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Homers Thursday France went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Thursday's 3-2 loss to the Royals.

Impact France got the Twins on the board Thursday with a 411-foot blast off Michael Wacha in the second inning, his second homer this season. The veteran first baseman has been swinging the bat well of late, going 6-for-14 with four extra-base hits in his last four contests. Overall, France is slashing .261/.320/.457 with five RBI and seven runs scored through his first 50 plate appearances on the campaign.

APRIL 11, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Clubs first long ball France went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional RBI against the Royals in a 4-0 win Wednesday.

Impact France was the only Minnesota batter with more than one hit in the victory, and he drove in half of the team's runs on an RBI single in the sixth inning and a solo shot to left field in the ninth. It was the veteran first baseman's third multi-hit performance of the campaign, though he came into Wednesday in a 3-for-17 rut at the plate over his past five contests. France has settled in as the Twins' primary first baseman and has posted a .256/.304/.395 slash line through his first 46 plate appearances of the campaign.

APRIL 10, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Joe Ryan pitches 7 scoreless innings and Twins beat Royals 4-0

Joe Ryan continued his mastery over Kansas City, giving up just two hits over seven scoreless innings in the Minnesota Twins’ 4-0 victory over the Royals

APRIL 10, 2025 • Associated Press

Cole Ragans strikes out 11 as the Royals beat the sloppy Twins 2-1

Cole Ragans struck out 11 in six crisp innings, and the Kansas City Royals beat the sloppy Minnesota Twins 2-1

APRIL 9, 2025 • Associated Press

Not in Sunday's lineup France is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Astros.

Impact France started Minnesota's first eight games of the season and will receive a day off after going 6-for-30 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored. Mickey Gasper will step in at first base for the series finale versus Houston.

APRIL 6, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Not in Sunday's lineup France is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Astros.

APRIL 6, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Twins top Astros 6-1 behind Jose Miranda's 3-run homer in 6-run 4th inning

Jose Miranda’s three-run homer highlighted a six-run fourth inning that ignited the Minnesota Twins in a 6-1 victory over the Houston Astros

APRIL 5, 2025 • Associated Press

Bader and Buxton homer to back López as Twins take series from White Sox 6-1 after long rain delay

Harrison Bader and Byron Buxton hit home runs to back Pablo López’s solid start and the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 6-1 after rain delayed the start by nearly 3 1/2...

APRIL 3, 2025 • Associated Press

Twins ride 5-run inning to beat White Sox, get first win Jose Miranda delivered a go-ahead, two-run single in a five-run sixth inning and Ryan Jeffers and Ty France each had two hits and an RBI as...

APRIL 2, 2025 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM

Miranda gets big hit as the Twins beat the White Sox 8-3 for their first win this season

Jose Miranda hit a tiebreaking two-run single in Minnesota’s five-run sixth inning, and the Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 8-3 for their first win of the season

APRIL 2, 2025 • Associated Press

Pérez shines in his Chicago debut with 6 hitless innings in White Sox's 9-0 romp over Twins

Martín Pérez figured he had enough left to remain in the game a little longer

MARCH 31, 2025 • Associated Press

Arenado homers and Gray pitches Cardinals past Twins 5-3 in rain-delayed opener

Lars Nootbaar homered and Sonny Gray pitched five solid innings to help the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-3 win over the Minnesota Twins

MARCH 28, 2025 • Associated Press

Twins include Randy Dobnak in long relief role for his 1st opening day roster spot in 4 years

The Minnesota Twins set their opening day roster with right-hander Randy Dobnak in a long relief role, the first time in four years he broke camp with the major league club

MARCH 27, 2025 • Associated Press

Continues hot start to spring France went 2-for-3 with one home run, one double, four RBI and two runs scored in Saturday's Grapefruit League game against the Red Sox.

Impact He had an RBI double off Aroldis Chapman in the fourth inning and later swatted a three-run homer off Josh Winckowski in the sixth. France inked a one-year, $1 million deal with the Twins back on Feb. 11 and has torn the cover off the ball eight games into spring training. Through 22 plate appearances, France is slashing .524/.565/1.000 with two long balls, four doubles, seven RBI, six runs scored and a pair of walks. Manager Rocco Baldelli has said France is viewed as Minnesota's starting first baseman going into the season, and it's "not a platoon situation."

MARCH 9, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Twins first baseman Ty France on his worst-in-the-majors fielding stats: Just watch StatCast numbers from last season don’t reflect his ability, France said: “I’m proud of my defense.”

FEBRUARY 26, 2025 • STARTRIBUNE.COM

Details of Ty France's $1 million, 1-year contract with the Minnesota Twins

Details of Ty France’s $1 million, 1-year contract with the Minnesota Twins

FEBRUARY 20, 2025 • Associated Press

Viewed as starter at 1B France is viewed as the starter at first base, the Minnesota Star Tribune reports. "He's going to play a lot," Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. "That's really the best way of say...

Impact France signed just a one-year, $1 million contract which wouldn't appear to indicate he'd be the leader for an everyday role. Baldelli could be just boosting his confidence as the team works on his swing that saw him hit just .234/.305/.365 with 13 homers over 140 regular-season games last season. Jose Miranda and Edouard Julien will also compete for playing time at first base and France could still work in a platoon or time share. Still, Baldelli's comments should make France the leader in the competition as spring training begins.

FEBRUARY 16, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Ty France finalizes 1-year deal with Twins, who add Erasmo Ramírez with minor league contract

First baseman Ty France has finalized a one-year contract with the Minnesota Twins, who also announced a minor league deal with right-hander Erasmo Ramírez

FEBRUARY 16, 2025 • Associated Press

Ty France arrives at Twins camp as the starting first baseman: 'He's going to play a lot' Manager Rocco Baldelli is unfazed by last season’s numbers, the worst of France’s career, and France is executing a plan to improve.

FEBRUARY 15, 2025 • STARTRIBUNE.COM

RandBall: New Twins first baseman Ty France shows fragility of success An All-Star in 2022, Ty France is still just 30 years old. But after two relatively disappointing seasons, he’s just trying to hang on and e...

FEBRUARY 12, 2025 • STARTRIBUNE.COM

Twins agree to deal with free agent Ty France, bringing in 2022 All-Star as another option at 1B

The Minnesota Twins and free agent first baseman Ty France have agreed to a one-year major league contract, according to a person with knowledge of the deal

FEBRUARY 11, 2025 • Associated Press

Inks one-year pact with Minnesota The Twins signed France to a one-year contract Tuesday, Phil Miller of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.

Impact France will be thrown into the first-base mix for Minnesota along with Jose Miranda and Edouard Julien. The 30-year-old slashed only .234/.305/.365 with 13 homers over 140 games between the Mariners and Reds last season, but the Twins will be hoping to get a version closer to the one who was an All-Star in 2022.

FEBRUARY 11, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Open to playing catcher France is willing to consider playing catcher, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports.

Impact France has never caught an inning either at the major- or minor-league level, but he did get some reps behind the plate at the Padres' alternate site in 2020 and has been viewed as an emergency catcher at a couple stops. Realistically, it's difficult to envision the 30-year-old France seeing substantial time at catcher at this point in his career, especially since he's evidently drawn free-agent interest from 10-plus clubs, per Feinsand.

NOVEMBER 28, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

Martinez, Junis decline options with Reds as Maile, France and Martini become free agents

Right-handers Nick Martinez and Jakob Junis declined 2025 options with the Cincinnati Reds, who turned down their option on catcher Luke Maile

NOVEMBER 1, 2024 • Associated Press

Becomes free agent France elected free agency Friday.

Impact France refused an outright assignment by the Reds, exercising his right to hit the free agent market instead. The 30-year-old hit only .234/.305/.365 with 13 home runs over 140 games this season between the Mariners and Reds. France should be able to find a major-league deal somewhere, although perhaps not as an everyday player.

NOVEMBER 1, 2024 • ROTOWIRE

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