He brought the organization a lot of joy from mid-2005 through the end of 2006.
He brought the organization nothing but frustration for the last year and a half.
He screwed himself when he refused to sign an extension after the '06 season for money similar to what McCann got. If anyone is willing to give him more than $3 mil per after this year, he should count himself one fortunate son of a bitch.
I'm very excited about the Ryan Church era in Atlanta
Namely, what the Francoeur experience did for me was further cement a long held belief that prospects should be willingly dealt for an established player in almost any circumstance. When I think of the sort of return the Braves could've gotten from packaging Francoeur and Kyle Davies circa 2004, it makes me cry a little. For all the trades that come back to bite a team in the ass because of a player's development, there are 5 players like Francoeur (who admittedly still has time to develop) who would've maximized their value to their first organization in the form of a trade before they ever reach the bigs. With Jordan Schafer most likely sitting out the rest of this season, I can't help but fear that I'll be having these same thoughts when we deal him mid-season for a situational lefty in 2012.
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