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.
