View Full Version : Julio Franco designated for assignment
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2934227
Likely ends a very good career for the oldest player in baseball.
Mets are making room for Milledge, makes sense for them, Franco hasn't been productive at all this year, and wasn't good last year either.
Franco's career numbers: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/dt/francju01.php
bgfield
07-12-2007, 09:04 PM
I hope someone picks him up (not us). I'd like to see someone playing professional baseball at the age of 50, I know that's his goal.
NewMarketSean
07-12-2007, 09:43 PM
I hear the O's are on the phone with him as we speak. :D
orioles119
07-12-2007, 11:16 PM
I hear the O's are on the phone with him as we speak. :D
Well... the O's could use a bridge for Teixeira, right?
DT undercover
07-12-2007, 11:32 PM
He could give us more than what Gibbons has this year.
Crazy O
07-14-2007, 07:45 PM
He could give us more than what Gibbons has this year.
He has a higher OBP!!!!!!:eek:
-Gibbons 265
- Olerud 328
Moose Milligan
07-14-2007, 08:50 PM
.298 batting average and .365 on base percentage for his career. Not shabby at all.
GeorgiaBird
07-18-2007, 04:01 PM
The dream lives on! Franco signed by the Braves today.
The dream lives on! Franco signed by the Braves today.
Why?:confused:
Why?:confused:
They need VETERANOSITY in the pinch hitting department, probably.
They have 13 pitchers right now so they have room for another bat. Why they chose Franco to be that bat, no idea.