I am very impressed with Hoover. Francisco is still very young, has a ton of power in his left-handed bat and has a good chance to end up being a good player and I would like to have him back with the Reds, but so far the Reds got the better end of the deal.
I wonder if the Braves would have been willing to trade Hoover for Frazier? Maybe they asked for Frazier but Jocketty said "Nope, its Francisco or no deal." Maybe Francisco is the guy the Braves preferred all along. Who knows? In hindsight it is obvious that Frazier is better than Francisco, but it wasn't so obvious back when the trade was made. Frazier wasn't even in the major leagues yet.