Written by Adam Burke

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According to Indians.com beat writer Jordan Bastian's blog, Major League Bastian, the Tribe has interest in former Braves, Mets and Rangers outfielder Jeff Francoeur. Francoeur would likely be a right-handed-hitting fourth outfielder, giving the Tribe a complement to lefties Grady Sizemore, Michael Brantley, and Shin-Soo Choo.

Francoeur hit .340 in 15 games with the Rangers after being sent packing by the Mets, where he hit just .237 in 124 games in 2010. Over his first three years in Atlanta, from 2005-2007, he hit 62 HRs and had two 100+ RBI seasons. Since then, Francoeur has hit just 39 HRs and has had three seasons of a sub-.665 OPS.

 

The same blog post from Bastian says the Indians may have interest in Fred Lewis, but Bastian downplays the Indians interest due to having so many left handed OFers already and notes Lewis's gripes in Toronto about decreased playing time at the end of last season.