Adrian Beltre decides upon surgery: It’s time

Wait, wait…I thought he plotted to be great this year.

Gold Glove third baseman Adrian Beltre is in the lineup tonight against the Dodgers, but he won’t play again until after undergoing surgery to remove bone chips from his left shoulder.

Just when hasn’t been decided, but within the next week Beltre will have surgery that will likely keep him out of the Seattle Mariners lineup 4-8 weeks.

“We’ve been bracing for this for awhile,” general manager Jack Zduriencik said. “It creates a dilemma, but it creates an opportunity, too.”

...Beltre, 30, is in the last year of his contract, and the surgery means he’s virtually untradeable before or at the July 31 deadline. In 71 games this season, Beltre is batting .260 with five home runs and 30 RBI.

“I’ve never been 100 per cent since surgery last year to fix this,” Beltre said. “They said there was a small chance the spur would grow back. My luck, I was one of those whose spur came back - and it’s bigger than last year. It hurts more.”