Royals Acquire Betancourt from Mariners

by Eli Greenspan on Jul 10, 2009 3:47 PM EDT

The Mariners traded infielder Yuniesky Betancourt to the Royals today in exchange for RHP Daniel Cortes and LHP Derrick Saito. Betancourt was hitting .250 with 2 home runs and 22 RBIs. Cortes will report to Double-A West Tennessee while Saito joins the Mariners' Class-A farm club in Clinton, Iowa. Cortes, 22, was the Royals Minor League Pitcher of the Year in 2008 and was rated as the Royals' top pitching prospect entering the '09 season by Baseball America. Saito had a 2-6 record, 4.26 ERA and one save for Class-A Burlington this season.

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i guess thats a win/win deal

by Heyward is the next crime dog on Jul 10, 2009 3:56 PM EDT reply actions

Yuni is currently posting a horrible .278 OBP and fangraphs has him at a -8.3 UZR on the fielding side

Cortes, meanwhile, was the Royals Minor League Pitcher of the Year last year.

Depending on how much of Yuni’s contract the Mariners ate. This deal is somewhere between Horrible and God Awful for the Royals

by IceStormV1 on Jul 10, 2009 4:26 PM EDT reply actions

if they made that trade I am guessing they dont have that much faith in Cortes

by Heyward is the next crime dog on Jul 10, 2009 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions

As is much of what they do.

Amazing considering how many of their fans are stat-heads.

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by bdalebs on Jul 10, 2009 6:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Hmmm....

Does that mean Jack Wilson to the Mariners ?

"Baseball is better than football. Think about it, eighty degrees, a cold beer and a short-sleeve shirt is better than 30 degrees, a hip flask and six layers of clothes under a lap blanket. Take your pick: suntan or frostbite. " - Thomas Boswell

by Ketcham Bruce on Jul 10, 2009 5:58 PM EDT reply actions