Exactly one year ago to the week, Jeff Francouer was struggling. He was hitting under .270 for the Atlanta Braves. Even though the fans loved their hometown hero, the Braves thought he was so done that they not only traded him away for an uninspiring journeyman outfielder, but they did it to their cross-town rival New York Mets.

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Cardinals vs. Mets | July 27th - 29th 2010

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Mets vs. Dodgers | July 22nd - 25th 2010

OK, Pelfrey feels fine, Mets say he's not hiding an injury.  Didn't Maine insist he felt fine too? 

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Mets vs. Giants | July 15th - 18th 2010

The Mets are trending above the performance of teams over the past two seasons. That's a good thing but they'll need to step it up in the second half if they want to compete for a playoff spot. Click through to see the image.

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Braves vs. Mets | July 9th - July 11th 2010

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Reds vs. Mets | July 5th - July 7th 2010

Well, the Mets had a great month of June. They won at home and they won on the road. David Wright's bat came alive and no one hit better during the month. R.A. Dickey and Mike Pelfrey stifled opposing batters. Now it's July and the Mets seem to be back to their old losing ways. Johan Santana pitched much better but got little run support. K-Rod is blowing games again.

Let's see, another classic inability to score two runs off a sub-.500 team that plays us like it's Game 7 all the time.  Another road giveaway.

From the stats, it appears Johan pitched better, but it was obvious he needed to get out of that one inning unscored on and he gave up the 2-out run.  No good.

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