Adrian Beltre, all 38 years of him, remains the Texas Rangers’ best player.
He’s a hitting machine and human Hoover at third base.
With 3,000 hits in the bank, Beltre will be entering the National Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot.
So to call the calf injury he suffered in early April, the day before he was eligible to be reinstated from the disabled list, a blessing sounds outlandish.
Well, it is.
However ...
Without it, the Rangers wouldn’t have had Joey Gallo, and his 32 home runs, for the entire season.