Mets trade Church for Francouer....

Growing up in Tennessee, most of my friends were Braves fans. I endured some painful moments throughout the 90s. Once Minaya came aboard, however, things improved. The Mets were better than the Braves, a result of the Mets improving and the Braves getting noticeably worse.

I used to talk up Lastings Milledge to them. He’s got range. He can hit for power. Once Lastings comes up, you guys won’t stand a chance. It was partly just me jokingly hyping the legend of an already hilarious persona. Yet, I believed. Milledge had the skills and the upside that few players his age did. When they traded Lastings to the Nationals for Ryan Church and Brian Schneider my friend’s laughed. The player I had constantly been hyping was traded for an outfielder the Nats were benching. It was embarrassing. I told my friends at least he wasn’t Jeff Francoeur. They got off my back.

Yet here we are again. After the Mets traded Milledge for Church they said it was upside for defense and reliability. Now, after trading Church for Francoeur they say it’s reliability for upside. This explanation is just as specious as the first one. Omar Minaya just traded our third best hitter for a Sports Illustrated cover from 2005.

this makes no sense. I’m going to make fun of my Mets-fan friends now.

This is my first post at Amazin Avenue Let me just say that this trade is an uttah disastah (tm Mike Francesa) and it has ruined my weekend before it can even start. I am just severely bummed out right now thanks to this awful trade. Thanks, Omar.
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Holy God of all creation and time and space This is not happening.

Mwahahaha! Enjoy New York Frenchy, they’re going to love watching you suck terribly.
by Perrinbar on Jul 10, 2009 7:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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Put Frenchy on suicide watch Mets fans are going to be way more brutal to him, if you think his psyche was weak here, just wait
by Cracker! on Jul 10, 2009 7:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

.I agree Oh boy, this could get ugly.
by McCann Can on Jul 10, 2009 7:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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He’s going to complain about not seeing any pitches to hit while batting ahead of Cora and Santos.

Gets to be changed to the Omar Minya award?

For Braves fans this is Liberation day. We now live in a post 7/10 world. This guy terrorized the franchise for five years and there seemed to be no end in sight. And now – poof – he’s gone.

but it’s just absolutely unbelievable how Yankees fans overrate their prospects and underrate other team’s players.

I read over at FakeTeams about a possible Halladay to Yanks deal of Montero, Jackson, Robertson and Melky. That’s only possibly barely enough, even though Montero has become a serious hitting prospect…without a position. Then a Yanks fan in the comments thinks that they should wouldn’t trade two top prospects, so removes Montero with Romine, a more traditional less-hitting catcher and Melky or Jackson with Zach McAlister. Romine/Jackson/Robertson/McAlister.

It’s as awesome as the McAlister for Pence deal at Pinstripe Alley.

often become very unrealistic when they involve prospects. Fans tend to over value their own team’s prospects, and sometimes fail to distinguish between run of the mill minor leaguers and prospects. Even going back and looking at old trades can be deceiving because teams place high values on prospects now more than ever. Given the economy and teams’ greater emphasis on team controlled players, teams are reluctant to let go of premium prospects. It’s not like the old days when teams like the Pirates and Expos regularly gave away players at the deadline.