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Ty France placed on waivers by Seattle Mariners, per reports
SEATTLE, WA – JULY 05: Ty France #23 of the Seattle Mariners waits to take batting practice before a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at T-Mobile Park on July 5, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. The Mariners won 2-1. (Stephen Brashear / Getty Images)
SEATTLE – The Seattle Mariners have placed first baseman Ty France on irrevocable waivers, according to multiple reports.
The move was first reported by Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times.
Per Jeff Passan of ESPN.com, the Mariners intend to call-up Tyler Locklear and give him a full-time opportunity in place of France.
France, 30, is one part of a collectively struggling Mariners offense and the first major contributor poised to be removed from the lineup. France could be claimed off waivers by another team, who would take on the remainder of his $6.8 million contract for this season. If France clears waivers, the Mariners can outright France to the minors. However, France has enough service time to refuse the assignment and become a free agent.
Once he clears waivers, he can remain on the Mariners’ roster as well.
France grounded into a double play in his only at-bat of Sunday’s 6-4 win over the Houston Astros after entering the game in place of an injured Julio Rodríguez. He’s now batting just .223 for the season, and is hitting just .157 since June 1 with six doubles, and a lone home run with 7 RBI, 13 walks, and 32 strikeouts.
France is one of seven regular contributors with a batting average of under .225 this season. J.P. Crawford (.204), Cal Raleigh (.209), Jorge Polanco (.205), Mitch Haniger (.208), Dylan Moore (.212) and Mitch Garver (.170) join France under that mark.
Locklear, 23, made his debut with the Mariners earlier this season. In 11 games played, Locklear has a .200 average with a double, two home runs, 3 RBI, a walk, and 12 strikeouts.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The struggling New York Mets placed former Seattle Mariners second baseman/designated hitter Jorge Polanco on the 10-day injured list on Saturday with a right wrist contusion.
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The move was made retroactive to Wednesday, a day after Polanco went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in a 2-1 loss at the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 32-year-old Polanco is batting .179 (10 for 56) with a homer and two RBIs in his first season with New York, which has lost nine straight.
“When doctors first took a look at him, it looked like he got hit by a pitch when he didn’t,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “In talking to him, it was just a couple of swings that he took that night. … He didn’t think much of it, but just got worse the following day.
“So you just got to let it calm down a little bit and then we’ll go from there. But we don’t have a timetable for how long this is going to last.”
Polanco, who signed a two-year, $40 million contract with the Mets in December, also has been dealing with an ankle issue.
“He was trending in the right direction,” Mendoza said of the ankle injury. “It’s definitely going to help, obviously now with him being shut down. But the biggest thing now is that we’ve got to take care of that wrist.”
Polanco spent the previous two seasons with the Mariners, who acquired him in a February 2024 trade with the Minnesota Twins.
Polanco struggled during his first season with Seattle in 2024, hitting just .213 with 16 homers in 118 games while playing through a knee injury that didn’t become public knowledge until after the season.
But after the Mariners somewhat surprisingly brought him back for a one-year contract in 2025, Polanco rebounded to hit .265 with 26 homers and an .821 OPS in 138 games last season. He then added three homers during Seattle’s playoff run, along with a 15th-inning walkoff single in Game 5 of the American League Division Series that sent the Mariners to their first ALCS in 24 years.
Seattle Sports staff made additions to this post.
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