Adrian Beltre injures hamstring, likely headed back to DL

Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre cannot shake his lingering hamstring issues.

Beltre injured his hamstring again in Sunday’s game, potentially aggravating an injury that cost him 12 games this season and will likely send him back to the disabled list.

“Rough, because I didn’t feel any setback. I didn’t feel the hamstring at all,” Beltre said, via T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com. “I was trying to protect it the whole time, because I knew it would take me a little longer. Tried not to run hard any play. … Disappointed, obviously, but nothing I can do now.

“I don’t think it ever happened to me like this, after I came back from an injury, to injure the same leg again. I don’t know if it was a re-injury or a new one. Obviously, I don’t think anybody wants to get hurt, especially when you want to be out there competing. I’m not happy about it, but I’ll deal with it.”

Beltre did not think he was rushed back from his previous injury.

“I don’t think that was the case, because like I said, this might be a different one,” Beltre said. “I didn’t feel any discomfort after I got back. I wouldn’t second-guess the timeframe that I came back in.”

Beltre’s hamstring failed him at the end of the 2017 season as well, making this his third hamstring injury in approximately eight months. He’s been effective when healthy this season to the tune of a .310 average, but the 39-year-old’s age might be catching up to him.