Mariners Spring Training: The 5 hottest hitters right now

Mariners Hitter #2: Ty France

Ty France has been the best hitter in Mariners Spring Training up to now. He has been absolutely mashing pitches and leads the team in home runs with two.

Like Taylor Trammell, France has had a handful of at-bats this Spring (11 at-bats). Only Julio Rodriguez and Dylan Moore have had 12 at-bats to lead the team.

The 26-year-old infielder has six hits, one double, two home runs, and three RBIs. The outcome: .545 BA, 1.182 SLG, and 1.765 OPS.

Give him AL MVP already! Just kidding, or am I?

It honestly shouldn’t be much of a surprise that Ty France is one of the best hitters in Arizona right now because he smacked balls in 2020. He finished 2020 with a .305 average, and .836 OPS.

France is similar to Dylan Moore because they have small sample sizes of success, and broke out during the 2020 season. So, Ty France is still an “unproven” player but Mariners fans shouldn’t be worried any longer.

One thing to note, Ty France’s exit velocity was in the bottom 8% of the league. His average exit velocity was 85.7mph. But, from what I have seen this Spring, Ty France is making hard contact consistently and looking like a real problem for AL Division rivals.

Now onto hitter #3.