I Was Wondering When It Would Come To This

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Yuniform found this 5/10/2008 on www.lookoutlanding.com [flag]
The thread below inspired me to take a closer look at Yuniesky Betancourt to see just how much he's actually contributing to this team. For a while we've been assuming that he's a pretty average bat for a shortstop with above-average defense, but how does this stand up to investigation? I decided to avoid work for half an hour to find out. Let me tell you - it doesn't stand up very well. ... [link]

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This is getting frustrating…
Published 5/10/2008 by Brad at Yuniform
... Jeff at Lookout Landing has a brutal, accurate breakdown of Yuni’s statistically poor play for the Mariners the past few years.  His conclusion: Yuni’s a below average shortstop, but since he’s not too highly paid, he’s valuable to the team. ...

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