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Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Church, Francoeur, Betancourt
Had enough of yesterday's trades yet? Good, because here are some reactions from around the blogosphere...
- Matt Cerrone at MetsBlog says he's not sure the Ryan Church-Jeff Francoeur swap makes total sense, and he's not sure if the move will have an impact for either team.
- Sam Page at Amazin' Avenue says that he's convinced the trade makes no sense, and all of the "talk about potential, shake-ups and athleticism is just noise."
- Talking Chops' "gondeee" likes the Church pickup, even if it cost the once-face of the franchise. Admittedly, it's been a while since Francoeur was viewed in that light.
- Jay Yencich at USS Mariner says the Mariners came out pretty good in the Yuniesky Betancourt deal, even if they had to send some cash Kansas City's way.
- D.W. at Tangled Up In (Royal) Blue doesn't understand how the move fits into the big picture for the Royals.
- Keith at The Royals Tower is taking a hiatus from blogging out of frustration caused by the deal.
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I'm still flabbergasted as to how the GM of a major league team could make such a preposterously stupid trade.
Church's BA is higher than Failcoeur's OBP. FML
Posted by: Hyro | July 11, 2009 at 12:57 PM
Look at Church's away numbers this season. People are trashing his season but most of that is from Citi Field.
Posted by: was385 | July 11, 2009 at 12:58 PM
Church has had a .286 BA at Turner Field over the last 4 years in 77 ABs.
Posted by: BravesRed | July 11, 2009 at 01:10 PM
It's hard to make an legitimate argument about Church's home/away splits. He still doesn't even have 100 ab's at Citifield...the sample size is too small to draw an accurate conclusion. If he'd seen regular playing time and hadn't been hurt, then it would be reasonable to look at them. He really didn't have enough ab's either at home or on the road to use that as an accurate predictor of success.
Posted by: 86 Mets | July 11, 2009 at 01:12 PM
Mets going down in flames. Fourth best team in that division and the GM is just watching. LOL
Posted by: HumanToilet | July 11, 2009 at 01:14 PM
Yuniesky Betancourt: destroying aspiring writers one blog at a time.
Posted by: Thee4stringking | July 11, 2009 at 01:16 PM
Mets going down in flames. Fourth best team in that division and the GM is just watching. LOL
Posted by: HumanToilet | July 11, 2009 at 01:14 PM
The Mets are playing terrible, but I think it's pretty stupid to say the GM is just watching in a thread discussing a trade he just made. I think just about everybody here agree's it was an awful trade, but you can't accuse Minaya of "just watching".
Posted by: 86 Mets | July 11, 2009 at 01:19 PM
The Mets are playing like the worst team in baseball with the 2nd highest payroll in baseball. How great is that?!
Posted by: fitz | July 11, 2009 at 01:20 PM
Francoeur reminds me of Angel Berroa. They have a great rookie season and win rookie of the year and seem to have such bright future, but they go town the tubes and start to fall off of the table. I don't think Citi Field is going to fit him well, as Turner didn't. Too hard to hit homers. I think if he gets his swing back he will be a doubles machine. Let's wait and see.
Posted by: Spieg7 | July 11, 2009 at 01:25 PM
I don't think Citi Field is going to fit him well, as Turner didn't. Too hard to hit homers. I think if he gets his swing back he will be a doubles machine. Let's wait and see.
Posted by: Spieg7 | July 11, 2009 at 01:25 PM
One of the positives of Citifield is that it may actually force him to adjust his approach. I doubt he succeeds there, but the park could certainly force him to stop swinging for the fences.
Posted by: 86 Mets | July 11, 2009 at 01:31 PM
Francoeur reminds me of Angel Berroa.
Posted by: Spieg7 | July 11, 2009 at 01:25 PM
Oddly, the Mets just claimed him...
Posted by: 86 Mets | July 11, 2009 at 01:33 PM
How many teams light the world on fire while missing 3 of their best 4 hitters, 2 starters, and a setup guy?
Just to use the Phillies as an example, they'd be nowhere without Ibanez/Howard/Werth/Myers/Blanton/Madson.
Posted by: stellar | July 11, 2009 at 01:34 PM
Sam page at amazing avenue link doesn't work. There is an extra period at the end of the link. Just a heads up Mike.
Posted by: garriscp | July 11, 2009 at 01:34 PM
"Oddly, the Mets just claimed him..."
Link?
Posted by: icedrake523 | July 11, 2009 at 01:45 PM
"Matt Cerrone at MetsBlog says he's not sure the Ryan Church-Jeff Francoeur swap makes total sense, and he's not sure if the move will have an impact for either team."
Way to take a stand Cerrone. Why did you even link to him?
Also the Amazin' Avenue link doesn't work. There's a period at the end of the link.
Posted by: Marquis Grission | July 11, 2009 at 01:47 PM
Whoops, my bad. Thanks garriscp. Fixing it now.
Posted by: Mike Axisa | July 11, 2009 at 01:48 PM
Here you go...
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/mets/2009/07/angel-in-the-infield.html
Posted by: 86 Mets | July 11, 2009 at 01:49 PM
"Way to take a stand Cerrone. Why did you even link to him?"
Cerrone's biggest problem is he doesn't know what the hell he's talking about half the time. He's a casual fan that's in way over his head. A better analyst wouldn't spend half the time Cerrone does talking about heart and looking alive at the friggin' on deck circle...
The guy's a joke, and if he hadn't registered the domain name he did, he'd be nowhere.
Posted by: RedTail | July 11, 2009 at 02:48 PM
This trade made absolutely no sence to me. Your trading a young great arm player to a team you go up against in the standings? Not only that you trade him for a player that is the same caliber as he is? I mean come one.. Jeff, you had a great run in Atlanta and you will always be a Brave. Congrates on your first game as a Met with 2RBI's already. Hopefully when you come to Atlanta next week you can show the reason why you shoulda never been traded in the first place and stick that bat up Wren's @$$.
Posted by: Firefighter_068 | July 11, 2009 at 07:17 PM