Goodbye Yuniesky

by yuni4life on Jul 11, 2009 10:48 AM PDT

Yuniesky Betancourt, one of my favorite players will most likely never play in a mariners jersey again. He was traded last night for Royals pitching prospects Derrick Saito and Daniel Cortes. The latter of the two prospects waas rated as the Royals best itching prospect by Baseball America. They also said Don Wakamtsu said Ronny Cedeno's play at shortstop allowed the club to make the trade. I love you Yuni and you'll be sorely missed. And please lets now get a good shortstop because Ronny Cedeno might be the worst everday hitter this season

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this trade makes you feel

Good Yuni is gone

250 votes

Bad I hate Ronny Cede"no hitting"

20 votes

mixed emotions

35 votes

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my 1st post but im also active on blazersedge

"A deep drive the right fielder is going back and he makes the catch about 5 steps short of the warning track"
Dave Sims

by yuni4life on Jul 11, 2009 10:48 AM PDT reply actions

Welcome to LL.

There are a few tips about the guidelines around the site: I suggest reading these three posts. Here, here, and here.

Also, please consider that joining a community and then posting new fanposts right away will be considered rude to some. It is more courteous to read some of the active posts for a bit to get a feel for the community and then start commenting. This feeling will be exacerbated by the topic of your post. The Yuni trade was already covered here and here.

by Matthew on Jul 11, 2009 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions

I am not going to sorely miss Yuni personally.

Addicted To Quack [dot] com; Good luck in the WNBA, Kamyron!

by qrsouther on Jul 11, 2009 10:59 AM PDT reply actions

Personally I did a little sex wee when I heard that Yuni had gone.

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Jul 11, 2009 11:08 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Also this is going to be one of the most lopsided polls in LL history.

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Jul 11, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions

MIXED EMOTIONS

by waldo rojas on Jul 11, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions

BREAKING NEWS

by Teej on Jul 11, 2009 11:17 AM PDT reply actions

Financially, probably the best deal Z could make.

“Cedeno may not be the answer either, but moving Betancourt is at least an admission that employing Betancourt wasn’t much different from employing anybody at the position. Add in the $7 million from future payroll recouped in the exchange: Seattle will pay Betancourt’s salary this season, plus $1 million in each of the next two years (in which he was due $7 million), and won’t have to sweat paying that $2 million to buy out an option on 2012 that would otherwise involve the cost of $6 million to employ him.”
From Baseball Prospectus by Christina Kahrl

by Sinking Away on Jul 11, 2009 11:24 AM PDT reply actions

You're gonna have to fight it out with yuniform

by ermac on Jul 11, 2009 11:26 AM PDT reply actions

My emotions are a mix between elation, excitement and arousal.

And lo, did the Good Lord Beltre say unto the people of Kansas City, “He’s your fucking problem now.”
And the people of Kansas City lamented. And the People of Seattle rejoiced.
But the Mischievous Betancourt objected. Thusly did the Good Lord Beltre beneficently smite him into tiny ashes, in His mercy.
And the Good Lord Beltre did grin, and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and Carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals and fruit bats…