Francoeur Heading to AA Mississippi

Written by Dan on July 4, 2008 – 2:12 pm

In some breaking news reported by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the Braves will be or already have demoted OF Jeff Francoeur to AA Mississippi. The reason for the demotion will be for Francoeur to work with former coach and mentor, Phillip Wellman. The Braves will apparently promote Jason Perry (not Brandon Jones?) to replace Francoeur.

This is quite the shame for Francoeur that his star has fallen this far. Perhaps he can get things figured out at the minor league level and come back up swinging in a week or two. Now being seven games out of the NL East lead, this should be a very scary sign for Braves fans.

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