Francis was able to put together a productive 11-year MLB career with six different teams. He finished sixth in the National League Rookie of the Year Award voting in 2005 and he finished ninth in the N.L. Cy Young Award voting in 2007. The majority of his MLB playing career was with the Rockies and he was a member of that team for eight seasons. Francis finished his career with a 72-82 record with a 4.97 ERA, a 1.44 WHIP and he stuck out 869 hitters in 1,291.0 innings.

No one is surprised that Jeff Francis passed through waivers without being claimed after he was designated for assignment on May 17th. Francis did accept an outright assignment and will head to Triple-A Buffalo.

Francis appeared in 12 games for three organizations in 2014 going 1-2 with a 5.85 ERA.

Francis was just acquired from Oakland and he\'s already been released. He\'ll try to find work with another team.