IN BRIEF
New Mariner Beltre
reports to spring training
PEORIA, Ariz. — Adrian Beltre
knows there will be a period of ad
justment this season. New team.
New manager. New league.
But he’s ready for it.
“I’m not nervous at all,” the new
Seattle Mariners starting third baseman
said Monday after reporting for spring
training. “I’m just looking forward to
getting to know everybody.”
Beltre, 25, took his physical and
then joined his new teammates for a
round of hitting, something he excels
at and the main reason the Mariners
signed him to a $64 million, five-year
contract in December.
Playing with the Los Angeles
Dodgers in 2004, he led the majors
with 48 home runs while hitting
.334 with 121 RBIs. He finished sec
ond to San Francisco’s Barry Bonds
in the National League MVP voting.
Beltre and new Mariners first base
man Richie Sexson, who signed a
$50 million, four-year contract, are
expected to rejuvenate Seattle’s of
fense after the team lost 99 games
last season. Mariners, manager Bob
Melvin was fired after the season.
New Mariners manager Mike Har
grove doesn’t know Beltre well be
cause he’s managed in the American
League, while Beltre has played in
the National League. But Hargrove
gave Beltre’s shoulder a squeeze
Monday, almost as if to see if one of
the team’s two major power addi
tions was for real.
“I didn’t squeeze it very hard,”
Hargrove said. “It looks like he’s in
great shape.”
All the social aspects of the new
slugger’s adjustment to Seattle aside,
Beltre is most concerned about learn
ing to hit against AL pitchers.
“It’s not going to be easy,” he said.
“It’s going to take time to adjust to it.
I hope my new teammates are going
to help me.”
Beltre isn’t going to put too much
pressure on himself, though.
“I’m here to help this team be in the
playoffs and win a World Series,” he
said. “I want to be a part of that. But
it’s not going to be a one-guy team.”
Hargrove said it won’t take Beltre
long to have a clubhouse full of friends.
“As long as I’ve been around this
game, the players who command the
most respect from their peers are the
ones who play the game hard,” he
said. “Special players do things to
catch your eye.”
— The Associated Press
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