I hope not...

I hope this isn't true. Trade would not make a lot of sense, especially with an already overcrowded outfield...

According to one National League executive, the Kansas City Royals and Atlanta Braves have had serious discussions about a trade that would send outfielder Jeff Francoeur to the Royals for pitcher Zack Greinke. The same source said he believed the teams were close to executing the deal, but that Atlanta was holding up trade discussions until the Braves had a resolution of their pursuit of free agent righthander A.J. Burnett. Royals general manager Dayton Moore (who interviewed for the Red Sox job during Theo Epstein's walkabout in 2005-06) is a former member of the Braves organization and is eager to bring the outfielder to Kansas City