Two Outfielders: Jeff Francoeur and Mitch Maier

Here are two outfielders on our team:

The curious thing that jumps out from Francoeur's batted ball data is that he's been a groundball machine. Jeff's produced a grounder at a 55% rate. He's still swinging often (53.3%) but not really at a higher rate than he's done over his long career. He's making contact at a higher rate even (82%) he's just... apparently... not making good contact. His batting average is likely to go up... a little... but to be honest, we're talking about a career .270 hitter here, not Tony Gwynn.

And we know he's not going to walk, which leaves his power as the really only beneficial part of his game. Hard to hit for power when you're producing groundballs like Jarrod Dyson would dream of.

Francoeur's still putting up good defensive numbers, and as mentioned yesterday, he's always good for an outfield assist.

But given how poorly he's hit, maybe he doesn't need to get a guaranteed start every single day, Ned.