France is hitting .259 (7-for-27) with a double, a solo home run, an additional RBI, two walks, one hit-by-pitch and four runs across 10 Cactus League games.
France enters 2023 looking to build on the career-high 20 home runs and 83 RBI he totaled last season across 140 games, and he's off to a solid start with the bat in Cactus League play. The 28-year-old has also struck out just three times in 30 spring plate appearances overall, certainly an encouraging early sign for his chances of trying to further whittle down what was already a career-low 15.4 percent strikeout rate in 2022.
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Mariners' Ty France: Avoids arbitration
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France and the Mariners agreed on a one-year, $4.1 million contract Friday, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports.
France and the team won't have to go through the arbitration process anymore after they struck a deal Friday. The 28-year-old produced a .274/.338/.436 slash line with a career-high 20 homers and 83 RBI over 551 at-bats in 140 games with the Mariners in 2022. Hitting in the heart of a productive Seattle lineup, France will continue to have significant fantasy value in 2023.
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Mariners' Ty France: Sits for Game 2
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France is out of the lineup for Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Tigers, Shannon Drayer of Seattle Sports 710 AM reports.
France went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run during Game 1 and will head to the bench for the nightcap. Carlos Santana will shift to first base while Cal Raleigh serves as the designated hitter.
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Mariners' Ty France: Rests after clinching playoffs
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France will sit Saturday against Oakland.
The Mariners clinched their first playoff berth in 21 years Friday night, and their Saturday lineup reflects that, with several starters getting the day off. Carlos Santana and Abraham Toro will handle the infield corners.
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Mariners' Ty France: Continues late-season surge in win
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France went 2-for-4 with two runs in a win over the Rangers on Wednesday.
France joined Eugenio Suarez as the only other Mariner with multiple knocks in the low-scoring win. It was France's third multi-hit tally in the last four games alone, and he's now sporting a .304 average and .865 OPS over his last 14 games, a span during which he's also laced six extra-base hits (three doubles, one triple, two home runs), garnered 10 RBI and scored 11 runs.
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Mariners' Ty France: Keeps up hot hitting Sunday
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France went 3-for-5 with a two-run single, a double and a run in a loss to the Royals on Sunday.
France's bat caught fire over the weekend, as he'd also authored a three-hit effort Saturday that included another two-bagger. The 28-year-old owns a .345 average (10-for-29) with eight RBI over his last seven games, a stretch during which he's hit .375 with men on base.
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Mariners' Ty France: Three-hit night in win
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France went 3-for-5 with an RBI single, a double, a walk and a run in a win over the Royals on Saturday.
France collected the most hits of any Mariners player in the narrow win, lacing multiple knocks for the fourth time in the last nine games. The 28-year-old's production has had a feast-or-famine quality to it during that time -- he's gone hitless in the other five contests in the sample -- but France remains a key component of the top half of the Mariners lineup and has already established new career highs in home runs (20) and RBI (79) across 131 games.
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Mariners' Ty France: Keeps up hot hitting Thursday
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France went 2-for-4 with an RBI sacrifice fly, a triple and a run in a win over the Athletics on Thursday.
France's RBI ironically didn't stem from his leadoff triple in the sixth inning, his first of the season. However, he did come around to score on Jarred Kelenic's double later in that frame, and he was able to author his third multi-hit effort in the last seven games in the process. France also has seven RBI during that span, courtesy of a .333 average with men on base in the sample.
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Mariners' Ty France: Drives in four runs
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France went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, four RBI and two runs scored in Monday's 9-1 win over the Angels.
France ripped an RBI double in the first inning and capped off his day with a three-run blast in the seventh. With that, the 28-year-old infielder has reached the 20-homer mark for the first time in his MLB career. He improved his slash line to .272/.336/.442 with 44 extra-base hits and 77 RBI through 126 games. However, France is hitting just .203 (13-for-64) since the start of September.
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Mariners' Ty France: Clubs 19th homer
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France went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run in Friday's 8-7 loss to the Angels.
France helped halve the Mariners' deficit with his seventh-inning blast. He had gone 7-for-43 (.163) with five extra-base hits over 11 games since his last multi-hit effort. The 28-year-old infielder is up to a .277/.341/.443 slash line with 19 homers, 73 RBI, 55 runs scored and 23 doubles through 123 contests. He should be able to handle an everyday role as long as a nagging wrist injury that's cost him some time over the last couple of months doesn't flare up again.
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Mariners' Ty France: Singles in return to action
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France (wrist) went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Padres on Tuesday.
The Mariners were able to do precious little against a dominant Yu Darvish, but France at least was able to get on safely after missing Sunday's series finale against Atlanta due to his troublesome left wrist. The talented infielder has hit safely in four of his last six games, and in 11 of his last 14 overall.
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Mariners' Ty France: Good to go Tuesday
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France (wrist) is starting at first base and batting second Tuesday against the Padres.
The 28-year-old's left wrist injury flared up over the weekend and kept him out of the lineup Sunday versus Atlanta, but he's back in action after Seattle's scheduled day off Monday. France is off to a slow start in September with a .200/.220/.450 slash line through 10 games.
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Mariners' Ty France: Wrist acting up again
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France is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against Atlanta after his left wrist appeared to be bothering him while he swung the bat during Saturday's 3-1 win, Shannon Drayer of Seattle Sports 710 AM reports.
The wrist issue previously kept France out for four consecutive games in late July and early August, but he doesn't appear to be dealing with any sort of major setback. According to Drayer, manager Scott Servais likely just wanted to give France the opportunity to rest his wrist for two days, as the Mariners have an open date in the schedule Monday. France is still expected to rejoin the lineup Tuesday against the Padres.
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Mariners' Ty France: Homer barrage continues Saturday
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France went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in a win over the Guardians on Saturday.
France crushed his fourth homer in the last six games during the first inning, opening the scoring on the night with the 383-foot blast to left field. The 27-year-old infielder has now tied the career-high 18 home runs he launched during his breakout 2021 campaign, and he's just five RBI from eclipsing the 73 that accompanied the feat and also currently serve as a high-water mark for him. France's offensive profile has been stellar in all aspects during his six-game power tear, as he also has a double, five singles, two walks, six runs and a tiny 11.5 percent strikeout rate on his way to a .417 average and 1.420 OPS in the sample.
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Mariners' Ty France: Heating up
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France went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI on Thursday against the Tigers.
France delivered his 17th home run of the season in the third inning, going back-to-back with Julio Rodriguez. After an 18-game stretch without a long ball, France has now gone deep in three of his last four games. For the season, he is hitting .284/.351/.446 across 485 plate appearances.
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Mariners' Ty France: Homers, drives in two
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France went 3-for-4 with a homer, three runs scored and two RBI in a 9-3 win Tuesday in Detroit.
France hit a solo shot in the second and singled and scored in his next two plate appearances. He's homered in consecutive games after hitting just one long ball in his previous 24 contests. With 16 homers on the season, the All-Star is two shy of his 2021 total, when he set a career high.
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Mariners' Ty France: Ends skid Sunday
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France went 2-for-3 with a solo home run in Sunday's 4-0 win over the Guardians.
France hit a single in the fifth inning and added a solo shot in the seventh. Prior to Sunday, he'd gone 0-for-20 over his last seven games, though he was limited by a calf bruise in that span. August has been a month to forget for the infielder -- Sunday's effort was his second multi-hit game in his last 21 contests. The extended rough stretch has dropped his season slash line to .278/.346/.430 with 15 homers, 63 RBI, 45 runs scored and 19 doubles through 108 games.
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Mariners' Ty France: Ejected in return to action
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France (calf) went 0-for-2 with a strikeout in Saturday's loss to the Guardians before being ejected in the bottom of the fifth inning for arguing balls and strikes.
France was making his return from a one-game absence due to a calf bruise, but he got only about half his usual allotment of at-bats. The Associated Press reports France was unhappy with the called third strike that ended his second plate appearance in the fourth inning and argued with plate umpire Lance Barrett immediately thereafter, and while coming back to the dugout at the conclusion of the top of the fifth as well. Assuming he had no residual effects with the calf from his time on the field Saturday, France is likely to be back in the lineup for Sunday afternoon's series finale.
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Mariners' Ty France: Back in action
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France (calf) will bat fifth and play first base Saturday against the Guardians.
France left Thursday's series opener with a bruised right calf and didn't start Friday's game, though he did appear off the bench. He'll be involved from the start this time around and will be looking to drag himself out of a slump that has seen him hit .089/.145/.089 over his last 15 games.
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Mariners' Ty France: On bench Friday
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France (calf) isn't starting Friday against the Guardians.
France was removed from Thursday's series opener against Cleveland due to a right calf bruise and will be out of the lineup for at least one game. Carlos Santana is starting at first base and batting fifth.
