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Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre (right) has signed a new deal with the Texas Rangers that adds $36 million and two years to his contract, which now runs through the 2018 season.
Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre (right) has signed a new deal with the Texas Rangers that adds $36 million and two years to his contract, which now runs through the 2018 season.

RANGERS

Beltre gets new deal

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Colorado Rockies catcher Nick Hundley

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New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom

ARLINGTON, Texas -- A week after his 37th birthday, Adrian Beltre has signed a new deal with the Texas Rangers that adds $36 million and two years for the All-Star third baseman through the 2018 season.

"Yeah, I heard a lot about age and I should be declining, but I don't buy into it until I feel it," Beltre said Saturday. "I feel like I'm 25. I feel great, my body feels great. Mentally, I'm good. ... I have no doubt that the motivation is always there, the motivation to win is always there, the challenge to try to beat the team on the other side is always there."

And he's still productive for the Rangers, who have been to a World Series and missed the postseason only once in his first five seasons. In 744 career games with Texas before Saturday night, he was a .309 hitter with 137 home runs and 468 RBI. He has won two of his four Gold Gloves since joining the Rangers.

Beltre is in the final season of the initial $96 million, six-year contract he signed with the Rangers as a free agent before the 2011 season, when he had his only World Series appearance. Both Beltre and the Rangers had talked since the end of last season about getting a new deal done. There were conversations over the winter and during spring training, and everything came together in the last few days.

Only Hall of Fame player Brooks Robinson has played more games at third base (2,870) than the 2,495 that Beltre had when he got his new deal.

Beltre is in his 19th major league season, having made his debut as a 19-year-old with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1998. He has a .285 career average with 2,780 hits, 565 doubles, 415 home runs and 1,476 RBI.

ANGELS

Nava goes on DL

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Los Angeles Angels placed reserve outfielder Daniel Nava on the disabled list Saturday with tendinitis in his left knee.

Nava was hitting .286 through 14 at-bats in eight games this season. Angels Manager Mike Scioscia said the knee gave Nava trouble in spring training before flaring up during their series in Oakland last week. Nava pinch hit in the ninth inning of Friday night's loss at Minnesota.

Scioscia said Nava "went through pre-game and it just flared up a little bit, but he thought he could hit." He added because it keeps lingering, it's "something we need to take care of."

The Angels recalled Rafael Ortega from Class AAA Salt Lake City to take Nava's spot on the roster and put him in Saturday's lineup against the Twins.

ROCKIES

Hundley on concussion DL

CHICAGO -- The Colorado Rockies have placed catcher Nick Hundley on the seven-day concussion disabled list after he took a foul tip off his mask.

The team made the move retroactive to Thursday and called up pitcher David Hale from Class AAA Albuquerque on Saturday.

Hundley has been experiencing concussion symptoms since he was hurt Wednesday. He is hitting .227 with 1 home run in 7 games.

He said after limiting his sprints and swings in the batting cage he felt a "little woozy." He then decided to "shut it down" and "take it back a notch" to give himself more time to recover.

Hale was 0-1 with a 1.50 ERA in six innings at Albuquerque after he strained his right hamstring in spring training. He went 5-5 with a 6.09 ERA with Colorado last season.

METS

DeGrom on family leave

CLEVELAND -- The New York Mets have placed right-hander Jacob deGrom on the family medical emergency medical list because of health complications involving his newborn child.

DeGrom left the team this week for the birth of his first child in Florida. Manager Terry Collins said before Saturday's game against Cleveland that complications developed and deGrom needed to stay with his family for a few more days.

DeGrom will be on the list from three to seven days.

DeGrom was dealing with a sore muscle in his right side. He won his only start of the season on April 8, allowing one run in six innings against Philadelphia. He threw 25 pitches in a bullpen session on Friday.

Logan Verrett will start Tuesday in Philadelphia. He pitched six shutout innings against the Marlins, taking deGrom's spot in the rotation last Wednesday.

RAYS

Fan in stable condition

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A woman hit by a foul ball in the seventh inning of the Chicago White Sox against the Tampa Bay Rays game is in stable condition Saturday at a hospital.

Rays designated hitter Steven Souza Jr. fouled off the ball Friday night that struck the fan, who was sitting in the lower box seats next to Tampa Bay's first-base side dugout. Souza went into the stands to check on her and said the ball hit her near the eye.

The game was delayed about 12 minutes so she could be removed on a stretcher brought onto the on-deck circle.

The ball went through a small gap between netting behind an area for photographers. Stadium workers were on the field Saturday adjusting the netting on both the first and third base sides.

-- The Associated Press

Sports on 04/17/2016

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