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Brewers To Decline Options On Rodriguez, Betancourt

By Steve Adams | October 30, 2011 at 6:21pm CDT

A Brewers spokesperson confirmed that the club has declined the $17.5MM option on Francisco Rodriguez and the $6MM option on Yuniesky Betancourt, tweets MLB.com's Adam McCalvy. The pair will receive buyouts of $3.5MM and $2MM, respectively.

The Brewers acquired Rodriguez from the Mets in a July deal that saw Adrian Rosario and Danny Ray Herrera shipped off the New York as players to be named later. He excelled in 29 innings for the Brew Crew, posting a 1.86 ERA and a 10.2 K/9. It was reported at the time of the trade that the Mets would be responsible for the $3.5MM buyout on Rodriguez's deal.

Betancourt, 29, came to the Brewers along with Zack Greinke in last year's deal with the Royals. He acted as the starting shortstop for the NL Central champs all season, hitting .252/.271/.381 in 584 regular season plate appearances before heating up in the playoffs (.310/.326/.500).

While there should be some interest in Betancourt as a part-time player, it seems unlikely that he'll land another full-time job this winter. It's even less likely that he'll match the guaranteed money he earned when he signed his last contract, a four-year, $13.75MM deal. Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel tweets that the Brewers would consider bringing him back at a lower price.

To follow the status K-Rod and Betancourt, along with the rest of the 2012 free agents, check out our Free Agent Tracker.

MLBTR's Luke Adams contributed to this post.

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  1. MauerPower

    14 years ago

    Yuniesky to Minnesota?

    Reply
    • D.j. Wilson

      14 years ago

      Absolutely. I think he would be a great fit for the Twins

      Reply
      • Brent Saindon

        14 years ago

        As a Royals fan, I would have to agree.

        Reply
        • D.j. Wilson

          14 years ago

          Lol I am also a Royals fan! It would be hard for me to cheer against Yuni. He has a bad reputation because of his low OBP but he was really clutch for us last season 

          Reply
          • Jake Humphrey

            14 years ago

            I think he’s got a bad reputation because he doesn’t do anything that makes a ballplayer good.

            Reply
            • Andy

              14 years ago

              Is it still considered a reputation if it’s undeniably true? I have ~162 recent examples that I could present as evidence.

              Reply
          • notsureifsrs

            14 years ago

            because of his very bad offense and defense*

            Reply
      • MattCMoore

        14 years ago

        Tigers fan agrees. 🙂

        Reply
  2. D.j. Wilson

    14 years ago

    I envision Yuni with either the Twins or Giants next season

    Reply
    • cedarandstone

      14 years ago

      A poor man’s Renteria. 

      Ouch.

      Reply
  3. john12121212

    14 years ago

    How much do you think k-rod will get despite his shady background?

    Reply
    • Lunchbox45

      14 years ago

       there’s a lot of viable late innings arms available this year..

      i cant see him getting more than 6-8 million for 2 or 3 years max

      Reply
    • cedarandstone

      14 years ago

      Change-up-Rod.  He’s a shadow of his former self. 

      Reply
  4. aisored

    14 years ago

    No surprises here…

    Reply
  5. NYBravosFan10

    14 years ago

    I think this is proof that the Brew Crew will go after Reyes, Rollins or at least Furcal.

    Reply
    • Blue Bomb

      14 years ago

      I think it’s proof they want to get rid of a terrible shortstop. 

      Reply
      • Andy

        14 years ago

        ^ !

        Reply
  6. Blue387

    14 years ago

    I wonder if the Orioles would be interested in K-Rod. For one, he is not Kevin Gregg so that is one significant improvement.

    Reply
  7. Guest 6362

    14 years ago

    I bet they think they can sign Reyes but I wouldn’t want him on my team coming from a Braves fan the only thing good about him is his stats. 

    Reply
    • bobskube

      14 years ago

      Well, if you’re going to have something good about you, it might as well be stats.

      Reply
  8. websoulsurfer

    14 years ago

    KRod will get a $4 million buyout as part of his renegotiation that made the trade from the Mets possible.

    Reply
  9. Jake Humphrey

    14 years ago

    Every time I got frustrated with Alex Gonzalez’s inability to hit this year, I reminded myself that we could have Betancourt. He can’t hit OR field.

    Reply
    • Andy

      14 years ago

      Or run. Or speak english.

      Reply
  10. greggofboken

    14 years ago

    The Brewers’ paryoll came in at $93.1M this year.  Next year (less the K-Rod buyout), they have $56M committed to 6 players.  Adding Reyes would take that figure to somewhere around $76M.  How could they conceivably fill the rest of their roster?  He’s too expensive for them, no?

    Reply
    • Brewcrew00

      14 years ago

      Reyes won’t get 20 mil a year and Prince will not be there and some of the bigger contract from the bullpen will be gone also. And Hart will be traded for either a young pitcher and prospects also Tony Plush could go or move to right if Hart goes and Scheafer and Gomez in center.

      Reply
      • PhnxCrew

        14 years ago

        yes lets have a terrible hitting cf’er and a head case with no power in right.  They’ll platoon again and hart will be staying.  I honestly think they will sign reyes, whether right or wrong

        Reply
  11. ARod's Ring

    14 years ago

    I don’t get all the hate for Yuniesky… he only has two defects, just TWO! defense and Offense.

    Reply
  12. bigpat

    14 years ago

    Yuni will still get a major league deal. Shortstop is such a shallow position, and regardless of his abysmal OBP and inconsistent defense, he still shows enough glimpses of talent to keep teams interested. I can see him getting at least 1 year and 3M somewhere. The Giants strike me as the kind of team who would sign him. 

    Reply
    • Jake Humphrey

      14 years ago

      Well, the Giants do seem like the kind of team prone to making poor personnel decisions, so I guess Betancourt would be a fit.

      Reply
      • cedarandstone

        14 years ago

        Yuni to the Cubs.  Soriano back to 2B.  That’d be awesome.

        Reply
  13. Twinkilling61

    14 years ago

    Please Mr. Smith do not sign Yunieski Betancourt. That is all.

    Reply
  14. TJ

    14 years ago

    YA YUNI!! Reppin the title as one of the failed mariners prospects that people on MLB trade rumors wish their respective teams didn’t own! 

    Reply
    • MattCMoore

      14 years ago

      Can you imagine if a Brewers fan picked him up in Fantasy Baseball before the season…

      Reply
  15. Tbell16

    14 years ago

    The odds of the Angels signing K-Rod again?

    Reply
    • TJ

      14 years ago

      About as likely as Vernon Wells playing up to his contract!

      Reply
      • Tbell16

        14 years ago

        OK don’t judge me on this trade:

        Angels trade Bobby Abreu for Javier Vasquez

        Then Angels trade Vernon Wells and Javier Vasquez, for David Wright

        Or the Angels can sign Wilson Betimet? They were looking to get him in mid-season

        Reply
        • FrankTheFunkasaurusRex

          14 years ago

          That just might work. Just make sure Sandy Alderson is completely wasted.

          Reply
        • NickinIthaca

          14 years ago

          The Mets have Sandy Alderson as their GM, not Tony Reagins…

          Reply
  16. andrew hamer

    14 years ago

    yuni had a really good offensive season for the royals in 2010…… dont get why people hate on him so much… i mean ya as for as the hype on him when he was in the mariners system goes, he has not lived up, but by no means a bust

    Reply
    • Andy

      14 years ago

      Have you seen him play? That was rhetorical, clearly you haven’t

      Reply
    • D.j. Wilson

      14 years ago

      Thank you, I agree Andrew Hamer

      Reply
  17. NickinIthaca

    14 years ago

    I can justify under $4 million per year for Yuni during that last contract, but good lord – $17.5 million with a $3.5 million buyout for Rodriguez should definitely be enough to keep Omar from getting another GM job (at least without a primary negotiator).

    Reply
  18. R.D.

    14 years ago

    He struck out half as much as AGonz and was just overall more productive offensively. I would gladly trade Gonzo and his RISP average which was actually negative believe it or not for YuBet and his catchy ass name and a few extra errors per year. If Francoeur can learn to take a walk, anyone can.

    Reply
    • Andy

      14 years ago

      I’ll take a strikeout over grounding into a double play any day.

      As far as his errors, well….it’s hard to commit a lot of errors when you have the range of a mailbox.

      Reply
  19. Andy

    14 years ago

    Worst. Shortstop. Ever.

    Reply

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