August 25, 201610 yr Can't believe no one has posted this. 8:15pm: Rosenthal tweets that the Rangers are receiving international bonus money in the trade, while Moore is going to the Braves and Francoeur is going to Miami. 8:14pm: Francoeur is going to the Marlins, who are the third team in this deal, reports Sherman (on Twitter). 8:09pm: Rosenthal tweets that there is indeed a third team in the deal. Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News tweets that Jeff Francoeur is not going to the Rangers in this trade. 8:07pm: The Rangers and Braves have completed a trade, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (via Twitter). It’s not clear just yet whom the Rangers have acquired from Atlanta, but minor league shortstop Dylan Moore is going to the Braves in the swap, according to Rosenthal. Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that it could be a three-team deal (via Twitter), while Rosenthal adds in a second tweet that the trade isn’t major but is “more complicated than it might appear.”
August 25, 201610 yr As long as the Marlins didn't have to give up Carter Capps in this deal, I'm fine with it.
August 25, 201610 yr We were discussing it in game thread, thanks for posting a thread for it. We do indeed suck at this forum thing.
August 25, 201610 yr Author We were discussing it in game thread, thanks for posting a thread for it. We do indeed suck at this forum thing. Randomly checked MLB Trade Rumors, I didn't get the push notification to my phone.
August 25, 201610 yr Didn't care much for Francoeur at first but considering we didn't give up anything and that he has had a good season, he should be better than Arcia, Gillespie, Kelly, Andino, etc and he will split time with Ichiro which actually increases Ichiro's production...so yeah, good move. And again, glad the front office isn't giving up with this close to a playoff spot.
August 25, 201610 yr Good to see us acquire a platoon partner for Ichiro. Even though Ichiro basically hits them the same anyway. Love you, Mike Hill.
August 25, 201610 yr Meh. He's probably as good as we are going to get in a late August trade, so whatever. Hopefully he can hit some homers.
August 25, 201610 yr Frisario thinks Matt Foley was involved too, Catcher in rookie ball. then again it's Frisario so you know... salt, grain, etc
August 25, 201610 yr Author I was getting tired of Francouer killing us. I think this is a good move, especially in a platoon.
August 25, 201610 yr In this season, Francouer hit .273 and OPS .734 against lefty. Career lefty split was .279 and OPS .778. Still useful guy
August 25, 201610 yr when Francour debuted for the Giants Lincecum threw a No-No, who's pitching tomorrow for the Marlins?
August 25, 201610 yr Ha! Apparently we got cash back. Lol not like it matters but it never fails. He's only making 1 mil this year too damn Loria
August 25, 201610 yr Ha! Apparently we got cash back. Lol not like it matters but it never fails. We got Cashner again? Fuck.
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