After a five-week absence, Adrian Beltre is back in the lineup against the Kansas City Royals this evening.The Seattle Mariners third baseman was activated from the disabled list Tuesday, leaving infielder Chris Woodward high and dry, designated for assignment. That's life when you hit .239 with only five RBIs in 20 games.
Anyway, Beltre was expected to miss up to eight weeks after his June 30th surgery where he had a bone spur removed from his left shoulder, but made a surprisingly quick recovery instead.
He wasn't doing all that great before landing on the DL, batting just .259 with five homers and 31 RBIs in his first 289 at-bats. However, his appearance can't hurt. Without the hot corner's bat in the lineup, the Mariners went 15-15, dropping from three games out to ten games behind first place in the American League West. Ouch.
Welcome back!
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3 comments:
I don't know if Beltre can single-handedly carry the M's out of this hole, but it'll be fun to see if he can!
He can't.
Our chances are extremely low, but Beltre returning should give us a nice offensive boost.
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