This season hasn't even started yet and there is already talk with the National Media about next year's offseason, and the big prize for next year, Carl Crawford. The Yankees have not hidden their interest very well for the Centerfield, and any team interested in Carl will have a lot to compete with because the Yankees are expected to overbid for Crawford (but you don't need any knowledge of baseball to figure that one out).
This will serve the Mets well because Crawford is a player the Mets really do not need. He is a fantastic player, but the Mets already have a crowded outfield and its only going to get more crowded next season. Crawford is the type of player that can make any team better, but the problem is the Mets have a lot of talent already in the outfield. As of right now, the three outfielders could easily be back next season (Bay, Beltran, Francoeur), and then their is a phenom who should be ready to go (F-mart), and probably some fringe contenders (Dan Murphy, who will probably be out of a job via Ike Davis). Unless Francoeur has a fantastic season, which is very possible, he seems to be the odd man out for Fmart, but at the same time, his mere existence on the roster could be very useful. This means that finding space for Crawford would be a problem, and honestly, a team like the Mets has so many core players (Wright, Reyes, Santana, etc) adding Crawford would be adding another core player. If the Mets didn't sign Bay last offseason, then the Mets should be going after Crawford, but we did get Bay, so now the focus should be on pitching and other gaps, not outfielders.
Oddly enough, the Mets find themselves in a position where they have a lot of internal options for the outfield meaning they will be able to concentrate on other areas next offseason. We all know the media circus that follows the Mets whenever they try to do anything in the offseason, to no have to deal with that with the Yankees, a media superstorm if you will, will be a good thing for this Mets team.
It is stupid to forgo the idea of Crawford because of the current roster. Francoeur is mediocre, and a possible trade chip. Crawford can dominate a game like Reyes. I'm not saying the Mets will go for him, but not to because of what they currently have is idiotic.
is this Matt from Metsblog?
Jeff Francoeur isn't even a trade chip. No other team in baseball wanted this guy's services last year, and now Mets fans think he's the greatest thing since sliced bread, coming off a BABIP fluke .836 OPS season as a Met with average D at best. I'm honestly sick of Mets fans acting like the guy is an asset, and not only does he help our team win baseball games (he doesn't) they somehow get the idea he's a trade asset (he's not).
He won't be as good this year because he simply isn't even that good of a player. He won't have a fantastic season, because he's never had a fantastic season in his entire career. But he won't even be as close to productive as he was last year in a Mets uniform.
another stupid comment…the guy hit 29 homers a few years ago and had 100 rbis twice. his career batting avg. is .271 and if don't count 08 its over .280. He's won a gold glove and has a rocket launcher for an arm. take into count hes only 27 and you have at least an average outfielder with potential to be above avg. Thanks for playing “your an idiot” you just won a free…shaddap
anybody who thinks frenchy is a good player loses the right to call other people idiots.