Welcome to Pookon's Ill Blog - home of my inner thoughts, creative outbursts and random thoughts. This site contains such original classics as "It's in My Head", "Pickle the Day" and a multitude of other reoccurring features. I'm often a little too raw, truthful and honest at times so proceed with caution.
I don't have too much to say about new Brewers shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt. Usually when I say that, I end up typing a god damn autobiography of the player and lead you through his ascension from childhood into the major leagues. Shit never goes the way I plan here at Pookon's Ill Blog, which is surprising considering that I am the sole contributor, editor in chief and owner as well as the main financial bankroll of this site. So you would think that I would have final say on what goes on here. Unfortunately my friend Ron Diaz and some unnamed fellow from San Juan have the last word when it comes to the content here. Screw em. I'm tired of those Puerto Rican bastards running my life. Cuban born shortstop Betancourt came to the Brewers in the Zack Greinke trade because we were in need of a shortstop after sending them Alcides Escobar. If Escobar were not included in the trade, and if we had another prospect in the minors to play shortstop (remember that we traded JJ Hardy in Winter 2009 giving Escobar the job) Betancourt would not be on our team. So on Opening Day 2011, he will be our shortstop by default. That doesn't mean that he doesn't deserve the job, but let's fact it, there are no better options. So until another shortstop prospect moves up in the minor league system or we resign JJ Hardy when he becomes a free agent after this season, Betancourt is the Milwaukee Brewers shortstop for the foreseeable future.
The other shortstops in the Brewers minor league system are Luis Cruz (who has a shot to make the major league team as a utility infielder), Zealous Wheeler (who has one of the coolest names in the history of baseball) who has yet to play a game above AA and the rest of the players who played shortstop last year are guys that I've never even heard of. While that certainly works out well for Betancourt who has no one in line to take his job, it really doesn't bode well for the organization as a whole and for the future. But as can be seen by the Brewers trading away the future in Escobar, Lorenzo Cain, Jeremy Jefress, Jake Ordorizzi and Brett Lawrie, the future isn't as important as the present. So for the present Yuniesky Betancourt is our shortstop. Which is why I identified resigning Craig Counsell as the #2 priority in the offseason behind improving the pitching staff.
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