Report: Rangers, Adrian Beltre agree to two-year contract extension
The Rangers and veteran third baseman Adrian Beltre have completed a two-year
contract extension, T.R. Sullivan tweets. The team has yet to confirm, but
the new contract is reportedly worth $36 million. Beltre, 37, is in the final
year of the six-year, $96 million deal that he signed before the 2011 season.
This season, Beltre is batting .310/.370/.571 after 11 games. For his career,
he owns an OPS+ of 116 to go with 415 home runs and 2,780 hits. Across parts
of 19 seasons, Beltre has won four Gold Gloves and four Silver Sluggers. He
has also made the All-Star team four times and five times finished in the top
10 of the MVP balloting.
While multiyear extensions aren't often given to 37-year-olds, Beltre