What News Today

Advertisement

Ryan Church can give that "I Love New York" T-shirt he often wore around the Mets club. In Metz, believe it or not, once again put on a church trip to Colorado - this time to bid farewell.

In the Mets, who never seemed to cover the church - who suffered two concussions during his stay - deal with it in Atlanta on Friday pm Officer right fielder Jeff Francoeur. Mets GM Omar Minaya said assistant GM John Ricco suggested investigating the presence of 25-year-old Francoeur during the brainstorming session in the afternoon on Thursday. The transaction was completed within 24 hours.

Minaya acknowledged an element of trade "to change it a bit" Considering the Mets' fourth place is in the NL East.


GM also offered righthanded-lesion Francoeur, with his ability to bring the ball with authority, coming to Citi Field. Both are solid defensive right fielders, while Francoeur won a gold glove in 2007 and has a stellar arm, recorded the most distant assists (65) of specialization, since the increase at 7 July, 2005.

Both players are under their control through new teams 2011 season, with two years of arbitration rights of others. In the Mets will receive $ 270,218 from the half hour difference between the Church and Francoeur salary.

Latest Mets swap-hour came to November 25, 1996 - when Greg McMichael was obtained in the field for the Amazin Byrd and a player to be named Andy Zwirchitz.

Church, who came to Flushing with Brian Schneider of the citizens in the trade for Lastings Milledge on November 30, 2007, probably Mets' MVP in the first two months of last season. He then hit his second brain of this year to 20 May in Atlanta, when he took on the knee with the head of shortstop Yunel Escobar am trying to share a game of infinite double play.

A woozy Church irresponsibly allowed to fly with the Mets at Colorado, and a pinch of the victims, although he said he felt like he was bobbing in a boat in the Bering Sea. Suffering from post-traumatic syndrome brain, however, the church was closed for only three weeks in June. If symptoms appear, the church was closed again - this time for seven weeks - after the July 5 start in Philadelphia. He hit .219 with two homers and 13RBI dated August 22, before the end of the season, but still feeling the effect of the brain.

Francoeur, Atlanta product once seen as the future in terms of franchise, as its roots, and David Wright-like behavior have been problems with the PM. He was demoted to Double in Mississippi last season on July 3, with a .234 average, eight homers and 62 strikeouts in 334 at-bats.

Francoeur was the defeat of .250 with five homers and 35 RBI this season, and his .282 on base percentage of ranks fourth lowest among NL starters. It was the defeat .280 with two homers and 22 RBI.

Both players are expected to start in right field today, with church hopping a flight to Colorado to meet the PM. Commands to open the second half against one another Thursday in Turner Field. "It's definitely disappointing", Francoeur told the Atlant Journal-Constitution. "I never wanted this to happen that way. Can you imagine getting traded, but you will never imagine to get traded to your biggest competitor. ... This will be a little different atmosphere - 45,000 every night, and he is in Big Apple . This will be different.

"I and my wife (CATIE) are very happy to go there and try it out. He was such a shock, and happened so quickly that you do not get the opportunity to digest it and think about it."