Nicholas Francis NOW

Down in Burlington, there is a black hole that prevents most offense from occurring. For example, Eric Hosmer is hitting .236 with 2 home runs in Burlington.

But Nicholas Francis cannot be stopped by normal means. Through 38 games, he has a line of .329/.401/.586 with 7 HRs. 5 of his homers have come in Burlington. 5 have come with runners on base, which is a reason for him having 30 RBI.

We drafted him in 2007 out of Pensacola Junior College, he played in Idaho Falls and Burlington in 2008. He also has 9 stolen bases.

over 2 years ago BHWick 7 comments 0 recs |

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Nick Van Stratten, as well.

Both are absolutely wrecking in Burlington, while the rest of the offense, well, um, sucks.

Although Jose Bonilla and Eric Hosmer, both young for the league at 20, aren’t doing terribly.

by rockchalk on May 25, 2009 5:33 PM EDT reply actions

Well, both Van Stratten and Francis were out of the starting lineup today.

So, maybe they got the call-up. Hopefully.

by rockchalk on May 25, 2009 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions

They should

they are a little old for that level.

I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal.

by kcscoliny on May 25, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah...

You see the numbers and think, “Wow… GREAT numbers for the MW League.”

Then you look at their ages and the shine wears off a little. Both of those guys are older than Billy Butler – just imagine what he would do to A-ball pitchers.

But that doesn’t mean that these guys couldn’t/shouldn’t get called up to get the chance to prove they can keep doing it.

by XBic on May 26, 2009 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm just not sure what it is about Burlington

the Midwest League is typically a black hole for offense, but Burlington is even worse. Didn’t Moustakas have lousy stats in Burlington for awhile too?

Burlington is probably still with us as a means of keeping our players modest about their success. After all, if you play in at least one pit, you’d be a bit more humble about how far you’ve come.

by BHWick on May 25, 2009 6:51 PM EDT reply actions