You Be The GM: Braves send Francoeur to Boston Red Sox for… who?
With a Gordon Edes report circulating online that the Boston Red Sox have been scouting Braves right fielder Jeff Francoeur — and Atlanta GM Frank Wren having no comment on the matter — we turn to you, our AJC readers, for… comment on the matter of the Frenchy-to-BoSox rumors.
You Be The GM: For the pure sake of argument, let’s say you’re Braves GM and you’re shipping Francoeur to Boston. Who do you ask for in return? Another outfielder to plug the RF hole that’s created? A pitcher to shore up our rotation? Or the big bat needed to cure the offensive woes?
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Hank's Brave New World
May 29th, 2009
6:56 pm
First, thanks to the few people who have made logical contributions to this thread — you know who you are…
Second, Frank Wren has proven to have very limited ability as a GM.
Third, Terry Pendleton is living proof that good players do not necessarily make good coaches — he needs to leave, soon!
Fourth, you do not sell-off assets at there lowest point in value, i.e., Francouer — send him back to the minors for basic training (do not trade him at this point)!
Fifth, what the he!! has Blanco ever accomplished to earn a spot on the Braves roster? He barely hit .250 last season — he is not the answer!
Sixth, Does Bobby Cox even allow for base stealing? No player has even attempted stealing more than just a few times during the past several years…except last September when we had a true lead-off hitter on the team –
However, the Detroit Tigers now have him and Josh Anderson is currently hitting over .300 with ten stolen bases. He was traded for a Double A reliever with a 9.31 ERA currently. Go Rudy go, throw Rudy throw!
The Braves do have minor league talent, aside from Hansen and Heyward, that could be dealt — but only for a quality outfielder with a contract that goes beyond the next year and a half.
I only wish that the Braves GM had the ability to make a favorable deal for ‘our’ team. He can hang his hat on the Jurrjens trade because the only other positive deal he has made was for Josh (Astros/Villareal) and he turned around and gave him away.
My confidence in the Braves is sinking fast. Please Frankie, do something to re-new our (my) faith and spirit! You have been GM for so little time but with so many mistakes!
Jeff
May 29th, 2009
7:29 pm
Okay her’s the best thing to do. First, send Francoeur to a little league team somewhere in the Atlanta area. Maybe he can start hitting (doubt it) and get a little confidence back. Then trade Chipper to a NL East team. Won’t have to worry about playing against him because he’ll have a some sort of muscle pull and won’t be in the lineup. Then trade JOJO,Buddy and Morton for ever what we can get. Might get lucky and get a good player from a pitching desperate team. Send Anderson packing along with Kelly Johnson. Heck just get rid of all the everyday players except Yunel(keep the starters) and bring up the whole Gwinnett team. They can’t be any worse.
Jeff
May 29th, 2009
7:31 pm
when i sais keep the starters i meant the starting pitchers.(i had a blonde moment)
Mitch
May 29th, 2009
7:45 pm
The Red Sox wont be trading for Francoeur. They are a team in a playoff race, and wont take an unproductive bat, for a productive one.
I wish there was a way we could package Jeff and Jo-Jo for a bat, but I dont know who will take them. It seems highly unlikely that the Nationals would give us Dunn, even for both of them. I dont know if we could get Aubrey Huff either.
Maybe we just have to stick with Jeff for this year, try to get another bat somehow, and just release him at the end of the season. I dont see that he has much if any value right now.
Mitch
zeke
May 29th, 2009
7:57 pm
Frenchy, Chipper Skipper, and Two Bats. They have to take all and we will get Relief!
terry
May 29th, 2009
8:40 pm
trade all the outfield for an instruction booklet on how to hit then let terry p. read it
tom jackson
May 29th, 2009
8:51 pm
Let’s send him to Gwinett and give another young on the move kid a chance. Don’t send him for the weekend, but for a specific minimum period of time. Maybe 30 days. I would then bring our center field flash to Gwinnett so he will feel at home. I realize he is a good fielder, but his bat is dead. We have kids who are begging for a chance to show there wares in the majors. Let’s try some til we get a good mix.
Paul Lentz
May 29th, 2009
9:55 pm
Tonight would have been a good night to start Martin Prado in right field. With Escobar back at short tonight, Hernandez can be the back up infielder. If someone on the infield got hurt during the game, then Prado could move to the infield and then Franceour could be inserted in right. I feel that having Prado’s bat in the line-up would really help the Braves. Franceour basically is an automatic out.
Paul Lentz
May 29th, 2009
10:10 pm
Franceour’s at-bat just proved my point. If he gets a hit, it is a weak single to right. While the RBI hit gives the Braves a 1-0 lead, it doesnt mean that Franceour “has turned it around”. The odds were in Franceour’s favor of eventually getting a hit for an RBI at some point. However, in most cases, when Franceour hits it to right field, he ends up grounding out. The few hits that Franceour has gotten in the last month, have been weak singles to right. No power, no home runs, no hits off the wall…nothing but weak singles to right.
Jair Jurrgens “pulls” the ball down the right field line to knock in two runs. And he has a bad shoulder when it comes to swinging, lol. Take note Franceour.
Sativa Rose
May 30th, 2009
2:41 am
Frenchy, Garret Anderson, Kotchman, Parr, Carlyle and Campillo to Boston for Jason Bay, Justin Masterson and Kevin Youkilis. I’m sure Boston would jump at the chance to do that deal!!
longshotsmith
May 30th, 2009
4:03 am
get matt holiday
oakland gets:
morton
francouer
player to be named later
braves get:
matt holiday
Philip
May 30th, 2009
9:01 am
Get prospects and build for the future with Hanson, Heyward & Freeman coming up. We should have signed Andruw as an insurance policy behind Jordan.
John
May 30th, 2009
11:34 am
In my judgement Frenchy read his press clippings and believed all they were saying. Now for reality, he is in the major league and pitchers normally catch up with these phenoms real quick. It’s the adjusters that stay!!!!
As for Mr. Shaffer, he should be sent back to the minors before he is ruined for good. He is not ready for Major League pitching.
Bring John back, because his replacement (Frank) is like Shaffer….he isn’t ready for the BIG TIME!!!!!!!!!!! It dosn’t take major talent to see that Frank is over his head.
Braves323
May 30th, 2009
11:48 am
John Smoltz…lets end this thing before he ever pitches a game as a Boston Red Sox.
Jason Vivian
May 30th, 2009
2:20 pm
Bet they wish they pulled the trigger last year when they were going to get Greinkie …I dont see any player of value like a Tex out there! Too many teams are being unrealistic with their wants!!! Wait untill after the break and see if they can find some bargins. But thats asuming they stay within 5 games of first place.. If not then trade Frenchy to Texas along with JoJo Reyes for N. Cruz. Then flip Campillo and G. Blanco for a D. DeJesus and send Schafer down for a while, when hes fixed slide DeJesus to left and have a monster bench with Ross, Nortan, Anderson, Prado, Infante, and Diaz … Some way some how there are too many good players here for a deal not to get done !!
Jason Vivian
May 30th, 2009
2:24 pm
Jeff you should stop tring to hit bombs …play the holes and gaps ! A double with two on is just as good as a homer!!!!! Please call up Hanson and Heyward please !! Stop being cheap with these kids !
hawesg
May 30th, 2009
2:32 pm
Josh Willingham is probably the easiest to acquire who might actually make a difference. But Jermaine Dye would be the safer player. Willingham seems available now, whereas the Sox think they’re still in it.
Acosta and a minor league pitcher for Willingham.
Braves
May 31st, 2009
10:44 pm
How about going back in time and signing Adam Dunn!
Ben W.
June 22nd, 2009
5:04 pm
Nobody wants frenchy, so forget about it! P.S. This is June 22, not May 28th.
Roger Dorn
June 29th, 2009
4:22 pm
A year supply of New England Clam Chowder.