Michael Beltre: Announces retirement from baseball
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Beltre has announced his retirement from professional baseball, Matt Kardos of MLB.com reports.
Beltre retires after playing 672 minor-league games with three different organizations. The 29-year-old reached Triple-A with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 2022 for 22 games, but he never got a chance to play in the majors.
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Yankees' Michael Beltre: Healthy at Double-A
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Beltre (hamstring) is slashing .273/.310/.418 with no home runs and five stolen bases across 13 games at Double-A Somerset on the season.
Beltre missed the final couple weeks of spring training while recovering from a hamstring injury, but he returned to full health prior to the start of the minor-league season. The speedy outfielder will likely spend most of the 2021 campaign at Double-A.
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Yankees' Michael Beltre: Exits with injury
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Beltre left Friday's game against Pittsburgh with a hamstring injury, Marly Rivera of ESPN.com reports.
The exact nature and severity of the injury are not yet clear. Beltre isn't expected to push for a roster spot even if healthy, as he's yet to advance beyond Double-A and posted a .637 OPS at that level in 2019.
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Reds' Michael Beltre: Off to slow start at Double-A
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Beltre has gone 2-for-21 (.095 average) with a triple, an RBI, two walks and eight strikeouts in his first nine games with Double-A Chattanooga.
Beltre missed all of April with an undisclosed injury, and it seems he's still working to get his timing back at the plate. The outfielder put together a great run at Low-A last year to earn a promotion to High-A Daytona in June, and while the numbers took a slight hit after the jump in levels, he was still 24 percent better than the average Florida State League hitter during his time with Daytona. Beltre's not a high-end prospect, but his patience and speed may be enough for him to carve out a big-league role in time.
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Reds' Michael Beltre: Rehabbing undisclosed injury
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Beltre is rehabbing an undisclosed injury in extended spring training, Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com reports.
A tooled-up outfielder who has always been old for his full-season assignments, Beltre may never amount to much, but his plus speed and potential to develop above-average power will keep him on the radar for now. Once healthy, he should be assigned to Double-A for his age-23/24 season.
