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An Exciting Update Was Posted on Social Media About a Key Member of the Seattle Mariners

After a very mediocre season at the plate, Ty France of the Seattle Mariners has started to train at Driveline Baseball this winter.

Brady Farkas

An Exciting Update Was Posted on Social Media About a Key Member of the Seattle Mariners
An Exciting Update Was Posted on Social Media About a Key Member of the Seattle Mariners /
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Seattle Mariners fans were excited on Monday when they saw the post on social media...

Per Driveline Baseball on "X":

Welcoming Seattle Mariners 1st Baseman Ty France to the facility for his assessment, looking forward to a great off-season

This is a big step for France and an exciting one for the Mariners. While just going to Driveline doesn't guarantee success in 2024, it shows that France is fully committed toward rectifying the ills that plagued him at the end of 2022 and 2023.

France was an All-Star based on the first half of his 2022 season but his numbers cratered from that point forward. He lost nearly all his power in 2023, hitting just 12 home runs and driving in 58. He hit only .250 and if not for the fact that he led the league in hit-by-pitches, his on-base percentage would have been much lower than the .337 it was.

The Mariners were already starved for offense in a season in which they missed the playoffs by 1.0 game. Now? They've lost Teoscar Hernandez and Eugenio Suarez this offseason. It's going to be difficult for the M's to find replacements for them on the market, so getting France going is one of the ways in which the Mariners can help find new sources of offense.

He's a lifetime .270 hitter who is best known for his bat, so the tool is in there somewhere. Perhaps Driveline will help unlock it for him like it did for JP Crawford, who posted his best career season in 2023 after training at the facility.

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BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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