Yuni Signs (w/Orix Buffaloes of Japan)

[markedman5]

Everybody can relax now......

 

Andrew Gruman ‏@AndrewGruman 22s

RT @Ken_Rosenthal Source: Free-agent IF Yuniesky Betancourt has reached agreement with Japan’s Orix Buffaloes.

[trwi7]

My first thought.

 

[jerichoholicninja]

Thank goodness. Being on another continent will reduce the chances Doug signs him after his inevitable release.

[thumperden]

And there was much rejoicing in Brewer Nation!

 

My first thought was the gopher dancing to "I'm Alright" in Caddyshack.

[TURBO]

whew!

 

(signing with another team last year did not stop us from rostering him later though.....so there is that.)

[mothershipconnection]

Awesome. This is the silver lining of not being in Japan during baseball season this year: I know I get to skip him completely. Unfortunately, none of the baseball fans I know in Japan are Buffaloes fans, so I have nobody to tease.

I guess he's got acceptable power by their standards/with their juiced baseballs, but I really can't see his lazy play and general lack of skill being appreciated there.

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Japan may not be far enough away…was hoping he'd play for that science vessel trapped in Antarctica…I hear they have a decent co-ed softball team.

[hawing]

http://www.trevorloudon.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/buhbye.jpg

 

Maybe this time for sure!

[young guns]

What happened to all those teams interested in yuni as a starter? Were they all in Japan?

[reillymcshane]

What happened to all those teams interested in yuni as a starter? Were they all in Japan?

The major league teams simply watched film from the last few years and quickly pretended they were never interested in him.

[Point Beer Is Best]

The guaranteed money in Japan must have outweighed the meager minor league deals he was attracting here. I still can't believe that he's only 31.

[3and2Fastball]

Awesome!

 

I sincerely wish him the best of luck and great health and happiness but I am very happy he will not be a Brewers player in 2014

[pogokat]

I predict he's awesome in japan, comes back to America weighing about 300 pounds, hits 50 hrs for the Tigers, and in about a decade we draft Prince Betancourt with our first round pick in the draft.

[markedman5]

and now for some extra rejoicing……..

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 3m

Source: #Orioles sign free-agent SS Alex Gonzalez to minor-league contract with invitation to major-league spring training.

[Roderick]

and now for some extra rejoicing……..

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 3m

Source: #Orioles sign free-agent SS Alex Gonzalez to minor-league contract with invitation to major-league spring training.

 

We know that Melvin is actually capable of cutting Gonzalez outright, so I am not worried about that one.

 

But if he somehow gets a hold of Yuni again..... How much would he have to pay the Orix Buffaloes to negotiate with Yuni......

[Invader3K]

I picture a 45 year old Betancourt telling some team somewhere, "I think I'm ready to retire...but if you're going to pay me THAT MUCH, then OK, you get Yuni for one more year..."

[RockCoCougars]

Good luck to him, seems like a good guy. FWIW, I'm not buying in any way that he's 31, I would bet that he's closer to 35.

[BarneyStinston]

Yuni took the contract with the Orix Buffaloes because it was guaranteed and higher pay. Anything offered in the MLB were likely non-guaranteed minor league deals. Better money and guaranteed playing time pretty much clinches this decision.