be in a hall of fame

        Reply
      • madmanTX

        5 years ago

        So, any player who turns his career on is automatically on PEDs. Did I miss the proof and Beltre’s suspension? Nope. So, prove it or shut it.

        Reply
        • William

          5 years ago

          His is one of the Names who are on Major League Baseball PED users , Him and 102 others ,The players Union right now is Preventing it Publishing, but sooner or later it will get Released , just like Trumps Tax Returns !
          My Girl friend Father worked for Player Union has seen the list !

        • Flapjax55

          5 years ago

          How do your tax returns look?

        • GeauxRangers

          5 years ago

          This seems legit

    • Reflect

      5 years ago

      Nah he just needs to start splitting time at DH like all the old people do. He still has a few years left in him if he isn’t playing 3B full time. His bat is still excellent.

      Reply
    • madmanTX

      5 years ago

      Stop thinking: not your strong suit.

      Reply
  2. Dendee

    5 years ago

    Wrong miguel gonzalez. I think he gets mixed up the most of any player poor guy.

    Reply
    • Jeff Todd

      5 years ago

      For some reason the B-Ref linker always picks the other one and I always forget that.

      Reply
      • Dendee

        5 years ago

        All good :p its just funny because he hasnt retured yet hes still active, and born later so when it sorts i guess he goes to the top

        Reply

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