Adrian Beltre is a free agent again this offseason . The last time he was a free agent was after his monster 2004 season with the Dodgers. He signed a 5-year, $64 million contract with the Mariners, the team that may be losing him now. As a Dodger fan, it pains me to say this, but I miss Beltre . It is easy for Dodger fans (and media) to point to Beltre's numbers as a Seattle Mariner, saying that they never came close to his 2004 numbers and therefore Beltre is a failure as a Mariner. I've done that. But after a little more reading, I've come to realize that Beltre's 2004 numbers (48 HR/121 RBI/.334/.388/.629), were an aberration . You can interpret " aberration " any way you want, but all it means is that Beltre's 2004 season was not Beltre . No matter how much Dodger fans wanted it to be. Beltre has always been a solid-fielding third baseman with above-average power. A decent run producer. Nothing more. Safeco Field has been killing his numbers, fe...
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