If the reaction of once-and-future teammates is any indication, the Royals pulled off a steal of a trade Friday afternoon in acquiring shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt from Seattle for two minor-league pitchers. "Wow! Really?" said Willie Bloomquist, who spent the previous four years as Betancourt's teammate. "He's very, very talented to the point where -- and I've told him this -- he could be the best defensive shortstop in the game hands down. 

 "And offensively, he can swing it."