Assessing The Ryan Church For Jeff Francoeur Trade…

In a rare occurrence in baseball, two division rivals got together and made a trade. The New York Mets traded OF Ryan Church to the Atlanta Braves for OF Jeff Francoeur. At first glance, this seems like a classic “change of scenery” trade. The Braves get a guy in Church, who never seemed to fit in with the Mets and it seemed like the Mets were never too fond of him. The way the Mets handled Church’s injuries last year was a joke and Jerry Manuel rather would have started anyone in the OF over Church. That being said, the Braves are getting a guy who I think can hit .275 with 15-20 HR’s and 70-80 RBI. The Braves need as much offense as they can get, and at this point I think Church is a better offensive player than Jeff Francoeur. The Mets get a guy in Francouer, who really needed to get out of Atlanta. This had to be a hard trade for Braves GM Frank Wren to make. Francoeur was born in Atlanta, drafted by the Braves, and was supposed to be the new face of...