For nearly eight years, Adrian Beltre has done so much for the Rangers.
He's been a Gold Glover and an MVP-caliber player, a leader on a World Series team, a model of loyalty, professionalism and enthusiasm for the game, a spokesman and a walking GIF. He's re-arranged his contract to allow the team more financial flexibility when the window of opportunity necessitated it and he offered to defer money to try and extend it further.
And now Beltre performs one final favor for the organization: He is retiring.
A little less than two months after being replaced by Jurickson Profar at third base to a standing ovation in Seattle in what seemed like his final game, Beltre made the decision official.