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Baseball Musings
February 19, 2007
Beltre Bigger?

John Hicky notices a change in Adrian Beltre's appearance:

To look at Adrian Beltre, you'd think he'd muscled up during the offseason.

His forearms are bigger. His biceps are bigger.

To listen to Beltre, however, you'd think maybe it's what Yogi Berra used to call "an optical conclusion."

"I did the same weight work I always do in the winter," Beltre said after his first workout of 2007 with the Mariners. "Maybe it's the shirt I'm wearing that makes me look that way."

I don't know if they've done the official weigh in for 2007, but Adrian's current weight is listed at 220 lb. We'll see if that changes.


Posted by David Pinto at 07:24 PM | TrackBack (0)
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Let's hope we see the optical conclusion of maintaining last year's second-half surge from Beltre.

Posted by: Wells at February 19, 2007 11:14 PM

We'll see if he can shed the expensive free agent bust tag this year.

Posted by: Yamen Hoque at February 20, 2007 03:28 AM

Beltre. 8 year veteran. At prime age of only 28 years old (see: Andruw Jones 2 years ago). On a contract year (see Adrian Beltre 3 years ago). I think you're looking at 50+ homeruns from Beltre, particularly in the 2nd half.

He's a headcase, Dodgers people said it all the time. But when it comes to padding his wallet, he's one of the best players in the game. And this year he'll be incredible (but next year he'll regress).

That's my humble take.

Posted by: Nat at February 20, 2007 10:20 AM

Bavasi? Is that you?

Posted by: Jon at February 21, 2007 05:53 PM
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