Managerial change won't sway Beltre decision

Beltre's 3-run dinger ARLINGTON -- Third baseman Adrian Beltre hasn't decided if he wants to play next season. He said the Rangers managerial change won't influence that decision.

"I don't think so," Beltre said after Jeff Banister was dismissed as manager on Friday. "I'm here for whatever they want me to do, that's the bottom line. I think I'm old enough to understand everything that's going on, and I'm old enough to understand that over the last couple of years, the clubhouse is getting younger and younger, and there's been a different situation where - yes, we're probably not going to be competing with the Astros and those guys, we're going to be developing players.

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