ARLINGTON - He will spend the month playing some third base, DH'ing on occasion and joking around as only he can do.
In the end, Adrian Beltre liked the idea of doing that for a team he has spent nearly eight years with than pursuing a World Series as temp; an occasional fill-in.
Rangers GM Jon Daniels confirmed Monday the Rangers presented Beltre with a potential trade partner shortly before the August 31 waiver trade deadline expired. Neither Daniels nor Beltre confirmed the team that made the overture, though both Cleveland (Josh Donaldson) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (David Freese) traded for right-handed hitting third basemen.