Betancourt returns to Royals with 1-year deal
Yuniesky Betancourt is back with the Kansas City Royals after agreeing to a one-year contract.
The deal was announced Tuesday.
Betancourt, who played for the Royals from 2009-10, started at shortstop for the NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers last season, batting .252 with 13 homers and 68 RBIs. Kansas City has Alcides Escobar at shortstop, so Betancourt will provide versatility...
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December 20, 2011
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Royals bring back utility infielder
KANSAS CITY, MO The Kansas City Royals announced today that the club has signed utility infielder Yuniesky Betancourt to a one-year Major League contract for 2012. Consistent with club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. With the signing, the Royals 40-man roster stands at 39.
We have been looking for a utility infielder who could play short, third and second base and...
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December 20, 2011
CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
10 free agents that will drive next team to tears
As you may have seen yesterday, the Royals signed shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt, a move that was roundly mocked by, well, everyone. To be fair to the Royals, whoever ended up signing Yuni was going to be ridiculed, he is just one of those players that "informed" fans have come to loathe since he brings almost nothing to the table, yet keeps getting starting jobs in the...
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December 21, 2011
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December 21, 2011
Betancourt returns to AL and Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Yuniesky Betancourt is back with the Kansas City Royals after agreeing to a one-year contract.
The deal was announced Tuesday.
Betancourt, who played for the Royals from 2009-10, started at shortstop for the NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers last season, batting .252 with 13 homers and 68 RBIs.
Kansas City has Alcides Escobar at shortstop, so Betancourt...
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December 20, 2011
Kansas City Royals sign Yuniesky Betancourt
The Kansas City Royals have announced that they signed Yuniesky Betancourt to a one-year, Major Leageu contract. Rustin Dodd of the Kansas City Star adds that Betancourt's base salary will be $2 million with an additional $500,000 in incentives based on playing time.
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December 20, 2011
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December 20, 2011
Finding A Place For Yunie B. in 2012
With the offseason just underway, there's not exactly a lot to talk about in regard to the Milwaukee Brewers roster moves. But one of the few transactions made so far was the club's decision to decline Yuniesky Betancourt's $6M club option for 2012, using the $2M the Royals sent with him and Zack Greinke in last winter's trade.
And while declining Yunie's option...
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November 01, 2011
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November 01, 2011
Offseason Notes, Featuring a Stat That Doesn’t Exist
Yuni Betancourt, in front of a post-apocalyptic hellscape, finished second per a non-extant stat.
Table of Contents
Here’s the table of contents for today’s edition of Offseason Notes.
1. Projecting: ZiPS for Cincinnati
2. Stat That Doesn’t Exist: RECK
3. Crowdsourcing Broadcasters: L.A. Dodgers Television (Home Games)
Projections: ZiPS for Cincinnati
Dan Szymborski...
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January 09, 2012
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January 09, 2012
Transaction Analysis: Yuniesky Betancourt
Kevin Agee takes a quick look at what the return of Yuniesky Betancourt could mean for the Royals in 2012.
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December 21, 2011
Cactus League: Kansas City Royals
If you told your average Royals fan before nearly any season in recent memory that the team was about to contend, you'd almost certainly encounter more than a few chuckles and rolling eyes. This year, however, they might take you seriously.
As spring training approaches, the Royals appear closer than they have in a long time to contending in the AL Central. That said, close...
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8 days ago
Roenicke: 'This is going to be a good team'
MILWAUKEE It's hard to improve on a 96-victory season but Ron Roenicke is ready for the challenge.
Roenicke heads into his second season at the Brewers' helm with a decidedly different look to his lineup, which will be without first baseman Prince Fielder, shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt and third baseman Casey McGehee.
"Ninety-six wins (in 2011) is a lot of wins,"...
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14 days ago
Yuniesky Betancourt doesn’t mind criticism because he barely knows English
Former Mariners shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt certainly got used to the boos during his four-plus seasons in Seattle. But beyond the boos, he didn’t really hear much of the criticism that he has no range in the field and no patience at the plate. Well, maybe he heard it. But he didn’t understand it. “I don’t [...]
Via Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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October 10, 2011
Betancourt helps propel Crew to NLCS
Yuniesky Betancourt had a series to remember against the D-backs in the National League Division Series, and now he and his Milwaukee teammates are four victories away from going to the World Series.
Via mlb.com
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October 07, 2011
Betancourt returns to Royals' infield
The Royals and utility infielder Yuniesky Betancourt have reunited with a one-year contract. Betancourt played in Kansas City from 2009-10.
Via royals.com
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December 20, 2011
Ten Free Agents That Will Drive Fans of Their Next Team to Tears
As you may have seen yesterday, the Royals signed shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt, a move that was roundly mocked by, well, everyone. To be fair to the Royals, whoever ended up signing Yuni was going to be ridiculed, he is just one of those players that "informed" fans have come to loathe since he brings almost nothing to the table, yet keeps getting starting jobs in the...
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December 21, 2011
Roenicke: 'This is going to be a good team'
MILWAUKEE It's hard to improve on a 96-victory season but Ron Roenicke is ready for the challenge.
Roenicke heads into his second season at the Brewers' helm with a decidedly different look to his lineup, which will be without first baseman Prince Fielder, shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt and third baseman Casey McGehee.
"Ninety-six wins (in 2011) is a lot of wins,"...
Via Fox Sports Wisconsin
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14 days ago
Royals Sign Yuniesky Betancourt
The Royals announced that they signed Yuniesky Betancourt to a one-year, Major League contract. The Royals' 40-man roster includes 39 players with the addition of Betancourt, who was traded to Milwaukee from Kansas City in last offseason's Zack Greinke trade.
“We have been looking for a utility infielder who could play short, third and second base and we feel Yuni...
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December 20, 2011
Royals reach one-year deal with Yuniesky Betancourt
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December 20, 2011
Baseball Blogger Blogging for a Cause
Blogging and baseball go together kinda like baseball and apple pie. Blogging and blogging for charity? Not so much.Until now.Michael Clair, head honcho over at Old Time Family Baseball, is dedicating 24 hours of his life to blogging for a cause. That cause? Doctors Without Borders."Sitting in front of the internet and making fun of Yuniesky Betancourt is the least we can...
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January 13, 2012
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January 13, 2012
Royals reacquire veteran shortstop Betancourt
The Royals' offseason search for a veteran utility infielder is over. And it won't take long for the club to become acquainted with its latest addition. The Royals reacquired veteran shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt on Tuesday, a move designed to fill one of their remaining offseason needs.
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December 20, 2011
Yuni Betancourt says language barrier shelters him from criticism
MILWAUKEE — Yuniesky Betancourt came here in the Zack Greinke trade, and it's widely believed the Kansas City Royals made the Milwaukee Brewers take him. Fangraphs lists Betancourt as the worst starting shortstop in the major leagues. His defensive range is poor. He's one of the most impatient, least potent hitters in baseball.
And yet, there was Yuni, being escorted to...
Via Big League Stew
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October 10, 2011
Royals bring back Betancourt
The Kansas City Royals signed infielder Yuniesky Betancourt to a one-year contract on Tuesday.
Via Miami Herald
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December 20, 2011
Brewers decline options on K-Rod, Betancourt
Reliever Francisco Rodriguez and shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt on Sunday joined a list of Brewers free agents that has grown to eight.
Via mlb.com
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October 30, 2011
Betancourt returns to KC on 1-year deal (AP)
Yuniesky Betancourt is back with the Kansas City Royals after agreeing to a one-year contract. The deal was announced Tuesday. Betancourt, who played for the Royals from 2009-10, started at shortstop for the NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers last season, batting .252 with 13 homers and 68 RBIs. Kansas City has Alcides Escobar at shortstop, so Betancourt will provide versatility...
Via Yahoo! Sports
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December 20, 2011
From Tragedy to Farce: The Return of Yuni
Karl Marx famously opens his Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte by writing that “Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.” While the attribution to Hegel is somewhat dubious, the application to yesterday’s events is all too applicable.
Late...
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December 21, 2011
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December 21, 2011
Brewers decline options on Rodriguez, Betancourt
The Milwaukee Brewers declined Francisco Rodriguez's $17.5 million option on Sunday, rendering the set-up reliever a free agent.
The deal was initially reworked after Rodriguez was traded from the New York Mets during the All-Star break. He received a $4 million buyout - an upgrade from the original $3.5 million.
Rodriguez posted a 4-0 mark with three blown saves and a 1.86...
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October 30, 2011
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October 30, 2011
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