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Adrian Beltre was back in Texas http://www.piratesfanproshop.com/authentic-bill-mazeroski-jersey ,on Wednesday after a road trip that ended on the same day as the non-waiver trade deadline.That doesn’t necessarily mean that baseball’s active career hits leader will finish this season, the last on his contract and maybe the last of his Hall of Fame-caliber career, with the last-place Rangers.The possibility remains that, in the right situation, Beltre could get dealt to a contending team in August for a shot at finally winning a World Series title.”More or less knowing where I’m going to be for the next – who knows,” Beltre said after the non-waiver deadline passed Tuesday when the Rangers were in Arizona. ”I cannot sit here and say 100 percent I’m going to finish the season here, which I’d be happy to do. But you never know what comes up.”Beltre, 39 and in his 21st big league season, has been to the World Series only once . That was in 2011, his first season in Texas.Rangers general manager Jon Daniels was in constant contact with the Beltre in the weeks leading up to the non-waiver deadline, letting the veteran third baseman know when other teams inquired about him. Beltre, who could veto any trade, also gave the GM some feedback on the teams that made sense to him and why.”If he was going to go somewhere, it was going to be somewhere he could win, but also somewhere he could play and contribute Dave Parker Jersey ,” Daniels said. ”He didn’t want to be a cheerleader. He was very clear about that. He also was very clear that he didn’t want to go somewhere that would lead us to not getting a good deal.”Beltre, who described the last couple of weeks as ”a lot of thinking” and ”wait and see,” said nothing got close enough for him to have to make a decision. He said there weren’t many teams willing to meet his requirements.”I didn’t want to be a bench player, and it didn’t work out,” Beltre said, not identifying any potential teams.The Rangers, who swept three games at defending World Series champion Houston before splitting two interleague games in Arizona, had a day off Wednesday before starting a seven-game homestand. They play four games against Baltimore, the opponent when Beltre got his 3,000th career hit last year, and three against Seattle, one of his former teams.Beltre, a four-time All-Star and five-time Gold Glove Award winner, is a .287 career hitter with 3,127 hits and 467 homers. His average this season is the same Josh Harrison Jersey , .287, with five homers and 33 RBIs in 75 games that include 21 starts as the designated hitter.Like pretty much all Texas players, Beltre will be put through trade waivers this month. If Beltre is claimed by another team, the Rangers would have two days to work out a deal or pull back the waiver claim. If he clears waivers, a deal could be made with any club.Daniels said he would keep an open communication with Beltre like he has throughout the process.Beltre has indicated that if he plays another season, he’d like to finish his career with the Rangers. When Daniels was asked if he expected Beltre to play again next year, he said he didn’t know.”I don’t know that he knows,” the GM said. ”What he’s told us is very similar to what he said publicly, which is he’s going to digest everything, go home and be with his family, see how his body feels in the winter.”I don’t know if that’s November, December, January,” Daniels said. ”I don’t know what exactly the timeline is, and I don’t think it’s really fair of us to ask him right now.”— NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Boone regrets his slow hook of Luis Severino.Given a night to reflect on New York’s record-setting 16-1 loss to Boston in Game 3 of the AL Division Series http://www.piratesfanproshop.com/authentic-gregory-polanco-jersey , the Yankees‘ rookie manager said he would not have let his ace take the mound for the fourth inning down 3-0 after allowing five singles and several hard-hit outs.“Certainly in hindsight, when he doesn’t get an out, I’d like to have that back,” Boone said before Game 4 on Tuesday. “Being able to look back in hindsight, sure, go in a different way there in that spot.”Severino lasted just six pitches in the fourth, allowing a pair of singles and a four-pitch walk to the bottom three hitters in the Red Sox batting order.Lance Lynn, usually a starter, came in and started with a four-pitch walk to Mookie Betts that forced in a run. Lynn also gave up Andrew Benintendi’s three-run double that put Boston ahead 7-0. Later in the inning, Chad Green allowed Steve Pearce’s RBI single and Brock Holt’s two-run triple that boosted the margin to 10.Boston went on to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series, and Boone was criticized for his decisions on sports-talk radio and in other media.“I don’t see it. I know it’s out there because of the texts I receive, the ‘hang in theres,'” Boone said. “We can all sit and second — not even second guess, first guess or second guess — I would do this, and that’s one of the great things about our game.”Following his retirement as a player http://www.piratesfanproshop.com/authentic-jung-ho-kang-jersey , Boone was an ESPN analyst from 2010-17. Asked whether Boone the broadcaster would have criticized Boone the manager, he smiled and said: “No, absolutely not.”Boone investigated a report by TBS that Severino had insufficient time to warm up before the game. The network said Severino began his warmups 10 minutes before the first pitch; Boone said he spoke at length with the 24-year-old right-hander and with pitching coach Larry Rothschild.“I have no issue with how he warmed up,” Boone said. “As far as his routine and what he does to get ready, it was very much on par with what he always does.”Feeling down after the loss, which he repeatedly referred to as a “gut punch,” Boone did not listen to postgame discussion on his drive home to Greenwich, Connecticut. He turned to “80s on 8” on Sirius XM Radio.“The soothing sounds,” he said.LINEUP CHANGESCenter fielder Aaron Hicks returned to the starting lineup after missing two games because of a tight right hamstring. Brett Gardner shifted to left field and Andrew McCutchen went to the bench, moves designed to put another left-handed bat in the lineup against right-hander Rick Porcello. Boone also inserted Neil Walker at third base in place of rookie Miguel Andujar, behind slow-moving lefty CC Sabathia. Walker is a more reliable fielder than Andujar and was at third for Sabathia’s last four regular-season starts.