When he was hit by a pitch in the eighth inning, the general reaction was “Good, that’s the only way he can help the team, lean into a few more.”  That can’t be a good thing.

DREW an error? Since when does the batter have any agency in the commission of errors? I was under the impression that the very nature of an error is that it represents a failure on the part of the fielder, not a success on the part of the batter. “Oh but Frenchy deserves credit for putting the bat on the ball,” an old-school baseball-type might reply, “The key is getting the ball in play in that kind of situation.” Course the response to that is, knowing Francoeur, the ball was probably at his feet or eyes or something. But I guess Jeff thinks errors matter way more than OBP, since, you know, errors are recorded on the scoreboard, righ?

The Grienke-Francoeur rumors were all smoke, I don’t even think the two clubs seriously talked.

At this point Francoeur has negative trade value, and the best option would be to bring up Brandon Jones from AAA and go with a strict platoon, both have massive platoon splits so far this year.  If Francoeur quits hitting lefties, then just cut him.  Either way, he should be non-tendered this year.  Unfortunately, knowing the Braves if he hits the emptiest .260 BA in the world, he’ll probably get a raise.  Because like Jeff sez, “if OBP were important they’d show it on the scoreboard.”

Agreed. Sons of Sam Horn has quite the literary audience, whereas Sam’s grasp of English may be the only thing worse than his idea of the strike zone.