He came up on July 7 and through Aug. 9 was hitting .432 (35/81). Variance.

From Aug 10 to the end of the season he went 42/176 for a .238 average...right where a rookie usually is. Sure he ended up at .300, but look for him to hit about .260 next year. Nowhere near Taveras' .291 for a full season.

He comes up... "sets the world on fire", does a stupid dance, and we all find out he's not worth much. Hit's .238 down the stretch. Nice.

I mean, he's no Brian McCann. Francoeur needs many more AB's before we can tell if he's worth the award. Half a season doesn't show much. He had a monster month, then a very sub-par month-and-a-half... had he been up all year who knows where he would have ended up.