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Francouer sent to AA

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The Braves optioned Jeff Francoeur to AA. It struck me as interesting that they would do this considering his stats, and then I thought it might be interesting to compare his stats to one of our favorites, Alex Gordon. I've included a comparison of 2008, RISP, and career stats for both.

I apologize in advance for the sketchy formatting, I'm a novice at putting these tables together.

2008 Stats: 

 
TEAM
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
TB
BB
SO
SB
CS
OBP
SLG
AVG
Smirky:
2008 KC  84  321  49  84  21    -    11  42  138  37  78  2  2  0.342  0.430  0.262
RISP KC  71    80  30  17    6    -     -    25    23  14  21  2  1  0.333  0.288  0.213
                                 
Frenchy:                                
                                 
2008 ATL  85  334  40  78  19     2    8  41  125  20  62 -  1  0.287  0.374  0.234
RISP ATL  74  101  28  20    4     1    2  32    32    6  23 - -  0.259  0.317  0.198

Career Stats:

SEASON  
TEAM
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
TB
BB
SO
SB
CS
 OBP 
 SLG 
 AVG 
Frenchy:
2005 ATL    70     257    41    77    20     1  14    45  141  11    58     3    2  0.336  0.549  0.300
2006 ATL  162     651    83  169    24     6  29  103  292  23  132     1    6  0.293  0.449  0.260
2007 ATL  162     642    84  188    40    -    19  105  285  42  129     5    2  0.338  0.444  0.293
2008 ATL    85     334    40    78    19     2    8    41  125  20    62    -      1  0.287  0.374  0.234
Career Totals
 479  1,884  248  512  103     9  70  294  843  96  381     9  11  0.313  0.447  0.272
                                 
Smirky:                                
2007 KCR  151     543    60  134    36     4  15    60  223  41  137   14    4  0.314  0.411  0.247
2008 KCR    84     321    49    84    21    -    11    42  138  37    78     2    2  0.342  0.430  0.262
Career Totals    235     864  109  218    57     4  26  102  361  78  215   16    6  0.325  0.418  0.252

I'm sure that Francouer needs to work on some things, but the stats aren't all that different except for BA and OBP. Gordon is having a better year, but Francouer has a stronger track record. I'm surprised he wouldn't get more leeway to work things out.

Lots of similarities between the two players, both 24 and both 1st round picks. I find it interesting that our guy is batting 3rd in the lineup while their guy gets sent down.

I want to be clear, I'm not making necessarily any value judgments out of this data at all, and I'm not advocating that Gordon be sent down. I actually think Gordon has grown over the past month or so, and it's going to take some more time before we know for sure what we've got. Anyone have thoughts on this comparison?

On a related note, would DM be interested in trading for this guy? I don't really like his OBP but he has shown some nice power and the ability to drive in runs, and is still very young. No idea of what it would take, probably at least one good pitching prospect or a major league pitcher and a position player. Would Bannister + Teahen do it? What about Davies (ha ha)? Perhaps they would sell low on him. If I were in their shoes, I wouldn't trade him unless I could get a lot in return, but you never know.

 

 

 

 

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