Mets Interested In Maikel Franco

The Mets are one of the teams “in the Maikel Franco derby,” MLB Network’s Jon Heyman tweets.  Heyman reported earlier this week that interest in Franco was starting to pick up, and the Orioles were another team known to have some interest in the third baseman’s services.
Franco would be an interesting yet also somewhat odd fit on a Mets team that may already have a surplus for position players.  J.D. Davis is the incumbent third baseman, and while New York repor