First off, thanks to Andy McCullough at the Star Ledger for this rumor. Jeff Francoeur has been benched to make youngster Fernando Martinez the everyday right fielder. Francoeur's agent was not too happy. 

“We want to play every day,” Francoeur’s agent Molly Fletcher said yesterday. “We prefer to play in New York. But if we’re not going to play every day in New York, we absolutely welcome the opportunity to play every day somewhere else.”

Francoeur currently has a 1 year contract, and the Mets could choose to cut ties with him after this season. Before this year, Francoeur had always been a starter since he played Little League. This is the second time he has been removed from the starter's role, the first being when Carlos Beltran returned to the team.

Randy Medina, over at The Apple, teamed up with someone known as Larry Smith to see what Fred Wilpon's day is like. This made me laugh so much. It is is two parts, so two links. Here you go:

http://www.readtheapple.com/2010/08/day-with-fred-wilpon-part-1-alarm-clock.html

http://www.readtheapple.com/2010/08/day-with-fred-wilpon-part-2-dinner-and.html

According to Adam Rubin at ESPN New York relief pitcher Sean Green will be returning to the Mets very soon. Green has been on the disabled list since April 7th. Originally it was believed to have been a strained rib-cage muscle that landed him on the disabled, but it was actually a cracked rib. Green made one appearance before being placed on the disabled list. Remember, Green came to the Mets in the trade that sent away J.J. Putz.

I think it is going to be interesting to see how Green pitches when he returns. Who will go down? I think the odd man out will be Manny Acosta, if the return is before the rosters expand on September first. I think the next week or 2 will be an audition between some relievers to try and stay up.

Good Twitter post there by Matthew Cerrone. The Mets haven't been giving 100%, but the Braves and Phillies have, and it showing in their records. The Mets need to "Get After It" and put it in gear.

Well, this was an old segment, and I am going to bring it back. Every week an Eyes of a Teen post will be going up, usually on an off-day. So here is Segment 1.0, a perspective of the Mets from the eyes of a teenager. 

Welcome, to the eyes of a teenager. The Mets just had a terrible week against 2 division rivals they needed to beat. The Atlanta Braves won 2 games, as did the Phillies. The Mets won 2 out of the 6. They made a move to make me happy though. They released Alex Cora and demoted Jesus Feliciano. In their places? Fernando Martinez and Ruben Tejada. I enjoy the Tejada recall because I liked what I saw from him when Luis Castillo was injured and Tejada was playing everyday. Now Tejada is playing everyday without Castillo hurt. Big move? Yes. Sure Castillo provides a bit more offensively, but Tejada provides a lot more defensively. The thing is though, this team isn't headed into the direction it should be going. Some people will blame Castillo or Jeff Francoeur but the problem lies in more deep. I have a tendency to blame Jerry Manuel, Omar Minaya, and Fred Wilpon for everything, but I don't think that will cause anything right now. The problem is fundamentals. Jose Reyes was making errors on a lot of easy plays last week, Jerry can't be blamed for that. Jason Bay has slumped badly this year, again not management's fault. Who is to blame though? I think its partially the lack of a leader. The team has wanted David Wright to be a leader for years but he just isn't up for it. Get over it Mets, find someone else. Francouer, Ike Davis, Reyes, Johan Santana. Try asking one of them to step up and be a leader. Get Howard Johnson and Dan Warthen to do what they did in Spring Training. HoJo got Francoeur to be more patient for a couple weeks. Warthen got the yips out of Mike Pelfrey and made him look like an ace. Go back to the way things were back then, with some changes. In conclusion, here is what the Mets need to do:

1. Get HoJo to teach Francoeur to be more patient.
2. Get Pelfrey back to his pre-All Star Break form.
3. Find a leader, other than Wright who doesn't want to be one.
4. Go back to the time this year when the Mets were all having fun, and the results they were getting showed it.