Is Adrian Beltre the most underrated player in MLB?

[stevenash]

Last night he tripled, homered and drove in three runs against Kansas City. He has hit four home runs in his past five games, and has has been notching extra-base hits at an astounding rate: 18 of them in his last 14 games. Since his three-homer game against the Orioles on August 22, he has raised his slugging percentage 73 points, from .480 to .553.

1998	19	LAD	NL	77	214	195	18	42	9	0	7	22	3	1	14	37	.215	.278	.369	.648	73	72	4	3	2	0	0	5/6
1999	20	LAD	NL	152	614	538	84	148	27	5	15	67	18	7	61	105	.275	.352	.428	.780	102	230	4	6	4	5	12	*5
2000	21	LAD	NL	138	575	510	71	148	30	2	20	85	12	5	56	80	.290	.360	.475	.835	114	242	13	2	3	4	2	*5/6
2001	22	LAD	NL	126	515	475	59	126	22	4	13	60	13	4	28	82	.265	.310	.411	.720	91	195	9	5	2	5	1	*5/6
2002	23	LAD	NL	159	635	587	70	151	26	5	21	75	7	5	37	96	.257	.303	.426	.729	97	250	17	4	1	6	4	*5
2003	24	LAD	NL	158	608	559	50	134	30	2	23	80	2	2	37	103	.240	.290	.424	.714	88	237	13	5	1	6	4	*5/6
2004	25	LAD	NL	156	657	598	104	200	32	0	48	121	7	2	53	87	.334	.388	.629	1.017	163	376	15	2	0	4	9	*5/6	MVP-2,SS
2005	26	SEA	AL	156	650	603	69	154	36	1	19	87	3	1	38	108	.255	.303	.413	.716	93	249	15	5	0	4	6	*5/D
2006	27	SEA	AL	156	681	620	88	166	39	4	25	89	11	5	47	118	.268	.328	.465	.792	105	288	15	10	1	3	4	*5/4D
2007	28	SEA	AL	149	639	595	87	164	41	2	26	99	14	2	38	104	.276	.319	.482	.802	112	287	18	2	0	4	2	*5/D	GG
2008	29	SEA	AL	143	612	556	74	148	29	1	25	77	8	2	50	90	.266	.327	.457	.784	109	254	11	2	0	4	10	*5/D	GG
2009	30	SEA	AL	111	477	449	54	119	27	0	8	44	13	2	19	74	.265	.304	.379	.683	83	170	19	7	0	2	1	*5/D
2010	31	BOS	AL	154	641	589	84	189	49	2	28	102	2	1	40	82	.321	.365	.553	.919	141	326	25	5	0	7	10	*5	AS,MVP-9,SS
2011	32	TEX	AL	124	525	487	82	144	33	0	32	105	1	1	25	53	.296	.331	.561	.892	131	273	13	5	0	8	0	*5D	AS,MVP-15,GG,SS
2012	33	TEX	AL	132	557	515	81	164	30	2	29	88	1	0	29	66	.318	.354	.553	.907	134	285	8	4	0	9	4	*5D	AS

[stevenash]

Too bad the Red Sox can't get players like that.

Oh wait

[leafs_ducks]

How is he underrated?

[jbart28]

Guy is a great fielder and a great player. He plays hard everyday. He ALSO gets to hit behind Josh Hamilton.

That is a huge benefit

[stevenash]

Beltre gets it.
He plays every game like it's his last game, true professional.

[DerekMadden]

How is he underrated?

I agree, I'm not sure anybody has underrated him...

Anybody who knows baseball knows he is a beast.

[stevenash]

How is he underrated?

Nobody mentions him

[mathdotcom]

Great fielder

Bullets to 1st always on the mark

[5teamparlay]

COuld wind up with 3,000 hits...

Under the radar hall of fame candidate.

[Ghenghis Kahn]

jesus, you're gonna give opie a boner with this thread...

[Chi_archie]

I'm a big fan of Beltre, one of those guys that when he gets locked in, he's scary good

Texas has like 3 guys like that

[Chi_archie]

6 HR's and counting in the last 10 games

[opie1988]

Team MVP this year. No question.

[InTheDrink]

probably because hisplay lived up to one contract in his career before getting to texas...and it was a one year contract