Comments on: More on the Yuni Trade

By: Slippery Elmer

Slippery Elmer — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:41:56 +0000

His only strength was building a cheap bullpen, and being a nice guy.

He also has a manly visage reminiscent of a love child between Jay Buhner and Henry Rollins, so he’s also got that going for him.

But that and a million bucks still won’t get you two passably intriguing pitchers for Yuni Betancourt. Nice deal, Jack.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:18:21 +0000

â€œAnd as far as playing shortstop, heâ€™s one of the best Iâ€™ve seen. He makes tough plays look really easy.â€

Amazingly, this has been true… about 2% of the time. The other 98% of the time, he makes routine plays look really hard or impossible.

I present this Yuni trade as evidence that, indeed, there are other GMâ€™s from Bavasiâ€™s gene pool.

Yes, but you can’t count on it. And in most cases, they just have one particular weakness. Zduriencik’s genius seems to be an ability to sniff that flaw out and take advantage of it. Bavasi’s problem was that he was entirely made of flaw. His only strength was building a cheap bullpen, and being a nice guy.

By: G-Man

G-Man — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:46:21 +0000

A couple weeks ago, when the value or absence of value of Mike Morse was under debate, it was said here that Morse wouldn’t be a valuable trading chip, as no GM was as stupid as Bill Bavasi.

Now, without even talking about what Langerhaans has contributed in these few games, I present this Yuni trade as evidence that, indeed, there are other GM’s from Bavasi’s gene pool.

By: Slurve

Slurve — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:32:32 +0000

Derrick Saito will be regarded by some as a throw-in, being a 5â€™9 lefty with college experience...and offset this with a curveball that ranked among the best in the conference. He has all the pitches to start, itâ€™s just a question of durability I suppose...He strikes them out at a rate of 11.30 per nine... Short pitcher with a funky wind-up but has amazing stuff and thought to be a reliever due to durability problems and being short... Sound familiar?

By: Sports on a Schtick

Sports on a Schtick — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:21:09 +0000

Okay, this is eerie. I mentioned on the Bizarro Yuni Fan Club (which is now accepting applicants from Kansas City!) that the Cheezburger Night promotion was missing a shortstop. And we all know what happened last night. LOLcat FTW???

By: Mekias

Mekias — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:19:04 +0000

As an added bonus, this will ruin Zack Greinke’s shot at the Cy Young. Felix only has to worry about Halladay now!

By: Breadbaker

Breadbaker — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:10:10 +0000

Maybe Z should see what the Royals will give us for Carlos Silva.

From your keyboard to God’s (or Zduriencik’s) ear.

Other than all that, heâ€™s Honus Wagner

And I’m Clark Gable.

By: DMZ

DMZ — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:08:56 +0000

Keep in mind it’s been a while since Meche saw Yuni play regularly.

By: jjracoon

jjracoon — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:05:28 +0000

Do you realize even if Saito or Cortes make it to the team in 2011 that they would still be older than Hernandez is right now after playing for what seems forever for the Mariners. Gads he is still the youngest guy on the roster!!

By: Big Bob

Big Bob — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:03:46 +0000

Wow the Royals are full of Mariners castoffs from crappy teams. The Royals GM must of been high to pull such a deal. Best wishes to Yuni, maybe he pulls his head out of the clouds and starts living up to his potential(not likely). Now let’s go get Hardy or Sanchez Dr Z!!!