Mellinger: Moore Offered Billy Butler for Yuniesky Betancourt
Maybe someone can explain this to me, I just... OK, I, um, uh...
over 3 years ago
Matt Klaassen
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If true
Who is dumber, Dayton for offering or Bavasi for rejecting?
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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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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.
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If, and that's a huge if....
this was proposed, I’m sure there were more pieces involved than just a straight swap of Butler for Betancourt.
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by eazyb81 on Jun 19, 2008 6:05 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
mellinger's a good reporter
it’s safe to say this was likely the case
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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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Indeed
The information he got easily could have been incomplete
This is just my opinion. I could easily be wrong.
by Scott McKinney on Jun 19, 2008 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
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 Matt Klaassen on Jun 20, 2008 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions
team name should be changed
Kansas City Maribraves
or
Kansas City Brariners
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