I still think he's a bit up and down. He's not a bad pitcher, dude never misses a start, and that has value, but I don't think he's suited to be anything more than a number four in a playoff rotation.
I'm thinking it'll just be a very bad bruise. It hit the side so it smashed the ligament but that's not going to tear the ligament, it probably hit the top part of the tibia and bottom part of the femur, but those are very strong parts of two of the strongest bones.
I would have traded him for starting pitching given that we have Straw to give us the defense.
He's never shown this type of power stroke on a consistent basis. I still think it's a bit early to assume it's going to keep up.
Only thing I can imagine is they think they see something in his swing that they can fix. Dude was a really good offensive player just a couple years ago. He's not over the hill. Maybe they feel like they can "fix him" and if they can then suddenly they found themselves a really good platoon right-handed bat for virtually no cost.
That's all I got. Otherwise it's a really goofy addition.
I respect the boldness of this statement right before a start in that Colorado air.
And yes, Francis had one of the worst starts to the season probably in franchise history.
While everybody is busy fondling the nuts of our front office for a fluke season, I still see a pathetic minor league system with lousy organizational depth.
One of the strangest deadline acquisitions I can remember.
Maybe if he played outfield it would make a bit of sense. It he was a great base stealer it would make sense. If he absolutely mashed lefties it would make sense.
But he does none of those things.
He does this s*** all the time, there's no bigger picture with him if one thing goes correct one time he f***ing blows his load like a f***ing incel having his hand held for the first time.
Literally he should bat fourth because that one at bat proves the entire universe.
That one at bat maybe the theory of everything that we've been searching for.