Twitter / Kevin Burkhardt on Francoeur
A bright spot: the Francoeur for Church swap has been an early steal for the Mets. He has been terrific
If we put aside our general contention that Church is overall a better player than Francoeur (the statistical numbers bear this out), here are the two players' slash lines with their new teams:
Francoeur: .298/.327/.442
Church: .278/.400/.444
If we blatantly disregard everything else, Francoeur does lead in homeruns 5-2, which I guess = early steal.
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Yeah!
We win!
PS – Eric could you please stop mentioning Jeff Francoeur on your website? I tire of this subject matter.
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Aug 12, 2009 12:34 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Church is also very streaky and needed to hit .389 .450 .722 1.172 for a week to bring his numbers to that. Before the last 10 games he was platooned. Wouldn’t a platooned guy artificially have higher numbers?
Yeah, but that doesn't negate the 70 point spread in OBP
F*** Billy Beane... actually, I kinda like Holliday
by vivaelpujols on Aug 12, 2009 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm wondering if anyone else has the same problem as me.
When fans of other teams ask me why I hate Frenchy so much, I actually become incoherent because I can’t adequately express how much I hated the trade.
Oh good. Another day, another Francouer post.
Wait a minute, he has a low OBP? I haven’t heard that here before.
I look forward to reading the same thing again tomorrow, and every day thereafter.
Who is this Francoeur that you're talking about?
Has anyone here heard anything about him?
We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!
by kingcritical on Aug 12, 2009 8:55 AM EDT up reply actions
A chef of some sort?
Or a chemist? That would explain all this base business.
by LeiterMilnerFasterStronger on Aug 12, 2009 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Chef Francouer
That’s a great nickname. Chef “Frenchy” Francouer, well versed in baguettes, French pastries, and espionage. Patience is his fatal flaw.
Perhaps this "Francouer" chap
is related to that Socks! character that folks keep talking about. I know very little of either man.
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Aug 12, 2009 11:34 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I sometimes wonder if this Socks! guy is related to the Yeti or the Loch Ness monster.
I’ve heard of all of them, but have never actually seen them to know they exist. Unfortunetely we get to see Francoeur every night, but hopefully next year he gets the Yeti treatment.
"If I ever decide to do a book, I've already got the title...The bases were loaded and so was I."
-Jim Fregosi
by Stephen Schmidt on Aug 12, 2009 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Listen carefully.
You. Don’t. Have. To. Read. It.
"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw
I'll be honest
I did not think Kevin was smarter than that.
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Aug 12, 2009 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions
I concur
His interviews questions are obvious and his talking points are cliche. He seems like a nice guy but I never have seen anything to tell me that he has a firm grasp on baseball analysis.
yeah kevin has never been what i'd call insightful
he’s a good TV personality, and usually fairly entertaining to watch, but not someone i’d go to as my first line of credible information
by KeithsMoustache on Aug 12, 2009 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Well he did say
“if we blatantly disregard everything…” deep down in places you don’t talk about at parties, he knows it’s a bad trade.
A steal for the Mets.....
….keep telling yourselves that.
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