Mets Trade for Francoeur
Posted by Matt Pignataro
The Mets have acquired OF Jeff Francoeur from the Braves for OF Ryan Church.
Francoeur is batting .250 with 5 HR and 35 RBI this season, while Church is batting .280 with 2 HR 22 RBI this season.
This definitely was a surprise of a trade. At first, I thought it was a joke, but Frenchy's a Met.
Steve just texted me from Citi Field saying, "...maybe a change of scenery is good for Jeff." I got to agree with Steve maybe this will help Francoeur get back to what he was and the promised he showed.
It's going to be really weird seeing Francoeur in a Mets uniform, rather than a Braves uniform. Greg and I said on the show, that we wouldn't be surprised if Church gets trades, because for some odd reasons ownership doesn't like Church. Well I guess we were right.
I like the trade as we get younger as Francoeur is 25 than Church who was 30. We don't lose anything defensively as Francoeur has a gun of an arm and the Mets have him under contract for a couple of more seasons.




