Francoeur traded for Ryan Church

[BigWeiner]

Not a big trade but slightly impacts tonights games. The Mets lineup gets worse, if that's possible

[mavskidd02]

As a Braves fan, THANK GOD.

[BigWeiner]

I agree Francoeur is terrible

[Mark Richt]

I would rather have Frenchy than Church...but that is just my opinion. Im sure no one will agree but I believe Jeff is worth more than Church.

[mavskidd02]

He'll fit right in with the Mets, sucks at hitting and is a sub-par fielder. I'm glad to have anyone but him. I'm happy.

[BigWeiner]

Francouer has a major hole in his swing, he'll always strikeout a bunch, and bat around .200 now that everyone's figured him out. And any power he had is practically gone. Church is a pretty good hitter. He'll never be great, but he's solid. This trade is bad for the Mets

[harold_bush]

I think they both suck and neither will make any impact. .

[Mark Richt]

Francouer has a major hole in his swing, he'll always strikeout a bunch, and bat around .200 now that everyone's figured him out. And any power he had is practically gone. Church is a pretty good hitter. He'll never be great, but he's solid. This trade is bad for the Mets

Agree to disagree. Frenchy has a cannon in right and plays good defense. He does still have power but also strikes out a lot. Only 25 years old so the swing can be fixed if it is indeed a problem. Not to mention is a classy guy...which can't be said for many in the league. Im in agreement with the bad PR move on Braves management in this trade following the Glavine-Smoltz drama.

[mavskidd02]

Agree to disagree. Frenchy has a cannon in right and plays good defense. He does still have power but also strikes out a lot. Only 25 years old so the swing can be fixed if it is indeed a problem. Not to mention is a classy guy...which can't be said for many in the league. Im in agreement with the bad PR move on Braves management in this trade following the Glavine-Smoltz drama.

Don't you get tired of having this guy at bat with a man on 3rd and one out, an he can't make contact with the ball? He either hits long balls or strikes out, and after a while it gets really frustrating to watch.

He does have a cannon in right, but his fielding as a whole is a verage at best.

[joshuab1]

FN manuel .he had some beef w church..Shitty trade for the mets..Church has been there best hitter past few weeks..

[ctt8410]

Agree to disagree. Frenchy has a cannon in right and plays good defense. He does still have power but also strikes out a lot. Only 25 years old so the swing can be fixed if it is indeed a problem. Not to mention is a classy guy...which can't be said for many in the league. Im in agreement with the bad PR move on Braves management in this trade following the Glavine-Smoltz drama.

Most statistic metrics have Francouer as an average right fielder defensively the past 2 seasons, actually worse than Church.

Francouer's strikeouts are finally down this year, but it no longer matters because his power has been completely sapped. He's gone from 17.1% of his flyballs leaving the yard his rookie season to 15.3% to 6.5% last year to 4.7% this year. That's Christian Guzman power without the singles.

The only conceivable bonus for the Mets is that Francouer is younger.

[wayne1218]

I don't get it. I think it is a very good trade for the Braves. Did it have anything to do with the Mets wanting a right handed bat maybe? I just don't know why they would want Jeff, especially in that ballpark!

[vols fan]

I don't get it. I think it is a very good trade for the Braves. Did it have anything to do with the Mets wanting a right handed bat maybe? I just don't know why they would want Jeff, especially in that ballpark!

I don't get it either.IMO we traded an apple for an orange.Nothing better,nothing worse

[vols fan]

I have not followed Church's career but Francoeur has been a BUST.One of the worst hitters I have seen.Mavs touched on it earlier with runners in scoring position with 1 out he would strike out 75% of the time and then 1 out later the inning was over.He sucked with runners in scoring position and Atlanta gave him every chance to fix his mentality at the plate and he never changed

[mavskidd02]

I don't get it either.IMO we traded an apple for an orange.Nothing better,nothing worse

You're not happy with this? I thought you disliked Jeff just as much as I did.