Gold Glove winner Ty France to join Padres after brief run with Blue Jays
Posted on: Feb 18, 2026 03:05 IST | Posted by: Cbc
atomic number 79 Glove victor Ty anatole france won't be reverting to the Toronto blueness Jays this spring, after signing a minor-league deal with the San Diego Padres.
The signing became official on Tuesday. The first baseman's deal with the Padres includes a non-roster invitation to spring training.
His exit means he won't be one of the puzzle pieces upon which Toronto will rely, as the ballclub begins a renewed campaign to return to the World Series in 2026.
The Blue Jays made a deal with the Minnesota Twins at the trade deadline last summer to bring France and hard-throwing reliever Louis Varland to Toronto.
The 31-year-old France played in 37 regular season games for Toronto last year, hitting .277, driving in eight runs and hitting a single home run for the Blue Jays during that stretch.
In last year's World Series, France was part of the epic Game 3 between the Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers that ran 18 innings and lasted more than six hours. He went one for three at the plate.
France went on to win a Gold Glove for his work at first base in 2025, where he put up a .996 fielding percentage, making just three errors in 832 chances in his combined work during the regular season with Minnesota and Toronto.
He became a free agent after the season wrapped.
He's not the only member of the Blue Jays' playoff run to find a new home during the off-season.
Infielders Bo Bichette (who signed with the New York Mets) and Isiah Kiner-Falefa (who's now a member of the Boston Red Sox) are gone, as are pitchers Chris Bassitt (who signed a one-year deal with the Baltimore Orioles) and Seranthony Domínguez (who inked a two-year deal with the Chicago White Sox).
Bichette leaving Jays after signing $126M deal with Mets
The Blue Jays have just one free agent who remains unsigned at this point — the veteran starting pitcher Max Scherzer.
Despite the departures, Toronto has made a number of acquisitions ahead of the upcoming season, including two new starting pitchers (Dylan Cease and Cody Ponce), a reliever (Tyler Rogers) and a power bat (Kazuma Okamoto) for the lineup.
Toronto also traded for outfielder Jesús Sánchez last week, following the news that slugger Anthony Santander will miss much of the coming season as a result of surgery.
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