Casey at the Bat | Betancourt's Departure Addition By Subtraction

For the last few weeks Mariners fans have been all-but-rioting in an effort to get Yuniesky Betancourt out of town. Those people got their wish as the Kansas City Royals traded two minor leaguers to the Mariners in exchange for the enigmatic shortstop. This is another move in a long line of the Royals acquiring unwanted Mariners, but unlike Gil Meche, Jose Guillen and Willie Bloomquist, Betancourt was traded. The two prospects the Mariners got back, Daniel Cortes and Derrick Saito appear to be future bullpen arms, though Cortes could develop into a starter. Cortes sounds a lot like Bobby Jenks, who was the subject of an ESPN article when I was in high school. Jenks had a troubled past, a dominating fastball, and a curveball that came out of nowhere to be good, despite poor technique in throwing it. Jenks actually spent almost his entire minor league career attempting to start, with most of his relief appearances in the minors coming in 2005, the year he’d make his White Sox de...