Ty France is an All-Star

This morning, just as I was tucking in to these fluffy monstrosities, news broke that Ty France is officially an All-Star. Oftentimes, if breaking news hits prior to a game - particularly a day game - we’ll tuck the updates into a game thread, but if anyone deserves a standalone blurb, it’s the eternally-underappreciated France. The Edgar to Julio’s Griffey, a consummate hitter rocking a 146 wRC+ and surprisingly solid first base defense, and a key piece of the Mariners incredible current run.

He should have, of course, been named to the All-Star game last weekend, but we’ll just focus on the fact that this catastrophic wrong has been righted. And because baseball fancies itself a cruel,…