FACTS/FLUKES: Beltre, Weaver, Kendrick, Norris, Forsythe

Is Beltre slowing down with age? ... Aside from that Miguel Cabrera (3B, DET) guy, you'll be hard-pressed to find a more consistently elite 3B over the past four seasons than Adrián Béltre (3B, TEX). But while his counting stats look as gaudy as ever, he'll turn 35 in April. How much longer can he keep this up?

Year   AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%  h%   G/L/F    HR   PX  hr/f  BPV
====  ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ==  ========  ==  ===  ====  ===
2009  449  .265  .254    4   84  30  46/16/38   8   78    6%   34 
2010  589  .321  .312    6   86  34  40/19/40  28  148   13%   95        
2011  487  .296  .315    5   89  28  38/18/44  32  156   16%  107
2012  604  .321  .299    6   86  33  39/21/40  36  136   17%   91
2013  631  .315  .287   ...

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