Giants DFA Jeff Francoeur - McCovey Chronicles

Whoopsie!!! Well, maybe throwing the bat at the ball would increase his chances for contact.

You know, this seems like the right thing to do, if only for one reason. Francoeur's Runs Created / Game with the Giants this year is 1.8 according to The Baseball Cube. 

If you don't believe me, see for yourself.
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=jeff-francoeur

from McCovey Chronicles:
Giants DFA Jeff Francoeur - McCovey Chronicles:

The Giants designated Jeff Francoeur for assignment on Tuesday, meaning they'll have 10 days to trade him, lose him on waivers, or release him. Which is to say, the Giants released Francoeur proactively.

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This is a basic explanation of what Runs Created / Game is from a 2006 missive on Yahoo.
http://voices.yahoo.com/calculating-baseball-stats-runs-created-rc-50211.html

RC27 attempts to measure how many runs a team would score if they had a lineup made up of the same player nine times. In other words, a team with nine Derrek Lee (circa 2005) clones hitting in every spot in the lineup might expect to average about 10.6 runs per game.

Can you imagine the damage a lineup of NINE Jeff Francoeur's would create?  The game would never be the same. 

Although on many nights, it seems as if the Giants are doing exactly that. Putting out a lineup of nine Jeff Francoeur's. If you don't believe me, ask the pitching staff.  Having said that, it appears as if hitting coach Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens job is safe. That's cool though, we love Bam Bam!!!

He's not hitting anything either. Maybe that's how he got the nickname.