Perhaps the only thing that has happened anywhere near as consistently as Ty France hitting a single or double in the Padres’ instrasquad games has been France playing a different position in virtually every one those games.
And for both of those things, the Padres anticipate France could be among their most crucial contributors this season.
When Jayce Tingler talks about the contingency plans the team must prepare to be ready for players having to be held out of games due to COVID-19 — or merely contact with an infected or symptomatic person — France is essentially the poster child of those contingencies.