Francoeur and Loe cuts are costly

<div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/francje02.shtml">Jeff Francoeur</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/loeka01.shtml">Kameron Loe</a></strong> were released today by their respective teams. Apparently Loe requested the release since he was not going to make the team. The loss of jobs for these two players run deeper than just not having a job for 2014. Both players have nine years of service time and need one more year to qualify for the ten year pension of $100,000 annually.</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;">The pension can be explained <a data-mce-="" href="http://benefitsbryancave.com/major-league-baseball-pension-and-healthcare-benefits/" style="color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">here</a>. </div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;">The tenth year of MLB service is an important milestone and might be a further insight into the comeback attempts of <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bartlja01.shtml">Jason Bartlett</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/treanma01.shtml">Matt Treanor</a></strong>. Neither played in the Majors in 2013 and both have nine years of MLB service.</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;">The last few years of players whose careers ended after nine seasons:</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;">2012:</div><ul style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; list-style: square; margin: 0px 0px 24px 1.5em; padding: 0px;"><li style="line-height: 1.5;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bartlja01.shtml">Jason Bartlett</a></strong></li><li style="line-height: 1.5;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/treanma01.shtml">Matt Treanor</a></strong></li><li style="line-height: 1.5;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brunebr01.shtml">Brian Bruney</a></strong></li><li style="line-height: 1.5;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lopezjo01.shtml">Jose Lopez</a></strong></li></ul><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;">2011:</div><ul style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; list-style: square; margin: 0px 0px 24px 1.5em; padding: 0px;"><li style="line-height: 1.5;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grabojo02.shtml">John Grabow</a></strong></li><li style="line-height: 1.5;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harderi01.shtml">Rich Harden</a></strong></li><li style="line-height: 1.5;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/heilmaa01.shtml">Aaron Heilman</a></strong></li><li style="line-height: 1.5;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/ledezwi01.shtml">Wil Ledezma</a></strong></li><li style="line-height: 1.5;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/milesaa01.shtml">Aaron Miles</a></strong></li></ul><div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;">2010</div><ul style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; list-style: square; margin: 0px 0px 24px 1.5em; padding: 0px;"><li style="line-height: 1.5;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/blaloha01.shtml">Hank Blalock</a></strong></li><li style="line-height: 1.5;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/donnebr01.shtml">Brendan Donnelly</a></strong></li><li style="line-height: 1.5;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/silvaca01.shtml">Carlos Silva</a></strong></li><li style="line-height: 1.5;"><strong><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sosajo02.shtml">Jorge Sosa</a></strong></li></ul>

Francoeur and Loe cuts are costly

Jeff Francoeur and Kameron Loe were released today by their respective teams. Apparently Loe requested the release since he was not going...

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