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Prior to today’s game, Jeff Francoeur told reporters he hopes he can help out, and once guys like Carlos Beltran, Jose Reyes and Carlos Delgado get back, ‘hopefully we can make a run.’
He said, “If you look at it, 6.5 games is 
not that tough… so, hopefully we can get to playing some good baseball.”
Francoeur said he talked to David Wright about hitting in Citi Field, and he realizes this is not a ballpark to hit 45 home runs in.
“I’ve usually been a guy to drive the ball in the gaps,” he explained. “When I do hit a home run it’s a line drive, than more of the moonshot, and so I do think this field suits me well.”
He said he looks forward to the fresh start, adding, “I’m excited to be in New York, I’ve always enjoyed playing here… I’ve always loved the city, so to finally get this chance, I’m excited.”
Tom Glavine called Francoeur to tell him he will love it in New York, saying he loved his time here playing for Omar Minaya, Willie Randolph and Jerry Manuel.
According to Francoeur, Glavine said, “Make the most of it, if you play hard, hustle, and do things right, the fans will love you.
To which Francoeur said, “I like to think I’m that kind of player, who gets dirty and plays the game the right way.”
In the end, he said, “I’m 25 years old, and I feel like my best years are ahead of me… and I look forward to driving in runs, and throwing people out.”
Welcome to NY Frenchy,and good luck!
Ditto
I like him better than Church already!
I don’t remember Church talking like that, did he?
Anyway, doesn’t matter, to me he’s an ex-Met already.
God, I hope we can get him raking!
Well that’s good to hear. We can’t do anything but hope he comes through at this point, so we might as well give him a chance to…
Welcome to NY, Francoeur. Let’s hope some of your energy carries over to the rest of the team.
And as a complete side note, I am home watching the Yanks – Angels game, and I hope Minaya would just look at how the Angels play the game so he has an idea of how to build a major league team. That team hustles 100% of the time, they go first to third on almost every hit to the outfield. They are clearly not the most talented team, but they get the most out of their players and their manager is a no non-sense guy. If you don’t hustle for Scioscia you don’t play.
Ditas Read Adam Rubin’s article in the posts above and you will see that both Omar Minaya and Jeff Wilpon have NOOO idea how to run an organization
Said all the right things. But it doesn’t matter. Now he needs to perform at least up to Church standards.
If he does better than Church, then I’ll like him better than Church. Right now, they’re just words.
If he does worse than Church, then I’ll like him less than Church and this trade will be a disaster.
I wish him the best and hope he excels with the Mets.
Up to Church standards??? That isn’t very good. I want him to get the confidence back that he had in 2006 and 2007 …Two seasons that Church would dream of having.
I’m getting a very Richard Hidalgo feel about this move. I think he’s got more professional hitting mentors around him than he did in Atlanta.
Things can only get better, right?
I’ve been trying to come up with a player that Francoeur is similar to, and Hidalgo seemed like a nice comparison. So, I checked out Hidalgo’s numbers.
While his numbers with the Mets look very similar to what Frenchy has been doing over the last couple of years, Hidalgo was a much better player in his few seasons leading up to the trade. Hidalgo was a better turn-around candidate.
Your right, this trade does feel a lot like that one, only that one was better on paper at the time it was pulled.
I wish Francoeur luck and hope this works out. It won’t.
Well, so far so good :)
It’s not like he ripped a single there but I’ll take it.