Jeff Francis News: Francis threw two scoreless innings and struck out four batters in Monday's loss to the Dodgers.

Francis threw two scoreless innings and struck out four batters in Monday's loss to the Dodgers.

Exclusively a reliever now after returning from Triple-A Colorado Springs in early August, Francis hasn't really pitched much better than before, as he had given up five runs over his last six appearances leading up to Monday. Francis is highly hittable at this stage of his career and his looking like a non-tender candidate in the offseason at this point.