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Mellinger: Moore Offered Billy Butler for Yuniesky Betancourt

Maybe someone can explain this to me, I just... OK, I, um, uh...

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Who is dumber, Dayton for offering or Bavasi for rejecting?

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by RoyalsRetro on Jun 19, 2008 5:16 PM EDT   0 recs

Wow

No way that could be true.
...Right?

by raefzilla on Jun 19, 2008 5:44 PM EDT   0 recs

If true, that was a stupid offer

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by NYRoyal on Jun 19, 2008 5:55 PM EDT   0 recs

i think aviles is proving shortstop defense is overrated

our pitching’s been just fine the last few days without a plus plus defender

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by marbotty on Jun 19, 2008 6:00 PM EDT   0 recs

At first, I did indeed think this was very dumb,

but on the other hand, it isn’t as dumb as it looks at first glance. Butler was in AA at the time, and Betancourt had established himself as a good defense, high contact SS. Would I have wanted this trade to go through? No. Was it a terrible offer? I wouldn’t go that far.

A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.

by NHZ on Jun 19, 2008 6:04 PM EDT   0 recs

mellinger's a good reporter

it’s safe to say this was likely the case

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by marbotty on Jun 19, 2008 6:06 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Reporters get bad info from sources all the time

Mellinger wasn’t in on a three-way call with Moore and Bavasi, he heard this from someone else. Who knows if he has all the info.

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by eazyb81 on Jun 19, 2008 6:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Indeed

The information he got easily could have been incomplete

This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.

by NYRoyal on Jun 19, 2008 9:42 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Honest confession

I’m not even joking, but I have to admit—right after I read the story, I went to baseball-reference to see who orginally drafted Betancourt.

I was surprised to see that it was the Mariners…

OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG

by devil_fingers on Jun 20, 2008 12:46 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

team name should be changed

Kansas City Maribraves

or

Kansas City Brariners

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by marbotty on Jun 22, 2008 7:22 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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