DENVER — Matt Diaz has been of the league's hottest hitters in recent weeks, and Jeff Francoeur has been one of the league's worst-hitting outfielders all season. But Francoeur was back in right field Thursday, his second consecutive start since Diaz ended a streak of five consecutive multi-hit games.
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July 10, 2009
The author of those words of wisdom, twenty-five year old Jeffrey Braden Francoeur, is now a New York Met and I can hardly believe it. I can't even muster the energy to be sarcastic about this. Jeff Francoeur is terrible at playing baseball. And now he's going to be in right field every day.Francoeur is hitting .250/.282/.352 this season for an OPS+ of 68. This makes...
Via NY Sports Dog
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July 10, 2009
I am just stunned by this.
Francoeur has a .282 OBP this year, and a career OBP of .308.
Moreover, he has 5 HRs this year on over 300 at-bats, and an OPS+ of 68.
Last year, in 652 at-bats he hit...
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July 11, 2009
Jeff Francoeur has joined the New York Mets, and is the lineup against the Cincinnati Reds.
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July 10, 2009
Rick Scuteri/US PresswireJeff Francoeur is expected to join the Mets on Saturday at Citi Field. NEW YORK -- There were several reasons why the Mets traded for Jeff Francoeur Friday. They liked his speed and arm strength in right field....
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July 11, 2009
by Jon BoisFiled under: Braves, Mets, NL East, The Dugout, MLB Trade Deadline
As we reported on Friday, the Braves traded an under-performing outfielder, Jeff Francoeur, to the Mets for an under-performing outfielder, Ryan Church. My theory? The general managers were just bored. Saturday's Dugout is after the jump.The Dugout: The Most Even Trade Ever originally appeared on Fanhouse...
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July 10, 2009
BY M.A. MEHTA NEW YORK - Admitting he needed to "shake it up," Mets general manager traded outfielder Ryan Church and cash consideration to the Atlanta Braves for outfielder Jeff Francoeur Friday. Francoeur, 25, hit .250 with 5 HR and...
Via Bleacher Report
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July 10, 2009
In a move that truly surprised me, the Atlanta Braves traded Jeff "Golden Boy" Francoeur to the New York Mets for Ryan Church.
From all I can gather, the two are a wash on defense.
Francoeur has the better arm, but Church has the better range.
The issue lies with the bat.
Is Church an upgrade at all? Or is he going stick his left-handed bat in the lineup and stink up...
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July 10, 2009
The Mets traded Ryan Church to the Braves for Jeff Francoeur. Hopefully this isn’t what the Braves needed to take the division, but I’m more concerned about Jeff. He’s hitting .250, which is more than he hit last year, and has five home runs.
Presumably it was power and defense that attracted Omar to Francoeur. He does have a good arm. I don’t know...
Via Chron.com
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July 11, 2009
Mets, Braves make a deal The slumping Mets have traded OF Ryan Church to the Braves for OF Jeff Francoeur. The injury-ravaged Mets are trying to avoid falling further back in the NL East race. Church is hitting .280 with two home runs and 22 RBIs. Francoeur is hitting .250 with five homers and 35 RBIs.
Via Bleacher Report
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July 10, 2009
A trade that was just announced: The New York Mets have traded right fielder Ryan Church to the Atlanta Braves for struggling right fielder Jeff Francoeur.
I'd have to say the Braves win this trade, as they get a good young hitter in Church.
This is the second outfielder the Braves have acquired, the first being Nate McLouth.
So far this season, Church is hitting .280 with two...
Via NY Daily News
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July 10, 2009
Omar Minaya had to find a way to sell some sort of hope to his team as well as his fan base as the Mets' season collapses around him, and that's what he has done here, trading Ryan Church to the Braves for Jeff Francoeur.
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July 11, 2009
Jeff Francoeur is a Met. I’m not sure I like the sound of that, but I guess I’ll have to get used to it.
He's the latest in a long line of Braves who became Mets, some good, some bad, that means you, Tom Glavine,: Warren Spahn, Jim Beauchamp, Felix Millan, George Stone, Joe Torre, Willie Montanez, Brett Butler, Greg McMichael, Julio Franco, Jorge Sosa, Gary Sheffield...
Via All Things Rockies
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July 10, 2009
DENVER — An outfielder was traded at Coors Field today. And it was a right fielder. But it wasn’t Ryan Spilborghs. The Braves gave up on hometown kid Jeff Francoeur, shipping him to the rival Mets for outfielder Ryan Church. Atlanta has been looking to unload Frenchy for weeks, tired of his impatience and inability [...]
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July 11, 2009
Overshadowed amid the Mets' acquisition of Jeff Francoeur from the Braves for Ryan Church yesterday was the return of Angel Pagan from the disabled list after a nearly six-week absence because of a groin strain. Pagan was put in the...
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