And on this day, Braves fans were free of Jeff Francoeur

[Fiz]

Mets traded OF Ryan Church to Braves for OF Jeff Francouer.

Church is heading to a better situation, as now he won't have to deal with a manager who never seemed to like Church. Church will provide the Braves with an immediate improvement over Francouer, even though Church is struggling on offense as well. While the Braves need right-handed bats, they'll take the lefty bat over Francouer's 88 OPS+ over his last 2,000 at bats. Church has a better shot than Francouer of a revival at the plate. Jul. 10 - 6:58 pm et

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA we got a living, breathing body for jeff francoeur

[Joscott]

So much potential...he had two years to prove himself and was just frustrating to watch him swing at everything.

This is usually where I say I would wish him the best, but he's with the Mets, so he can suck it.

"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?"

They do Jeff, they do...

[carpanfan96]

WOW, they got someone of value for him. Holy crap. HAHAHAHAHAHA

[carpanfan96]

Franky has 2 RBI's in the Met's game today.

[Joscott]

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once and a while.

[carpanfan96]

He has 2 hits today as well. So he's 4 - 9 with 2 RBI's in two games. I very much doubt he keeps this up for much longer. We'll call this the honeymoon period for Franky and the mets.

[X-Clown]

It's disgusting that he all of a sudden is on fire.

[Scrumtrilescent]

The Braves are doing much better than the Mets right now. Hope he has fun on that sinking ship.

[CM86]

this trade is looking better and better... ;-)

[bubbadawg]

saw this thread and figured the Pirates had given up Doumit and anybody else left in the clubhouse for Francouer