Francoeur a nominee for Worst Everyday Player in Baseball & a look at the Mets payroll

Written by Mike Mariano | 09 August 2010

If only you could vote for this because I would be there all day clicking away.  Joe Posnanski recently wrote an article breaking down the "Worst Everyday Player in Baseball" and of course there had to be a Met or two on there right?  Low and behold it was Jeff Francoeur.  He didn't win, but it is truly an honor to be nominated:

Jeff Francoeur is simply not a good enough hitter to play every day in the big leagues. Nobody is happy about this. Francoeur is by all accounts a terrific guy, he plays hard, he cares a lot, he has some defensive value. But, no matter how hard he tries, he cannot make the adjustments. His .295 on-base percentage this year is not good enough to be an every-day outfielder. Everybody who knows Frankie loves the guy, which is why he leads all of baseball in “Adjustment Could Pay Off This Time” stories. But after a rookie rush that landed him on the cover of Sports Illustrated, he has now had more than 4,000 plate appearances with a .307 on-base base percentage.

The 2011 commitments: 

Santana $22.5 million 
Carlos Beltran $18.5 million 
Jason Bay $16 million 
David Wright $14 million 
Oliver Perez $12 million 
Francisco Rodriguez $11.5 million 
Reyes $11 million 
Luis Castillo $6 million 
Ryota Igarashi $1.75 million 
16 players at major league minimum: $6.4 million 

Total: $119.65 million