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Found January 21, 2012 on Rant Sports: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Jeff Francis
TEAMS: Kansas City Royals,  New York Mets

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You can correct me if I’m wrong on this, but didn’t the New York Mets say that they were not adding any more pieces to the 25-man roster?  If so, what is up with the report that they are interested in Jeff Francis?  I suppose the team could sign him to a minor league deal, but why would Jeff Francis – coming off of a useful season with the Kansas City Royals – want to sign a minor league deal?  Sure, some of his numbers are pretty ugly – specifically his 4.82 ERA and sub-5.00 K/9.  Dig a little deeper though and you can see that he did do some good things.  His FIP was a much tidier 4.10 as he limited his walks (1.92 BB/9) and kept the ball on the ground fairly well (47.1%).  He also logged 183 innings.  I would be lying blatantly if I said that I would be excited to watch Jeff Francis in the New York Mets’ starting rotation in 2012, but I can’t say that it would be a bad deal considering the state of the team and the pitching staff at this ...
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