As the trade deadline approached eight days ago, the question no one could answer was if Adrian Beltre intends to play in 2019.
One former teammate quietly said earlier this season that Beltre told him 2018 would be his last season. Another former teammate scoffed at that and is convinced Beltre has one more season left in him.
Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels didn’t have an answer because Beltre himself couldn’t provide an answer.
Coincidentally, perhaps, one name that did not surface in the trade rumor mill was Jurickson Profar. Maybe the Rangers simply told the teams that did call that Profar wasn’t available.