The Mariners have told third baseman Adrian Beltre that he cannot play for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic. The team doesn't believe that he has fully recovered from surgeries in September to repair a ligament in his left thumb and to remove bone spurs from his left, non-throwing shoulder. "Yes, we took the decision [away]," Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik said. "We need this player, and we need this player badly, to be competitive this year. "I feel bad about it. I know how badly he wanted to play. As I said all along, I would support him -- as long as he was healthy. ... If he's not right at 100 percent, then we as an organization couldn't afford to have a setback."