July 22, 201015 yr Mets Trying To Trade Jeff Francoeur By Ben Nicholson-Smith [July 22 at 8:04am CST] The Mets are trying to trade Jeff Francoeur, according to Mike Puma of the New York Post. The right fielder is playing less now that Carlos Beltran is healthy, and a friend told Puma that Francoeur would welcome a trade if he were given the chance to play every day. Francoeur has hit .277/.315/.437 with 18 homers since the Mets acquired him for Ryan Church about a year ago. Much of Francoeur's production came in 2009, however; this year his OPS sits at .673. Any team looking to add Francoeur will have to consider his $5MM salary (he'll earn about $2MM between now and the end of the season). If Francoeur finishes the season well, his team can retain him for 2011 through arbitration, but he is a non-tender candidate at this point.
July 22, 201015 yr Oh god, no. Francouer is the epitome of the guy we don't want on this team. He's like a slightly better right handed version of Joe Borchard.
July 22, 201015 yr QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Jul 22, 2010 -> 09:39 AM) Mets Trying To Trade Jeff Francoeur By Ben Nicholson-Smith [July 22 at 8:04am CST] The Mets are trying to trade Jeff Francoeur, according to Mike Puma of the New York Post. The right fielder is playing less now that Carlos Beltran is healthy, and a friend told Puma that Francoeur would welcome a trade if he were given the chance to play every day. Francoeur has hit .277/.315/.437 with 18 homers since the Mets acquired him for Ryan Church about a year ago. Much of Francoeur's production came in 2009, however; this year his OPS sits at .673. Any team looking to add Francoeur will have to consider his $5MM salary (he'll earn about $2MM between now and the end of the season). If Francoeur finishes the season well, his team can retain him for 2011 through arbitration, but he is a non-tender candidate at this point. He hasnt been worth much at all since MLB decided to get tougher on the use of PED's, could be a coincidence, but I doubt it.
July 22, 201015 yr Jeff Francour would fit right in with this team. That's a very bad thing. He has an awful approach at the plate.
July 23, 201015 yr No way man. Below average all around. The plate discipline of Vlad Guerrero without the ability to make contact.
July 23, 201015 yr This is not a rip on any poster. I think it's cool to see Sox fans rip some other players besides ones on the Sox ... and those would be ones rumored to come to us in a trade. A good way to finally see rips of other players is to ask if we might want the guy.
July 23, 201015 yr Awful is not even a good enough word to describe Jeff Francouer. Outside of the fact he has a ++ throwing arm, he's the very definition of replacement level player.
July 23, 201015 yr I think the guy we need is Dunn. I think what we don't want to do is give up key minor league pieces for a rental. So that means we won't get Dunn.
July 23, 201015 yr QUOTE (TomPickle @ Jul 22, 2010 -> 04:17 PM) $5 million is a steal, he's easily worth $12 million. How the hell did that guy write a book when he thinks a replacement level player is worth the money of a 3 WAR player?
July 23, 201015 yr Ken_Rosenthal #Royals like Francoeur. GM Moore had him with #Braves. $5M salary an obstacle. Also: Frenchy 1 more year of arb; potential non-tender. #MLB about 1 hour ago via web Of course they do. Dayton Moore really is clueless. Isn't this the same guy that stressed OBP when he was first hired then immediately traded for Mike f***ing Jacobs and dealt for Yuniesky Betancourt last year? His team is currently 3rd to last in baseball in walks and he's interested in Jeff Francouer. Holy crap.
July 23, 201015 yr QUOTE (Kalapse @ Jul 23, 2010 -> 01:30 PM) Ken_Rosenthal #Royals like Francoeur. GM Moore had him with #Braves. $5M salary an obstacle. Also: Frenchy 1 more year of arb; potential non-tender. #MLB about 1 hour ago via web Of course they do. Dayton Moore really is clueless. Isn't this the same guy that stressed OBP when he was first hired then immediately traded for Mike f***ing Jacobs and dealt for Yuniesky Betancourt last year? His team is currently 3rd to last in baseball in walks and he's interested in Jeff Francouer. Holy crap. The funny thing is that he could have had both for FREE, but gave up something in return. Jeff Francouer is the perfect guy for Dayton to acquire, he loves replacement level players.
July 23, 201015 yr I just have to say that it's entertaining to see a GM of an actual baseball team fail so badly at his job.
July 23, 201015 yr QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 23, 2010 -> 02:40 PM) I just have to say that it's entertaining to see a GM of an actual baseball team fail so badly at his job. I think it's more fun that it's a franchise that was already bad and maintains mediocrity (or worse). It was sad to see Bavasi tear the Mariners apart.
July 23, 201015 yr QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 22, 2010 -> 10:48 PM) This is not a rip on any poster. I think it's cool to see Sox fans rip some other players besides ones on the Sox ... and those would be ones rumored to come to us in a trade. A good way to finally see rips of other players is to ask if we might want the guy. No, its a rip on all of us Greg. Get off your fanboy high horse
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