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Doc,
I'll jump in here, maybe with the last word.
If you discount Beltre's outlier '04 (that may have been artificially aided, if you as me...either that or Mercury just alligned with Mars).....then his Marnier years (OPS+ right at 100) was not that different from the rest of his previous career.  Pretty dang close, in fact.  Beltre was over 100 0PS+ in 3 of his 5 Mariner years. (and only 2 of 5 in the pre-'04 years).
In many ways his '10 was very similar to his '07 year in Seattle.  28 homers compared to 26.  49 doubles compared to 41. 
Last year, however, he lit it up with a .321 average....45 points better than anything he had as a Mariner.
In '04 he hit .334, BTW.
As a Mariner his BABIP was between .276 and .301.  Last year it was .331 (and .325 in '04)
So, I don't see a player "crushed" emotionally by Safeco.  I see a player who had some very productive years in Seattle...who had a terrible '09, much of that injury related.  I also see a player who seems to have lost some hits in Seattle (BAHIP)...but I don't know how to do a home-away comparison there. 
As it turns out, letting him go was a bad move...driven by expense.  We got a lousy over-paid Figgins, albeit somewhat cheaper, in return.
I suspect that Beltre would have returned to his 100+ OPS+ days if he had stayed in Seattle last year.
I see a guy who had a sore testicle  in '09.  But not a player absolutely suffocating under the weight of Safeco.  Not at all on that point.
moe