Jeff Francis, who used to be the future ace of the Colorado Rockies, and used to be a pitcher for the Kansas City Royals, and probably still is the veritable man crush of one Dave Cameron, is now a Cincinnati Red. The Reds agreed to terms with Francis on a minor league deal. The deal makes sense for the Reds, who had a rotation that included only one pitcher to start more than 30 games. That pitcher was Bronson Arroyo and his -1.3 WAR.

Francis’ main attraction was that he used to be a pretty good pitcher, and is still reasonably young (31 years old) and he used to get a lot of grounders and miss some bats. He doesn’t miss many bats anymore, but he seemed like a… Continue reading | 2 Comments