When the Blue Jays picked up starter Shane Bieber and relievers Seranthony Dominguez and Louis Varland at the trade deadline, it made sense. They needed help in the back end of the bullpen, and if Bieber could come back from his Tommy John surgery and look like his old self, as he did Friday night in his Jays debut , that would be a massive addition.

The reaction to Ty France coming over with Varland in the deal with the Minnesota Twins was more like a collective “huh?” What did the Jays need with another right-handed hitting first baseman when they already had the league’s best in Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ?

“Trust me,” said France in an interview that can be heard on the latest episode of “Deep Left Field,” the Star’s baseball podcast . “That thought went through my mind as

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