\u2014 San Diego Padres (@Padres) July 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n France (.779 OPS) is back in the lineup on Friday (6:40 p.m. on Padres.TV) \u2014 at first base and in the six-hole \u2014 against familiar faces who might have something for him this weekend.<\/p>\n The 31-year-old was traded from the Minnesota Twins to the Toronto Blue Jays last year. His old teammates have their AL championship rings and could be delivering France his in person following an eventful ride to Game 7 of the World Series.<\/p>\n The Dodgers ultimately prevailed but not before one of the more memorable postseason series in recent history.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, it was obviously heartbreaking,\u201d France said of the Blue Jays losing to the Dodgers in 11 innings in Game 7, \u201cbut in my opinion, and I think a lot of people in the baseball world, it\u2019ll go down as one of the best World Series of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n France went 1-for-3 off the bench in Game 3 and drove in a run off the bench in Game 4. He also hit .277\/.320\/.372 with one homer and eight RBIs in 37 games after the Twins\u2019 fire sale included a trade to Toronto to back up Vladimir Guerrero Jr. at first base.<\/p>\n France ultimately won a Gold Glove for his defense and that trophy was delivered to him in San Diego earlier this year. It\u2019s not set up yet in his home, but he\u2019s leaning toward displaying the AL championship ring alongside the Gold Glove.<\/p>\n \u201cI won\u2019t wear it,\u201d France said. \u201cI think something like that is more of just like having the memory.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cI mean it was special. That\u2019s a special group over there. From the moment I walked in the doors there, they were accepting of me and brought me in as one of their own, and it was a very close group. So it made going to work every day and going out there to battle with them every day a lot more fun.<\/p>\n \u201cYou know, obviously not how we wanted to end it, but it\u2019s something I\u2019ll never forget.\u201d<\/p>\n Here\u2019s how the Blue Jays will line up to start the three-game series:<\/p>\n Hello, San Diego \ud83d\udc4b #BlueJays50<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/dSggdW8G42<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) July 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Dylan Cease reminisces<\/p>\n Michael King joked late Wednesday night that he was going to text Dylan Cease about his pitch selection in the ninth inning of his no-no bid. The Padres\u2019 right-hander did not get to ribbing his old locker-mate that night, but Cease\u2019s near no-hitter was certainly talked about as he made the rounds on the field at Petco Park on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, we had a conversation about it,\u201d Cease said while seated in the visiting dugout. \u201cWhen I ran him through my logic \u2014 it\u2019s easy to look back and second guess. It\u2019s very easy, especially when you\u2019re sitting on the couch watching. It\u2019s very easy to go, \u2018Oh, you know.\u2019 But yeah, we talked about it a little bit. Michael\u2019s a smart man.\u201d<\/p>\n Michael King joked the other night that he was going to get on Dylan Cease for his pitch selection that ended his no-hitter in the ninth the other day. They did, in fact, talk \ud83d\ude43 \ud83d\ude02 #Padres<\/a> #BlueJays<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/IlZJcBKNv4<\/a><\/p>\n
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