Jeff Francoeur
- #21 | RF BatsR ThrowsR
- Height6-5
- Weight220
- Texas Rangers
- Age26
- Experience 5 years
- Salary $5,000,000
- BirthplaceAtlanta, Georgia
Rangers vs. Jays Wednesday lineups
Foul Territory | Fort-Worth Star Telegram — Rangers (Derek Holland) 1. Ian Kinsler, 2B 2. Michael Young, 3B 3. Nelson Cruz, LF 4. Vladimir Guerrero, DH 5. Jeff Francoeur, RF 6. David Murphy, CF 7. Jorge Cantu, 1B 8. Bengie Molina, C 9. Cristian Guzman, SS Jays...
Texas Rangers September 8, 2010The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: So Long, Frenchy
Hot Foot — The Good Who even cares who he was traded for (Joaquin Arias by the way)? Jeff Francoeur was a guy who was… let’s say, marketable… so that he was forced into the lineup most days to go a typical 0-4 with 2 strikeouts. I hope he moved a ton of Metro PCS phones because the guy was hitting .236 with an OBP of .293 in a lineup that already strikes out way too much. He’s a fourth outfielder with a decent power threat off the bench. That’s what he is. As soon as the team started to figure that out - when Carlos Beltran returned - he started crowing about not playing every day. What happened to that ...
New York Mets September 7, 2010Long ball lengthens Blue Jays' lead
Texas Rangers Blog | ESPN Dallas — Tommy Hunter got roughed up to the tune of five runs in the third inning. Vernon Wells, a thorn in the Rangers' side, blasted a three-run homer. Lyle Overbay got an extra-base hit when Jeff Francoeur misplayed the bounce on a ball in right field. The next batter, Aaron Hill, sent one in the stands to give the Blue Jays a 6-0 lead. Michael Young stopped the bleeding with a nicely turned 6-4-3 double play.
Texas Rangers September 6, 2010Mets' Francoeur claimed by Rangers: reports
Mets Blog | New York Post — ATLANTA -- According to multiple reports Jeff Francoeur was claimed off waivers by the Rangers, who were discussing a possible deal with the Mets on Tuesday night. Players acquired by midnight would be eligible for postseason play, and the Rangers were in the market for a right-handed bat. Francoeur is signed through 2010 – he is eligible for arbitration after the season – and doesn’t fit into the Mets’ long-term plans. SI.com reported that Texas has offered infielder Joaquin Arias for Francoeur.
New York Mets September 5, 2010Jeff Francoeur glad college football is here
Texas Rangers Blog | ESPN Dallas — MINNEAPOLIS -- Jeff Francoeur was less than a week from heading to Clemson to participate in two-a-days before he decided to sign with the Braves after getting picked in the first round of the 2002 draft. Francoeur had a full scholarship offer from Clemson and was tempted to take it. But he decided on a baseball career. "I loved baseball," Francoeur said. Still, he thinks about rubbing Howard's Rock and running down the hill at Death Valley when football season comes around. "That would be pretty cool to do, wouldn't it?" Francoeur said. Francoeur, who watched some of the Florida-Miami (O...
Texas Rangers September 5, 2010Rangers' Francoeur doesn't regret passing on college football career
Fort-Worth Star Telegram — -- Jeff Wilson The first college football Saturday each year is one of Jeff Francoeur's favorite days, and the rest of the Saturdays are pretty special for him, too. He's a huge college football fan, and he was almost a college football player."I love college football," he said Saturday. "I got up this morning and watched College Gameday. During the off-season, that's my deal."Francoeur was only a few days away from being a defensive back for Clemson in 2002, but he ended up signing with the Atlanta Braves and saying goodbye to football.Clemson's quarterback this season, Kyle Parker, was a...
Texas Rangers September 4, 2010The lineups: Rangers give Jeff Francoeur first start
Rangers Blog | Dallas Morning News
Texas Rangers September 4, 2010Quote: David Wright on the Mets Changes
MetsBlog — Posted in MetsBlogPrior to last night’s 4-2 win over the Braves, David Wright spoke with SNY’s Kevin Burkhardt about the recent changes to the Mets roster. Asked about how it is to lose good friends in Rod Barajas and Jeff Francoeur, Wright said: “I think Ive been around long enough to realize the business side of it…As [...]Leave a Comment
New York Mets September 3, 2010New Ranger Jeff Francoeur can show younger players what playoffs are like
Rangers Blog | Dallas Morning News
Texas Rangers September 2, 2010Wright wants to help
Surfing the Mets | New York Daily News — The day after Jeff Francoeur was traded, sending the Mets still deeper into a September abyss (and before you get all bothered, I know Francoeur wasn't helping on the field--still,...
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David Murphy
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Cliff Lee
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Mitch Moreland
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Nelson Cruz
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Vladimir Guerrero
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Derek Holland
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- Vlad Guerrero made the Jays pay 2010, hitting .541 Rangers Blog | Dallas Morning News
- Rangers Mailbag is open Foul Territory | Fort-Worth Star Telegram The Rangers Mailbag is ready for another round of readers' questions and comments, so start formulating them and sending them in. With rain in the forecast through Thursday, and the Rangers on the road through Thursday, there's ample downtime to...
- Yankees-Rangers series won't be a playoff preview Fort-Worth Star Telegram Gil LeBreton If the Texas Rangers historically have taught us anything, it's that the baseball gods don't issue hall passes.If you want to get to the World Series, you're going to have to deal with the hall monitors. And we all know who those manipulative, pinstriped ogres might be.Team Ogre, the New York Yankees, opens a three-game series with the Rangers tonight, and how things have changed since the teams last met here one month ago.On Aug. 10, the Rangers still had their sights set on passing Minnesota for the second-best division-winning record in the American League. The coveted door...
- Lewis, Rangers end rough road with a victory Fort-Worth Star Telegram By Anthony Andro TORONTO -- For all the doom and gloom that surrounded the Texas Rangers on this 10-game road trip, they're returning home exactly where they were when they left.Right-hander Colby Lewis made sure that was the case Thursday night.Lewis won his 10th game in his 10th try at reaching double figures in victories as the Rangers doubled up Toronto 4-2.The victory, which capped a 4-6 road trip, puts the Rangers 71/2 games up on Oakland. That's the same lead they had on Aug. 29, only now the team's magic number to clinch the American League West is down to 16 games.Considering the ...
- Strikeouts piling up, not by Rangers' plan Fort-Worth Star Telegram By Anthony Andro TORONTO -- The Texas Rangers' pitching staff is making its way up the franchise's strikeout record books, but it's not by design."Everybody pitches to contact, but we have some guys out of the 'pen that have stuff that's conducive to strikeouts," pitching coach Mike Maddux said. "We have some guys that have a swing-and-miss pitch, but nobody goes out there trying to strike anybody out. A perfect inning is three pitches, three outs."While perfect innings are few and far between, this Rangers staff is on pace to set the club record for strikeouts. It had 1,020 strikeouts aft...