Adrian Beltre

[UnVme7]

I've watched Beltre for a long time, have a huge collection of him, and straight up love the guy for his on and off the field contributions.

Guy is tougher than nails. Broke a finger that needed surgery and opted not to have surgery and played the season with a bad hand. Ever read where he got real sick early in his career and had to wear a colostomy bag when he played?? Yeah, guy plays hurt all the time and gets mad when the manager wants to give him a day off.

He got better with age--- his best years came from 2010 to present. How do you explain that? Steriods? Just stop...

One thing I hate is when someone looks at numbers for someone and doesn't fully understand them. Guy could retire now and get voted in.

[packs]

Well what is your reasoning behind not being suspicious? When Brady Anderson hit 50 homers wasn't that suspicious? Why was it suspicious? I would say it's because nothing he did before that suggested he was that talented. I would say the same about Beltre and his walk years.

[UnVme7]

Originally Posted by packs

Well what is your reasoning behind not being suspicious? When Brady Anderson hit 50 homers wasn't that suspicious? Why was it suspicious? I would say it's because nothing he did before that suggested he was that talented. I would say the same about Beltre and his walk years.

His 2011, 2012 and 2013 years were some of his most productive years of his career, and I have zero suspicion that he was on anything in those years, where drug testing was and has been pretty high in the order compared to 2004.

I suspect guys like Frank Thomas, Piazza, Thome, etc, but I'm not going to say I wouldn't ever vote for them when I don't know for a fact that they actually did