France Put On Waivers

[jerseyhawksfan79]

I think it actually did work out, he had some good years for us. All good things come to an end, except Haniger.

21 and 22 were fine but nothing spectacular. Last year up to now was a mess.
Haniger is a lost cause.

 

[jerseyhawksfan79]

Interdasting stat: Ty France's On Base Percentage i .312 and only .008 behind the team's leader (Rivas .320).

In the last 48 hours we have traded away a relief pitcher to the Dodgers and waived a starting position player who was 4th on our team in OBP. These moves are probably for the betterment of our team overall, but do they really define the moves of a team that claims to be buying at the trade deadline?

Maybe a move or two will be made?

 

[PolarVortex]

21 and 22 were fine but nothing spectacular. Last year up to now was a mess.
Haniger is a lost cause.

I just expected France's prime to last longer than age 28. And, I think it could have, but he got lost into some bad plate discipline habits that he just couldn't dig his way out of. He's going to go somewhere and be reborn. Add Kelenic, Caballero, and Hernandez all having rebound seasons with Saurez starting to hit (1.033 OPS in July). Our hitting coach should be looking over his shoulder for the grim reaper.

 

[jerseyhawksfan79]

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Isiah Kiner-Fale​

throw him in as well..for castillo=polanco plus...bat ave 292​

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2018	23	TEX	AL	111	396	356	43	93	18	2	4	34	7	5	28	62	.261	.325	.357	.682	80	127	14	6	5	1	1	524H/D6
2019	24	TEX	AL	65	222	202	23	48	12	1	1	21	3	0	14	49	.238	.299	.322	.620	58	65	9	4	1	1	0	25/HD
2020	25	TEX	AL	58	228	211	28	59	4	3	3	10	8	5	14	32	.280	.329	.370	.699	93	78	6	2	0	1	0	*56/H	GG
2021	26	TEX	AL	158	677	635	74	172	25	3	8	53	20	5	28	90	.271	.312	.357	.670	85	227	11	11	1	2	2	*6/HD
2022	27	NYY	AL	142	531	483	66	126	20	0	4	48	22	4	35	72	.261	.314	.327	.642	84	158	13	5	3	5	2	*6/5H
2023	28	NYY	AL	113	361	326	39	79	12	1	6	37	14	5	28	70	.242	.306	.340	.646	78	111	12	3	1	3	0	875H/9146
2024	29	TOR	AL	82	281	257	32	75	8	2	7	33	3	1	13	37	.292	.338	.420	.758	115	108	9	6	3	2	0	456/H18
7 Yrs	729	2696	2470	305	652	99	12	33	236	77	25	160	412	.264	.317	.354	.670	84	874	74	37	14	15	5
162 Game Avg.	162	599	549	68	145	22	3	7	52	17	6	36	92	.264	.317	.354	.670	84	194	16	8	3	3	1
TEX (4 yrs)	392	1523	1404	168	372	59	9	16	118	38	15	84	233	.265	.316	.354	.670	81	497	40	23	7	5	3
NYY (2 yrs)	255	892	809	105	205	32	1	10	85	36	9	63	142	.253	.311	.333	.643	81	269	25	8	4	8	2
TOR (1 yr)	82	281	257	32	75	8	2	7	33	3	1	13	37	.292	.338	.420	.758	115	108	9	6	3	2	0

Jays would laugh and mock us with your trade idea.

 

[jerseyhawksfan79]

I just expected France's prime to last longer than age 28. And, I think it could have, but he got lost into some bad plate discipline habits that he just couldn't dig his way out of. He's going to go somewhere and be reborn. Add Kelenic, Caballero, and Hernandez all having rebound seasons with Saurez starting to hit (1.033 OPS in July). Our hitting coach should be looking over his shoulder for the grim reaper.

Probably go to Atlanta to get straighten out.

 

[PolarVortex]

He’s having a good year in Tacoma but makes no sense to leapfrog Locklear

Getting showcased maybe as a throw in for a bigger deal......LMFAO....no....Mariners don't think like that. This is a Bucky Jacobsen move.

 

[wazzu31]

Getting showcased maybe as a throw in for a bigger deal......LMFAO....no....Mariners don't think like that. This is a Bucky Jacobsen move.

IMO it seems that Locklear is going to get dealt and they wouldn’t want to drop value.

 

[NWinAZ]

 

[NWinAZ]

Per reports, France cleared waivers. Now he can accept a minor league assignment with M's or become a free agent. Because of his service time, he gets paid his full salary either way.

 

[wazzu31]

Per reports, France cleared waivers. Now he can accept a minor league assignment with M's or become a free agent. Because of his service time, he gets paid his full salary either way.

Not sure why he wouldn’t accept Tacoma. His options are play in the minors for the M’s or play in the minors for another organization

 

[NWinAZ]

Not sure why he wouldn’t accept Tacoma. His options are play in the minors for the M’s or play in the minors for another organization

I read Boston is very interested in him. I assume that is his other option vs Tacoma.

 

[NWinAZ]

The writing seemed to be on the wall for France a few days ago. Seattle placed the 2022 All-Star on outright waivers earlier this week in hopes that another club would claim the remainder of his $6.775MM salary. Earlier today, Chris Cotillo of MassLive reported on X that France had gone unclaimed on waivers.

The Mariners didn’t have to outright France to a minor league affiliate — they could have simply decided to keep him on the roster, as the Blue Jays did with Kevin Kiermaier earlier this month when he also cleared waivers — but it seems they are committed to moving on.

Now that he’s been designated for assignment, he’s off the 40-man roster and they will technically have some time to explore trade scenarios. With France clearing waivers, the M’s at least know that they can’t just get rid of his salary, though they could perhaps eat some of that as a means of facilitating a deal. France has enough service time to reject an outright assignment in favor of free agency while retaining the remainder of his salary, so he’ll likely end up released if no trade is worked out in the coming days.