Cordero! Reyes! Vive Les Frans!

There have not been many Great Sports Frans; that is to say, Male Sportsmen Who Are Named Fran, Or From Whose Names Fran May Be Derived. There was Tarkenton...

(Can we pause to appreciate the fact that someone decided to seek out a 1977 Fran Tarkenton baby shampoo commercial and upload it to YouTube? And that 4,654 people - including you, my friend! - have watched it? Paul Simon once sang that these are the days of Miracle and Wonder, and it's increasingly hard to argue with him.)

...and I think that's it. The Padres already had a Fran, of sorts: Franchy Cordero, who is well-liked here because he is pretty good (or at least getting better) - currently hitting .252 with 6 home runs - and has a great Baseball Name. Now they have two: Franmil Reyes. Reyes has already made history, in that he is the first MLB player named Franmil. And while we know that every major league organization absolutely factors in Great Baseball Names when determining their rosters (tip of the cap to you, Johnny Dickshot)...

Franmil brings more to the Padres than just a fun name. The dude is an absolute unit. He is 6'5", weighs 240 pounds, and does things like this:

#Padres prospect Franmil Reyes' (@La_Mole_13) week:

5/2 - 2-for-3, 2 HRs, 2 RBIs
5/3 - 3-for-4, 2 HRs, 4 RBIs
5/4 - 3-for-4, 2 HRs, 3 RBIs
5/5 - 3-for-4, HR, RBI
5/6 - 3-for-5, HR, 3 RBIs@Padres @epchihuahuas

STORY: https://t.co/SlbhZYQ8IA
WATCH: https://t.co/hps5xFgdk6 pic.twitter.com/AKDAtlHftD

— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) May 7, 2018

And as it happens, Franmil and Franchy are friends. (Frands?) The two played summer league baseball together in their native Dominican Republic, signed with the Padres organization the very same day (November 1, 2011), and were roommates for a time.

And both guys have the ability to do unholy things to baseballs. Cordero did this a couple of weeks ago:

and has since hit two home runs that travelled over 450 feet each. Reyes can also use his bat to send baseballs very, very far away, to places from whence none return.

VIDEOS: @La_Mole_13 Back pic.twitter.com/knAdZy8ZgL

— El Paso Chihuahuas (@epchihuahuas) May 2, 2018

To Back #5nThe915 pic.twitter.com/Oxh7xrYjZF

— El Paso Chihuahuas (@epchihuahuas) May 2, 2018

So Padres fans are quite excited. We now have an outfield with three exciting young players (Manuel Margot rounds out the trio), and we get to collectively come up with a nickname for the Franchy / Franmil duo. (After "Frands", I got nothing.)