Now, maybe we're a little more intrigued by this than the average sports fan because Adrian Beltre is our fantasy baseball team's backup third baseman (behind Troy Glaus), but we couldn't help but notice that he - along with all the Mariners, frankly - has been destroying the ball lately. In his last four games, the (almost) former National League MVP is 11-for-17 with two home runs, four RBIs, and six runs scored. Those are some damn fine stats, no doubt, but they're even more impressive when you remember that we all thought Adrian Beltre died when he moved to Seattle three years ago.
He is alive. But this begs the question, "Where the hell did he go?" To the land of the fat and happy, that's where. Here's a comparison of Beltre in his last year with the Dodgers (2004), and what he did in his first two years in the Panowe (the loving nickname we've bestowed upon the region now that it's home to the two highest-profile NBA freshmen).
Beltre '04: .334 average, 48 home runs, 124 RBIs, 1.017 slugging %
Beltre '05 and '06: .262 average, 22 home runs, 88 RBIs, .750 slugging %
Yeegads, Ade! Look, we couldn't even get a single at the major league level and we're pretty sure we'd soil ourselves if a 98-mph fastball came anywhere near our face, but still...thems some suspicious numbers. Beltre's struggles in Seattle have been well documented - we feel lazy piling on this late - and the word "steroids" has been dropped a time or two in stories concerning him. But, because he's finally showing signs of snapping out of it, we have to ask: "Does he know anything about 'that stuff'?"
We're pretty sure $64 million could probably buy a good deal of it.
Marines sign Beltre for $64 million [ESPN.com]
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