The Brewers announced that they’ve signed infielder/outfielder Nick Franklin to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training. He’s represented by the Boras Corporation.
Franklin, 27 in two weeks, was with the Rays last spring but went to the Brewers on waivers in early April. He appeared in 53 games and took 89 plate appearances before being designated for assignment and landing with the Halos for another brief stretch. Overall, the former top prospect hit just .179/.269/.283 through 119 plate appearances between Milwaukee and Anaheim.
That unsightly production notwithstanding, Franklin is just one season removed from posting a much more palatable .270/.328/.443 batting line with six homers, 10 doubles and a triple in 191 PAs for the Rays. Though he’s never managed to consistently produce in the Majors, the switch-hitting Franklin has had a few stretches in which he’s displayed promise, and he’s also a .267/.352/.428 hitter in parts of six Triple-A seasons. Franklin has experience at all four infield positions (primarily the up-the-middle slots) as well as in the outfield corners. He’ll vie for a utility job this spring.
It’s a slow day when Nick Franklin signing is a headline.
Headline of the day was Andrew Cashner.
The best and deepest team in the NL Central, the Milwaukee Brewers continue to get better. Franklin can be a very nice bench player. He is closer to the guy he was with the Rays than the guy he was last year. Milwaukee will translate this winning off season, where they acquired the next Robin Yount in Christian Yelich, to winning the 2018 NL Central division title.
He has had one season in which he has hit above .225. he isn’t the player he was in 2016.
Nick Franklin… he’ll for sure put asses in the stands
BORAS SIGNING
breaking brewers sign first Boras client of the of season HAHA
Maybe this is David’s way of kissing up to The Evil Scott Boras. Now, watch, the squirrel with the big nuts is gonna sign with us!
DS has absolutely no reason to kiss up to Boras. Honestly it’s probably a relationship Brewers GMs don’t exploit enough. Boras sure exploited the hell out of his friendship with Atanasio when he convinced him to sign Lohse even when Doug Melvin was 100% against the signing.
Idk exactly how long Boras and Mark A have been good buddies but it’s been awhile. They’re actually good enough friends that Milwaukee even drafted Boras’s son a few years ago.
just watch Boras will get Mark A to give Jack Arrieta a 4-5 year deal
Boras has friends???…who new
Not of one the best representations of corporation Mr Boras..
Great move by Boras. Franklin will hit .350 at Colorado Springs like everyone else does and look like a major league prospect again.
It’s weird that Franklin sucks so bad (though it happens). Not only a good prospect but a good player when he came up and got time with Seattle. Since then….bad
Ironic the brewers missed the playoffs by 1 game last year and they resign a guy that cost them a handful of games. Buddy system. Was with the brewers assistant GM in Tampa. He’s brutal. He can’t hit. He never will hit. how do you get a job when you can’t even hit your weight.