Jeff Francoeur News

Maybe that's why he's getting a jumpstart on the job. Next month Johnson will host Wright - along with Jeff Francoeur and Daniel Murphy - at his Florida house for four or five days for what he described as an "informal" hitting clinic.

In 2009, the New York Mets were the worst baseball organization in the country, compiling the worst combined win-loss record from the minors all the way up to the bigs.

The Mets are letting former fan favorite Wally Backman back in the family. Backman, whose personal problems practically got him drummed out of baseball earlier this decade, is being hired by the Mets to manage the Single-A Brooklyn Cyclones, a source said yesterday.

Jason Marquis wants to pitch for the Mets, and he has no intentions of keeping that a secret.

The gear used by a 51-year-old Georgia man who died after a dive at a sunken aircraft carrier will be sent to a lab in North Carolina for testing.

National League Rookie of the Year and Florida Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan and New York Mets outfielder Jeff Francoeur will headline the 2010 Louisville Baseball Leadoff Dinner sponsored by Republic Bank on Feb.

New York Mets outfielder Jeff Francoeur underwent successful surgery to repair a tear of the collateral ligament in his left thumb Monday in Atlanta.

Bart Hubbuch of the New York Post says that Jeff Francoeur will return to the Mets in 2010.

Dan from the Mets Police remembers the ticker tape parade held for the Mets on October 28, 1986.

After the 2011 season, the Chicago Cubs will have to make a choice: keep third baseman Aramis Ramirez and purchase his club option for $16 million, or let him hit the market and buy the remainder of the contract for $2 million.

This has been a big week for surgeries around baseball. On Monday it was the New York Mets' Jeff Francoeur going under the knife , on Tuesday it was the Detroit Tigers' Brandon Inge and the mother of The Ghost of Moonlight Graham having surgery, and yesterday it was the Chicago Cubs' Ted Lilly getting repaired.

Nick Evans finally has found a team to join this offseason. And while it might be less lucrative then playing winter ball in Venezuela, the Dominican Republic or Puerto Rico, it is in Evans' back yard.

Having lived through -- and enjoyed -- some horrible years as a Mets fan, I don't understand the panic that has set in because of the current circumstances: "Fire the manager" and "Fire the owner." Yes, they stunk this year.

Sunday night presented a dilemma for many New York fans, but not for me. The Giants were playing opposite the Yankees, which prompted fans without picture-in-picture to set up an extra TV so as not to miss a key play in either game.

First off, Happy Birthday to Jim Kochie . jim lives in the Philadelphia area and is a huge Mets fan, which can't be easy, especially these days Andrew Beaton of Hot Foot explains why the secret to the Mets success may be in his lucky tube socks.

Do you think it would be wise for the Mets to sign Carl Crawford? He isn't really a power hitter, so Citi's dimensions won't scare him off, and if Jose Reyes' injury is serious, they need speed in that lineup.

Naturally, Francoeur proceeded to perform well for the Mets, posting a decent .311/.338/.498 line.

Mack from Mack's Mets says Mets pundits are only looking for 15 ballplayers every season.

Today, I look at the NL second half leaders in extra base hits . As stated in a previous post on a similar topic, looking at second half stats could result in finding a "hidden" power hitter for your 2010 draft.

Two coaches are the first men to be affected by the Mets' poor showing in 2009. Sandy Alomar Sr., who had served as first-base coach, third-base coach, and more recently, bench coach beginning in 2005, was removed from the Major League staff, but was to be offered a position in the organization.