JUAN FRANCISCO RUMORS
Atletico fuels Champions League claim
Atletico Madrid reinforced its claim to a European berth next season by brushing aside Celta Vigo 3-1 in the Spanish league on Wednesday.
Atletico is third in the standings, and Celta remains in the relegation zone.
Diego Costa opened the scoring for Atletico in the 47th minute when he connected with Miranda's back-header.
Juan Francisco Torres extended the lead in the 66th...
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Braves 7, Reds 2
Dan Uggla and Juan Francisco helped Atlanta quickly forget a terrible ending.
Uggla hit a pair of solo homers and Francisco added his first career grand slam as the Braves recovered from a stunning last-swing loss by beating the Cincinnati Reds 7-2 Wednesday.
Atlanta took two of three in the series, the first the Reds lost at home this season. The Reds are 13-6 at Great American...
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Uggla's two HRs, Francisco's blast power Braves by Reds
CINCINNATI -- Dan Uggla hit a pair of solo homers and Juan Francisco added his first career grand slam as the Atlanta Braves recovered from a stunning last-swing loss by beating the Cincinnati Reds 7-2 Wednesday.
Atlanta took two of three, the first series the Reds lost at home this season.
Devin Mesoraco and Shin-Soo Choo hit two-out homers in the ninth for Cincinnati's 5...
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Juan Francisco's slam send Braves over Reds 7-2
CINCINNATI (AP) --Dan Uggla hit a pair of solo homers and Juan Francisco added his first career grand slam as the Atlanta Braves recovered from a stunning last-swing loss by beating the Cincinnati Reds 7-2 Wednesday.
Atlanta took two of three in the series, the first the Reds lost at home this season. The Reds are 13-6 at Great American Ball Park, the most home wins the majors.
Devin...
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Braves’ Juan Francisco day-to-day with ankle sprain
Atlanta Braves third baseman Juan Francisco exited last
night’s game against the New York Mets due to an ankle injury. The injury has
been diagnosed as a mild ankle sprain, and the Braves are considering Francisco
as day-to-day, according to David O’Brien of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
#Braves Francisco has mild ankle sprain, listed as day-to-day
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Braves third baseman Juan Francisco hits monstrous homer, admires the hell out of it
During Atlanta's 8-0 win in Miami last night, the Atlanta offense struggled for the first four innings before exploding in the fifth. Andrelton Simmons started the scoring with an RBI single, and Braves rookie catcher Evan Gattis extended the lead to four runs with a three-run homer. But the real cherry on top during the inning was this monstrous home run by Braves third baseman...
Johnson and Francisco to platoon at third for Braves
getty images It will take two men to fill the void left by Chipper Jones in Atlanta. The Braves plan to move forward with a platoon of Chris Johnson and Juan Francisco at third base. Ideally one of the players would have separated themselves from the other but both played well this spring. “I think both of those guys are playing such great baseball right now,” Gonzalez was quoted...
Braves trade for Reds' 3B Francisco
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- The Cincinnati Reds traded third baseman Juan Francisco to the Atlanta Braves for right-hander J.J. Hoover on Sunday. The 24-year-old Francisco was competing with Todd Frazier to back up Scott Rolen. Francisco was signed by the Reds in 2004 and was out of minor league options. Francisco has played 81 games in the majors. The lefty hitter has a career batting...
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Reds deal Francisco to Atlanta
Say hello to the newest member of the Reds
From mlbtraderumors.com...
"The Braves acquired third baseman Juan Francisco from the Reds in exchange for right-hander J.J. Hoover, according to a press release from the team. Francisco, 24, has appeared in 81 games for the Reds over the last three seasons, posting a slash line of .284/.331/.450. The left-handed hitter was...
Francisco named fantasy league 'sleeper'
Francisco is expected to push for more playing time
in 2012 behind veteran Scott Rolen
ESPN.com senior writer Eric Karabell recently published a post highlighting four players from the National League Central who he considers to be fantasy league "sleepers" for the upcoming season (you can read the entire piece here if you wish). Among the four relatively unknown...
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