ScrippsNews (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
DENVER -- Let's talk trades. The Colorado Rockies sure are. If putting pitcher Jeff Francis on the disabled list Wednesday was not their white flag, it was pretty close. Francis could have continued to pitch through an inflamed shoulder, but the way he's pitching and the Rocks are playing, why risk it? read more
Fish Chunks (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Andrew Miller vs. Jeff Francis tonight. ( MLB ) ( Yahoo )( ESPN )( Sportsline )( MLB )( FOX )( CNNSI )
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
His statistics aching, his shoulder tightening, Rockies pitcher Jeff Francis reached a crossroads Wednesday in a season going nowhere.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Jeff Francis' boyish face, smooth delivery, calm exterior and polite, articulate manner belie the juices churning in his gut.
ESPN (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Jeff Francis went on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with shoulder inflammation, leaving the Colorado Rockies without their opening-day starter.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
According to multiple baseball sources, the Rockies will put opening-day starter Jeff Francis on the disabled list, replacing him with veteran Mark Redman.
Bugs and Cranks (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
Some notes from Jeff’s Scouting Report last October. Francis rates a 65 on the scouting 20-80 scale, which evaluates raw pitching tools. By comparison, Johan Santana of the Minnesota Twins gets a 75. Based on his raw pitching tools, combined with his historical performance, we categorize Francis as “Good” on a marginal/key role/average/ good/premium/elite scale. Apparently a lot...
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Jeff Francis (3-7, 5.65) vs. Justin Verlander (4-9, 4.49) At the risk of invoking any sort of disfavor from the baseball gods (particularly the one named Jinx), I won't explicitly mention what the Detroit Tigers will accomplish with a win tonight. But you know what I'm talking about. It's something that hasn't been in reach since the first week of April, something that we took for granted before this...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Through the end of June, the 2008 season has gone nothing like I expected it would. Troy Tulowitzki is hitting .152 and has struck out (21) more times than he’s gotten a hit (19). Todd Helton is slugging just .391 — or roughly the same as Omar Quintanilla. Jeff Francis is 3-7 and has an [...]
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Jeff Francis isn't a No. 1 starter. He's a firestarter in the first.
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Do you remember what the old Jeff Francis looked like? The one that was a master of controlling his pitch locations? The one that painted fastballs on the black and locked up hitters with big-breaking curveballs? If you’re having trouble remembering, you’re not alone. It’s been times few and far between that the ‘07 version [...]
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Jeff Francis isn't a No. 1 starter. He's a firestarter in the first.
Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
The Indians lost to the Colorado Rockies Wednesday 4-2 as Colorado gets another well pitched game by Jeff Francis. The Indians are now 2-6 in interleague play, the worst record in the AL. That's costing them in the division. All...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/19/2008
Jeff Baker homered and scored three runs and Jeff Francis pitched six innings of one-run ball as the Colorado Rockies beat the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday night, 4-2. Omar Quintanilla went 2-for-3 and had two RBIs for the Rockies, who have won four of...
Purple Row (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Rockies WARP1 leaders : Aaron Cook 3.9 Matt Holliday 2.4 Todd Helton 2.3 Clint Barmes 2.2 Taylor Buchholz 2.1 Brian Fuentes 2.0 Ryan Spilborghs 1.7 Chris Iannetta 1.4 Willy Taveras 1.4 Garrett Atkins 1.3 Jeff Francis 1.2 Matt Herges 1.0 Ryan Speier .8 Kip Wells .8 Jason Grilli .6 Baseball Prospectus uses a widely scorned method for determining defensive value for this, and a widely scorned level of...
