{"id":1524,"date":"2009-07-10T20:28:15","date_gmt":"2009-07-11T01:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/07\/10\/braves-finally-dump-francoeur\/"},"modified":"2010-06-05T10:16:52","modified_gmt":"2010-06-05T15:16:52","slug":"braves-finally-dump-francoeur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/07\/10\/braves-finally-dump-francoeur\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves finally dump Francoeur."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not sure what else you can call it besides a dump.  Most surprising of all, the Braves <a href=\"http:\/\/myespn.go.com\/blogs\/sweetspot\/0-4-45\/Mets-and-Braves-swap-RFs.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/myespn.go.com\/blogs\/sweetspot\/0-4-45\/Mets-and-Braves-swap-RFs.html', 'traded');\" target=\"new\">traded<\/a> within the NL East.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Wow. Church must really have worn out his welcome with the Mets. Since coming off the DL in early June, Church\u2019s line is .290\/.336\/.402 \u2026 far from good for a corner outfielder, but decent enough compared to most of the Mets\u2019 other outfielders \u2026 and of course a far sight prettier than Francoeur\u2019s .250\/.282\/.352 line for the season.<\/p>\n<p>Defense? According to UZR, there\u2019s little difference between them and Church might actually be better.<\/p>\n<p>Handedness? With Fernando Tatis and Gary Sheffield, the Mets already had two righty-hitting corner outfielders; now they\u2019ve got three.<\/p>\n<p>So, let\u2019s review: The Braves got a decent hitter and fielder who bats left-handed, and thus can platoon (or semi-platoon) with Matt Diaz in right field. The Mets got \u2026 what, exactly? If you figure it out, drop a line to Jerry Manuel. He\u2019s going to need all the help he can get with this one.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Like everyone else in Braves-vill, I was all on-board the Francoeur bandwagon until the wheels fell off.  As I said a few days ago, a change of pace would probably be good for him and help revive his career.  I just cannot get over trading within the NL East, and I must admit that I do not know much about Church.  Landing a 30 year old for a 25 year old, plus giving up cash does not seem like the best deal around.<\/p>\n<p>What happened to Boston being hot and heavy for Francoeur?  Was this really the best deal on the table?  All I can say is rats!<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not sure what else you can call it besides a dump. Most surprising of all, the Braves traded within the NL East. Wow. Church must really have worn out his welcome with the Mets. Since coming off the DL in early June, Church\u2019s line is .290\/.336\/.402 \u2026 far from good for a corner outfielder, but &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/07\/10\/braves-finally-dump-francoeur\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Braves finally dump Francoeur.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,61],"class_list":["post-1524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-mlb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1524"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2804,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524\/revisions\/2804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}