Francoeur’s Foot Woes

Written by Jonathan on April 24, 2008 – 11:01 am

It’s been visibly noticeable that Jeff Francoeur hasn’t had the usual speed and mobility in right field the last couple of games, letting balls drop that would normally be no problem for him to take care of.  Problems became much more apparent in Tuesday night’s game against the Nationals when Jeff pulled up while jogging back to first on a foul ball.  Bobby Cox came out to talk to him about it and Frenchie stayed in for the rest of the game.

Word is that, since the start of Spring Training, Jeff has had some on-and-off pain on the top of his right foot where the foot meets the ankle.  Frenchie is stubborn however and doesn’t want to let this affect his playing time.  Jeff has the longest active consecutive game streak in the National League at 347 as of last night’s game (he’s second in MLB to Grady Sizemore who is at 378), but this isn’t as important as seeing him healthy down the stretch and into future seasons.

There’s no current indication as to the cause of the pain, but Jeff is speculating that it is remnant issues from the broken leg he suffered in high school playing football.  We’ll look to see any further updates on the issue and hope that Jeff can stay healthy for the remainder of the season.

Tags: Injury, Jeff Francoeur
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