Keith Law: In acquiring Betancourt, K.C. comes up short

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I hope that Betancourt turns it around and at the same time, I hope Dayton Moore will still have a job by next season. Many of his moves have been horrible. In reality, what can you really do with the Royals. Nobody wants to play for them.

Betancourt does nothing well on a baseball field. He can't hit and has lost bat speed since reaching the majors. He hacks at everything he sees, and even swings at pitches thrown to other hitters. He has next to no range at short. And he never hustles on anything -- not balls hit in his direction, not ground balls he might have a chance to beat out (well, before he let himself go physically). Other than all that, he's Honus Wagner.