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.

3 months ago Eric Simon 20 comments 0 recs |

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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?

by TRS86 on Aug 12, 2009 12:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

Hooray for Averages!

Church is also very streaky

by mets81 on Aug 12, 2009 7:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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.

by shwebsi on Aug 12, 2009 1:03 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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.

by Mex_17 on Aug 12, 2009 8:09 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

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 0 recs

Chef Francouer

That’s a great nickname. Chef “Frenchy” Francouer, well versed in baguettes, French pastries, and espionage. Patience is his fatal flaw.

by Steeeve on Aug 12, 2009 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

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 Schmidtxc on Aug 12, 2009 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Socks!, Yeti and the Loch Ness monster all exist

Very much like the aliens in area 51 or Atlantis.

by Michkin on Aug 12, 2009 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

or Good Ollie

by KeithsMoustache on Aug 13, 2009 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Listen carefully.

You. Don’t. Have. To. Read. It.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Aug 12, 2009 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought Kevin was smarter than that

by twon8 on Aug 12, 2009 9:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

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.

by Sokojoe on Aug 12, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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 0 recs

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.

by David G on Aug 12, 2009 11:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

A steal for the Mets.....

….keep telling yourselves that.

"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti

by sddbaker on Aug 12, 2009 11:43 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs