Francoeur stinks, so it’s clearly a win for the Braves. But I would sound a note of caution about Church—despite generally good stats and some long periods of very good play, a lot of teams have seen him as expendable. He’s been hurt a lot, and there seems to be something about him that managers don’t like. It could just be bad decisions on their part, and I’d certainly take Church over Francoeur at this point, but it wouldn’t totally surprise me if Church continued to be inconsistent and frustrating rather than a really useful full time player.

It’s not that Church is all that great; it’s that Fagcoeur is all that bad. The Dude’s playing worse than a replacement level player and his defense is for suck.

Flushing should be weeping tonight. Omar finally pulled the deal that seals his god awful run as the team’s GM. The only deal on his resume that’s worse involved Bartolo Colon and the Expos.

Pathetic, awful day.

Screw you, Craig! To add insult to injury, this fecacta trade went down at the start of what should have been a peaceful weekend. Ugh!

Is it proper to say that the Mets and Royals landed their players, as if they caught them?  Given the stats, it seems more like “look what washed up on the beach today!”

I hate the Braves, I hate Francoeur, but I like you Craig so congrats to you.

I will now go look for an AL team to pull for and try my best not to send death threats to Omar Minaya.

Francoeur’s rookie season was good, but it was a pretty small sample size, only 274 PA.  And the two 100-RBI seasons he had that a lot of people seem excited about weren’t actually very good offensive seasons. 

I feel for the Mets fans and I’d like to see them come out ahead in something, but I don’t see any indication that Francoeur is anything other than a terrible player who had a hot streak when he hit the majors.

“the south is God’s country”

If that’s true, Craig, why is it hot as Hell down here?

eff this.

I thought I would pass this along, because well, it’s just funny.

http://www.braves-nation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16711

Frank Wren-Omar Minaya Phone Conversation

  * Ring, Ring, Ring

  * Frank excuses himself from his dinner with his wife as he hears the ring
  * His wife glances over at his phone and sees “Incoming Call: Latin Lover” and gives a nasty stare at Frank
  * Frank smirks and says don’t worry about it honey, it’s just Omar Minaya and walks into the other room
  * FW: No Omar, you still can’t have Prado, Escobar, Soriano or Vazquez
  * OM: Ahh, Frank, you know me too well, but today I have a different proposal
  * FW: Okay Omar, let’s hear it
  * OM: I want to trade for Jeff Francoeur
  * FW: (spits out coffee on computer screen) Okay Omar, what else do you want with him?
  * OM: Oh no no, I just want Jeff, he is very durable, has a great arm, and plays good glove defense.
  * FW: Alright, that’s all true (nose grows about 3 inches), so you want us to eat his salary?
  * OM: No, I don’t want money, I want to trade Ryan Church to you for him.
  * FW: (wets pants).......Omar, what is your middle name?
  * OM: I’m sorry, no comprende?
  * FW: I need to make sure this is for real Omar, now what’s your middle name and date of birth?
  * OM: Teodoro - November 10th, 1958
  * FW: Okay, Ryan Church for Jeff Francoeur….....fax over the trade sheet
  * OM: It’s on its way.
  * FW: I’ll have it back there before you can blink, buenos dias Omar.
  * OM: Goodbye Frank.
  * Frank walks back to the dinner table screaming in joy
  * Frank’s wife is now even more concerned and yells “Frank, you get a call from “Latin Lover”, you go in the other room, your pants are wet, and you have a huge smile on your face, now what is really going on?”
  * FW: I just traded Jeff Francoeur to the Mets for a human being with the right amount of chromosomes
  * His wife now has a matching smile and runs to him and gives him a huge hug and says “Let’s go upstairs”

I’m a little late on the comment but when can the Twins trade Delmon Young to the Mets?