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According to Fangraphs, only eight players with at least 200 plate appearances have a lower Wins Above Replacement rating than Francoeur's -0.6 (yes, negative). One of those, naturally, is Yuniesky Betancourt.

Betancourt, in fact, ranks fourth-worst, ahead of only Brian Giles (whose career is, if not dead, then cryogenically frozen), the overmatched Emmanuel Burriss…and – I have to laugh – Jose Guillen.

The guy can’t hit, he can’t field, his performance has been going backwards for the past two years – and it turns out that he can’t be bothered to get better. Just remember that in case anyone brings up the fact that Dan Cortes was arrested for drunken disorderliness in Arkansas last week.

(Maybe part of the rationale for this trade is that the Royals are trying to send a message to their minor league players: don’t embarrass the organization. That’s the front office’s job.)

I suppose this day was inevitable, ever since we learned that early in his tenure, Moore offered the Mariners Billy Butler for Betancourt straight up. Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, bless his heart, turned the trade down.

ItalianBlueJay wrote: beh se dici a Brauna di mettere una firma per raggiunge i numeri di Giles a fine carriera lui ce la mette eh...che poi abbia 78 anni e ginocchia da 97 enne è un'altro conto...

rene144 wrote: In questo momento, i Royals hanno 2 dei peggiori 4 giocatori MLB dell'anno. Jose "ti trascino la franchigia" è il peggiore... neanche Betancourt raggiunge quei livelli.

Tutto di Rany.

ItalianBlueJay wrote: beh se dici a Brauna di mettere una firma per raggiunge i numeri di Giles a fine carriera lui ce la mette eh...che poi abbia 78 anni e ginocchia da 97 enne è un'altro conto...

kromfel wrote: Quanto ho letto la notizia della trade ho pensato cio' che scrive rany: é tornato Berroa

rene144 wrote: Lascia perdere, vuole solo disperatamente litigare per dare un senso alle sue giornate.

    When Royals outfielder José Guillen goes off, as he did Monday afternoon, he seldom minces words. That didn’t change simply because he chose to go off on the guy in the mirror.

    “I hate making excuses,” he said. “If I suck, then I suck. And I suck. That’s the way I’m playing. If you suck, you suck. You have to take responsibility in this game. Right now, that’s the way I feel.

    “Yes, I suck.”

    Guillen carries a .243 average into Tuesday’s double-header against the Los Angeles Angels at Kauffman Stadium. He also had just nine homers and 37 RBIs in 76 games.

    That’s far too little production, he readily admits, for a guy pulling down $36 million in a three-year contract that runs through next season.

    “I’m embarrassed by the money that I making,” Guillen said, “and playing the way I’ve been playing. I’ll swear that on my kids’ (lives). I feel very embarrassed.

    “Sometimes, I feel I should take money out of my own pocket and buy tickets for every fan. Because you know what? For a $12 million man, these are not the numbers you should be expecting. I admit it. I’m not playing to my potential.”

rene144 wrote: Sconvolgente :lol2: