QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Aug 5, 2009 -> 11:23 AM)
...check out Jeff Francouer's rookie stats and remember how people were so ga-ga over him too...
.300/.336/.549/.885
70 GP, 272 AB, 14 HR, 20 2B, 1 3B, 45 RBI, 11BB
it would seem like the lack of walks and reliance on homers made this predictable, but Francoeur was hitting .300 over 70 games with a ton of doubles...doesn't that sound familiar?
His career line is currently a disappointing .266/.308/.424/.732 and the power numbers have been relatively down since 06 - just 82 career homers.
So what happened to Jeff Francouer? Couldn't the same thing happen to Beckham?
one sounds french, the other American. I'm going with the American.