Francisley Bueno

Infobox MLB player
name = Francisley Bueno


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team = Atlanta Braves
number = 26
position = Pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1981|3|5
birthplace = Havana, Cuba
bats = Left
throws = Left
debutdate = August 13
debutyear = 2008
debutteam = Atlanta Braves
statyear = 2008 season
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 0-0
stat2label = Earned run average
stat2value = 7.71
stat3label = Strikeouts
stat3value = 1
teams =
*Atlanta Braves (by|2008-present)

Francisley Trueba Bueno (born March 5, 1981 in Havana, Cuba) is a Major League Baseball player for the Atlanta Braves. He bats and throws left-handed. He is a childhood friend of Braves shortstop Yunel Escobar and former Braves catcher Brayan Pena.

Bueno, a Cuban defector, was signed as a free agent by the Atlanta Braves and assigned to Double-A Mississippi for by|2006. In 17 games for Mississippi, he had a 3.60 Earned run average and 84 strikeouts. He started by|2007 with Mississippi again, but received a late-season promotion to Triple-A Richmond.

After beginning by|2008 with Triple-A Richmond, Bueno was called up to the majors on August 3 and made his debut on August 13, during which he nearly-hit Alfonso Soriano in the chin, only innings after Soriano show-boated after hitting a long fly ball off Bueno, jumping and celebrating out of the box, only to be left with a single as the ball bounced off the left field wall. Bueno was ejected, along with bench coach Chino Cadahia. A day later, Bueno was given a fine and three-day suspension by Major League Baseball. Bueno will appeal the fine and suspension, and will only have to serve his final sentence once he returns to the Major Leagues. The situation escalated in the final game of the Braves-Cubs series, when Ted Lilly hit Escobar, prompting a shouting match between the two, and the benches and bullpens to clear, but no fight took place, nor ejections made.

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