Betancourt traded to the Royals...How do I feel about that?

I'm sure you've all heard by now that Yuniesky Betancourt was traded to the Kansas City Royals for two minor league pitchers. As much as I've made a point to point out Yuni's flaws I'm truly sad to see him go. There was always a hope that he could become the defensive whiz out at shortstop while possessing the above-average bat that we saw flashes of when he broke into the league in 2005.

That being said, Yuni did not perform. It seemed Don Wakamatsu tried everything to get Yuni to see it his way; talking to him, calling him out in the newspaper, benching him. Each time Yuni would fix his mistakes...for a short while, but he always regressed to the player he was before the discipline.

Good luck in KC, Yuni. Finally, WFB and YFB will be reunited again. I really do hope he can turn his career around in KC. There is just too much talent there to dismiss as wasted. We'll see what happens.

Where do the M's go from here? Well...there is a huge glaring hole at shortstop, not that the trade of Yuni made it any worse than it was before but you just can't have Ronny Cedeno as your everyday shortstop. The value of Jarrod Washburn couldn't be any higher than after his 1-hitter. I think you'll see a package deal with Washburn and another player, maybe a Wladimir Balentien to fill the hole at short. This should be an exciting 3 weeks for M's fans.

Stay tuned as I'll take a look at the players the M's got in return for Yuni. From the initial look of things Jack Z pulled off another gem.