The Rays have acquired outfielder Ben Francisco from the Astros in exchange for a player to be named later. Houston acquired Francisco earlier this year from the Blue Jays in the ten-player trade on July 20.Francisco hit .244 with 2 homers in 144 plate appearances for the Astros and Blue Jays this season. He has a career .258 batting average.
Analysis: You had to figure that the the Astros would try and get rid of Francisco. He is a somewhat valuable bench player to have and a player to be named later is better than a soon-to-be free agent. As for the Rays, nice move here because Francisco will really help their bench. He will probably provide a spark off of the bench for them.
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