Adrian Beltre RUMORS & NEWS

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "The Dominican Republic is headed to the second round of the World Baseball Classic, but Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre remained undecided on whether he’ll join his native team. Beltre skipped the first round because of a minor right calf injury, and could sit out the second round because..." March 11

Dallas Morning News "All-Star third baseman Adrian Beltre is scheduled to make his first spring training appearance for the Texas Rangers on Monday against San Diego. Beltre has been held out of games because of tightness in the right calf. The extended spring-training schedule this year gave the Rangers the luxury..." March 02

Dallas Morning News "The Rangers finally have one question answered about Jurickson Profar: He will be in camp for all of spring training. Now, they can move on to the bigger issues such as: Can he play well enough to win a job and can the job be big enough to justify keeping him out of an everyday starting lineup..." February 18

Fox Sports Southwest "The World Baseball Classic will begin without either Jurickson Profar or Adrian Beltre participating. Profar informed the Rangers over the weekend that he's skipping the WBC in an effort to try and make the club out of spring training. Beltre decided to skip the first round because of soreness..." February 18

Dallas Morning News "During his weekend appearance at the Texas Rangers' FanFest, third baseman Adrian Beltre said he has had a calm off-season, resting and focusing on getting his troublesome left leg back to full strength. Various muscle problems forced Beltre to play on one good leg during the second..." January 14

Dallas Morning News "According to media reports out of the Dominican Republic, Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre and right fielder Nelson Cruz have told officials they are available to join the country's team for this spring's World Baseball Classic. WBC teams will submit their provisional 28-man rosters on..." January 11

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "The Rangers, per their usual end-of-business-day news release, have announced that they have signed five players to minor-league contracts with invitations to spring training. They are: catcher Juan Apodaca, outifleder Jim Adduci, left-hander Neal Cotts, outfielder Aaron Cunningham and..." November 13

MLB.com "Yadier Molina has been collecting defensive honors since the 2012 season ended. On Friday, however, Molina received arguably the most prestigious defensive award yet. Having already earned his fifth straight Gold Glove, Molina was announced as the National League's Platinum Glove Award winner..." November 10

Lone Star Ball "The BBWAA has announced that the five finalists for the 2012 American League MVP Award are Josh Hamilton and Adrian Beltre of the Texas Rangers, Mike Trout of the Anaheim Angels, Robinson Cano of the New York Yankees, and Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers. This is the first year where..." November 07

Lone Star Ball "Throughout the World Series, as I watched Miguel Cabrera disdainfully regard an Angel Pagan chopper that nicked off of third base and squibbed past him, have trouble coming in on balls, and show roughly the same enthusiasm for playing defense as I had for raking leaves last weekend, I couldn't..." November 01

Fox Sports Southwest "Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre said he thinks he's a regular third baseman or just above average. The hardware he keeps collecting means otherwise. Beltre won his second-consecutive Gold Glove Tuesday and the fourth in the last six years. He was the lone Ranger to win an award as..." October 31

Dallas Morning News "Adrian Beltre of the Texas Rangers was named the American League Gold Glove third baseman for the second consecutive year on Tuesday night. Beltre beat out Kansas City's Mike Moustakas and Oakland's Brandon Inge in voting conducted among AL managers and coaches. The voters could not list a..." October 31

ESPN.com "Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre was named AL player of the month for September. It's the second consecutive season that Beltre has won AL player of the month for September. Nothing stopped Beltre last month, not even scar tissue in his abdomen or a left shoulder strain. Opposing..." October 02

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Adrian Beltre returned to the Rangers' lineup Monday after having to leave the second game of the doubleheader Sunday night because of a sore left shoulder. Beltre initially injured the shoulder Sept. 12 against Cleveland while diving for a grounder and aggravated it in the ninth inning of Game..." October 02

ESPN.com "Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre is in the lineup as the designated hitter for Monday's game with the Oakland A's, one day after leaving the second game of a doubleheader with a left shoulder strain. Michael Young, who left Sunday night's game early with a sore left Achilles, is..." October 01

Dallas Morning News "Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre came out of the second game of Sunday's doubleheader in the seventh inning after aggravating a strained left shoulder. The shoulder has troubled Beltre for several weeks. He first aggravated it in the opener and did it again in the second game on a..." October 01

Dallas Morning News "In a new French-language biography, former Rangers closer Eric Gagne alleged that 80 percent of his Los Angeles teammates used Human Growth Hormone (HGH) while he was with the Dodgers but did not reveal any names. Said Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre, who was Gagne's teammate from 1999-2004: "He..." September 27

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Adrian Beltre did it again. The Oakland Athletics were seven outs from a victory in a critical four-game series opener against the Texas Rangers. They had gotten an impressive outing by rookie Dan Straily and knocked Rangers starter Derek Holland out after three innings. But the Rangers..." September 25

Dallas Morning News "The Rangers and 3B Adrian Beltre still don't have any definitive answers for what caused his rather intense stomach pain this week, but after a battery of tests, doctors told Beltre they are "90 percent" certain the issue is scar tissue buildup from a botched appendectomy 11 years ago. The..." September 23

Dallas Morning News "Usually when a teammate delivers a game-winning hit in the ninth, the Rangers shower him with beer. "Not me," Adrian Beltre said Thursday after his two-run ninth inning homer gave the Rangers a 3-1 win over Los Angeles. "I'm getting a different kind of treatment." Indeed. Not to go into..." September 21

Dallas Morning News "Not only did the Rangers not get OF Josh Hamilton back in the lineup for Wednesday, but they also lost 3B Adrian Beltre. In addition to trying to determine the cause for Hamilton's blurred vision and inability to correctly focus with his eyes, the club was trying to determine the source of..." September 20

Hardball Talk "UPDATE: Change of plans, as Beltre apparently talked manager Ron Washington into letting him be the Rangers' designated hitter tonight. Adrian Beltre is not in the Rangers' lineup tonight after leaving last night's game with a shoulder injury, but the good news is that an MRI exam showed no..." September 13

Lone Star Ball "Beltre left yesterday's game with a left shoulder injury suffered while making a diving stop on a ball hit by Russ Canzler in the second inning. Beltre missed a couple of games in April because of hamstring issues, but otherwise, has been healthy all year and has appeared in 138 of the team's 142..." September 13

Dallas Morning News "Third baseman Adrian Beltre left Wednesday night's game after the fourth inning with a left shoulder strain. He hurt the shoulder when he made a diving stop in the second inning. After walking in the the fourth, trainers and manager Ron Washington had a lengthy discussion at first base with..." September 13

Fox Sports Southwest "The Texas Rangers beat the Cleveland Indians 5-2 Wednesday night but might not know the real result of the game until later this week. That's because even though the Rangers won to drop their magic number to clinching the American League West to 18, they played part of the game without most..." September 13

Dallas Morning News "The offense is obvious, easy to quantify and clearly understood. Adrian Beltre of the Texas Rangers hit three home runs Wednesday, and two days later, he hit for the cycle. The last player to accomplish both feats in the same week was Joe DiMaggio, in 1948. But what truly distinguishes Beltre,..." September 01

Dallas Morning News "Adrian Beltre's four hits for Texas was only one fewer than the entire Cleveland Indians team. Beltre also scored twice as the Rangers rolled to their 10th win in 13 games and handed the reeling Indians their sixth straight loss. Ryan Dempster (4-1) pitched two-hit ball over six innings,..." September 01

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Adrian Beltre wasted little time on selecting the biggest storyline of the night, and it wasn't his second career cycle. No, Beltre said, it had to be the pitching performance by Matt Harrison in the Texas Rangers' 8-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Harrison took a no-hitter into the..." August 25

Dallas Morning News "Matt Harrison took a no-hit bid into the seventh and went eight innings for his career-high 15th victory and Adrian Beltre hit for the cycle for the Texas Rangers in an 8-0 win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. Harrison (15-7) didn't allow a hit until Trevor Plouffe lined a solid single..." August 25

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Adrian Beltre wanted to stay in the game after taking a Vicente Padilla 92 mph fastball off his helmet, but the Rangers pulled him out. He passed an initial examination and will continue to be evaluated. Beltre was hit in the head in the eighth inning on an 0-2 pitch, and doesn't believe it was..." July 25

Dallas Morning News "After winning an online fan vote to earn the final spot on to the AL roster, Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish didn't make an appearance in his first All-Star Game. Though, if his AL teammates' performances were any indication, Darvish may have gotten off easy. San Francisco sluggers Pablo Sandoval..." July 11

Dallas Morning News "Detroit's Justin Verlander will start for the American League in Tuesday night's All-Star game against San Francisco's Matt Cain. The AL's batting order has Derek Jeter leading off and playing shortstop, followed by Yankees teammate Robinson Cano at second base, Texas left fielder Josh..." July 10

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Only three days are left in online voting for the All-Star Game, and it appears as though the Rangers will have three starters for the 83rd Midsummer Classic. Josh Hamilton, Mike Napoli and Adrian Beltre are all but assured a spot in the American League lineup based on the final voting update..." June 26

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Adrian Beltre didn't have the look of someone who should be running, let alone playing in a major-league game, as he circled the bases Monday night at Camden Yards. He had warned that he would be limping intentionally, but he looked like he needed a pair of crutches. But it was, indeed, all..." May 09

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "The word from Adrian Beltre on Monday was that his left hamstring was good enough, and that was good enough for manager Ron Washington to put Beltre back in the Texas Rangers' lineup. Beltre started for the first time in five games in the opener of a four-game series against Baltimore. He was..." May 08

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "The past two weeks have revealed that Adrian Beltre is the key cog in the Texas Rangers' mighty lineup. Without their third baseman among the starting nine this season, the Rangers were 1-5 entering the second of three games against Cleveland, and they had been without him during their..." May 06

Akron Beacon Journal "Winning one in a row is about as good as it gets when the Indians play the Rangers. So it was no surprise that after blowing a 2-0 lead in the eighth inning, Texas rallied in the 11th to earn a 5-2 win Saturday night at Progressive Field. Adrian Beltre almost prolonged Friday night's game, a..." May 06

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Josh Hamilton didn't give the health of his back a ringing endorsement Friday afternoon, but he returned to the Texas Rangers' lineup after missing almost four full games. Adrian Beltre, though, remained out of the lineup with continued discomfort in his left hamstring. "Good enough,"..." May 05

Dallas Morning News "Manager Ron Washington acknowledged Friday that 3B Adrian Beltre, who is out of the lineup for the third consecutive game Friday, underwent an MRI exam on his hamstring while the Rangers were in Toronto. It was the second MRI for Beltre in the last two weeks. Washington said the MRI showed the..." May 05

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Adrian Beltre could return to the lineup as early as today. The Texas Rangers third baseman has not played since leaving the first game of Saturday's doubleheader at Detroit. He pulled up with what appeared to be a hamstring injury, but was confident it wasn't as serious as the one that..." April 24

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Third baseman Adrian Beltre is convinced that his latest strained left hamstring is a minor injury that won't require a stint on the 15-day disabled list. He will have an MRI exam today before the Texas Rangers open a three-game series against New York. Beltre is expecting to miss only a few..." April 23

Dallas Morning News "Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre said the strained left hamstring that knocked him out of Saturday's opener of a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers does not seem as debilitating as a similar injury last season. Beltre missed 37 games last season because of a strained left..." April 22

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Third baseman Adrian Beltre will have an MRI on Monday after the Rangers return from their nine-game road to determine the severity of his strained left hamstring. Beltre continues to believe that the injury is not serious and should keep him out only a matter of days. He said the injury he..." April 22

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Looking back, Adrian Beltre has no regrets. He called signing with the Texas Rangers prior to the 2011 season "the best decision so far in my career." The Rangers were just as pleased. Beltre had a memorable first season with Texas, winning the Gold Glove and Silver Slugger. He batted .296..." March 13

MLB.com "Third baseman Adrian Beltre, who dealt with multiple injuries last season -- including a bruised left knee in the postseason -- said he is healthy and ready to go when Spring Training begins next month. "I feel good," Beltre said. "It's always good. Right now I'm good." Beltre will begin his..." January 13

Dallas Morning News "Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre has been named winner of the 2011 Silver Slugger Award. It is the third career award for Beltre, who was named a Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner Tuesday night. Beltre was also honored with a Silver Slugger Award in 2004 (Los Angeles) and 2010 (Boston)...." November 03

Dallas Morning News "Opponents again recognized Adrian Beltre of the Rangers as the American League's top defensive third baseman on Tuesday. Beltre won his third career Gold Glove in voting conducted among league managers, coaches and players. Beltre won his two previous Gold Gloves in 2007 and 2008, while with..." November 02

Dallas Morning News "The choice of footwear by Rangers' third baseman Adrian Beltre for the World Series opener may have cost him an at-bat. With one out in the ninth inning, Beltre did not leave the batter's box after chopping a grounder to the left side. As the Cardinals went through with the play, Beltre..." October 20

Dallas Morning News "Adrian Beltre's run of misfortune with the Rangers on Thursday started an inning before the game-changing, bad-hop grounder that bounded over him at third base. In the fifth, Beltre twice flirted with what would have been a three-run homer against Detroit ace right-hander Justin Verlander. All..." October 14

Dallas Morning News "Third baseman Adrian Beltre ignored the throbbing pain of a bruised left knee and stayed in the Rangers' lineup Wednesday. Beltre fouled a pitch off the bottom of the knee during the fourth inning of Tuesday's loss to Detroit in the AL Championship Series. Beltre received treatment overnight..." October 13