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TOR • 1B
about 1 month ago
The Jays have been hopeful that France would be ready to rejoin the team for the start of the Division Series and he appears to be making tangible progress in his recovery from a left oblique issue that has shelved him since mid-September. He’ll still need to clear the hurdle of batting against live pitching before he’s ready to return
TOR • 1B
about 2 months ago
The 31-year-old infielder continues to work his way back from left oblique inflammation. He isn’t expected to be ready for a Wild Card series, but could be back in time for a Division Series should he be needed. Jays’ manager John Schneider told reporters on Friday that they’ll see where he is in the next four or five days before making a determination on his status for the postseason.
Source: Mitch Bannon
TOR • 1B
3 months ago
France smacked a two-run single off of Ryan Gusto in the opening inning that extended the Blue Jays’ early lead to 3-0. That would be all the offense that Shane Bieber and company would require in this one. France also singled in the fourth inning but was erased on a double play ball. The 31-year-old first baseman is now hitting .261/.329/.366 with six long balls and 48 RBI on the season.
TOR • 1B
3 months ago
France was hitting .251/.320/.357 for the Twins in 101 games with six home runs and 44 RBI. He will serve as the backup first baseman to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and potential DH against left-handed pitchers.
MIN • 1B
4 months ago
France drew a walk in the second inning and scored on a double. He later doubled in the sixth before scoring his second run and crossed home for a third time in seventh after drawing another walk. France then drove in a run in the ninth on his second double of the game, reaching for the fourth time in the contest. The 31-year-old first baseman is hitting .249/.316/.357 with six homers and 43 RBI across 367 plate appearances.
MIN • 1B
4 months ago
Kody Clemens gets the nod at first base to face Rays righty Taj Bradley on Saturday afternoon at Target Field. France has been scuffling of late, hitting .220 (11-for-50) with one homer over his last 15 games. He’s gone just 3-for-20 at the dish over his past seven contests.
Source: MLB.com
MIN • 1B
4 months ago
Kody Clemens gets the nod at first base to face Rays righty Taj Bradley on Saturday afternoon at Target Field. France has been scuffling of late, hitting .220 (11-for-50) with one homer over his last 15 games. He’s gone just 3-for-20 at the dish over his past seven contests.
Source: MLB.com
MIN • 1B
4 months ago
Skubal had retired each of the first 13 hitters that he faced before France blooped a single into right center that Kerry Carpenter couldn’t quite catch up to. That would be one of just two hits by the Twins in the ballgame as they were shut out by Skubal and company. On the season, France is hitting .263/.325/.374 with only six homers and 42 RBI.
MIN • 1B
5 months ago
The 30-year-old first baseman had started each of the team’s previous 17 games, so getting him a breather seems like a good idea. France has hit .264/.326/.366 with just five homers and 38 RBI through his first 291 plate appearances on the season. Kody Clemens will start in his place at first base and will bat seventh for the Twins against Brewers’ rookie right-hander Jacob Misiorowski on Friday night at Target Field.
Source: MLB
MIN • 1B
5 months ago
France singled for all three of his hits, and he improved his average to .269 while ticking up his slugging to .370. He’s helped the Twins more than anticipated after his struggles over the last two years, but he’s still not good enough to be in a fantasy lineup right now.
MIN • 1B
6 months ago
France continues to have appeal in deeper formats as he’s become a main cog in the Twins’ run scoring machine. The 30-year-old first baseman isn’t blowing anyone away with his production as he’s hitting .251 with a .674 OPS, but his 29 RBI are nothing to sneeze at.
MIN • 1B
6 months ago
They had only half as many as the Orioles, but the Twins made their hits count, getting a solo homer from Trevor Larnach in the sixth. They then strung a double and a single after a pair of walks got things going during their three-run eighth inning. France went 6-for-11 in the three games against the Orioles after going hitless in the previous series in Boston. He’s batting .277/.346/.401 with three homers and 21 RBI through 38 games.
MIN • 1B
7 months ago
All five at-bats produced hard-hit balls, so this could have been an even better day for France. His double was a 384-foot shot to right-center in the sixth that would have been a homer in four ballparks. His next at-bat resulted in a 370-foot flyout to left that would have been a homer in 14 parks. France entered the day in a 3-for-32 slump that had dropped his OPS to .649. Still, because of the Twins’ injuries, playing time hasn’t become a concern here yet.
MIN • 1B
7 months ago
Center fielder Tyrone Taylor came in very aggressively on the liner, hoping to throw out Byron Buxton at the plate, but it went off his glove on a hop. It was France’s lone hit in five at-bats. He was the Twins’ No. 3 hitter today, making this five different lineup spots (third through seventh) in five games for him. Maybe he’ll bat second Friday.
MIN • 1B
7 months ago
The Twins’ prolonged slump here has meant a lot of lineup shuffling of late. France hit fourth once previously, but that was versus a lefty. Matt Wallner moves up one spot to third tonight. Willi Castro is batting eighth after mostly hitting second and third lately. France is batting .288/.354/.441 with two homers through 65 plate appearances.
MIN • 1B
7 months ago
France led off the second inning with a single and scored the team’s second run on a two-out RBI single by Brooks Lee. He then drove in a run of his own with an infield single in the sixth inning that extended the Twins’ lead to 4-1. All France has done is hit so far this season, slashing .298/.355/.456 with a pair of homers and eight RBI. He’s locked into the middle of the Twins’ lineup on a nightly basis and makes for a decent corner infield option in deeper leagues.