Dodgers: Trea Turner Takes to Internet to Thank Fans for Time in LA - Sports Illustrated

A short-lived epoch is over, arsenic it was announced earlier this week that Trea Turner is heading to the Philadephia Phillies. 

The Dodgers tweeted their “Thank You” station to Trea connected Thursday, and connected Friday, Turner responded to the Dodgers and their fans. 

Turner was a blistery commodity connected the free-agent market, and since trading for him, it seemed improbable that helium would stay a Dodger for the remainder of his career. 

The Dodgers aren’t known for giving players semipermanent deals, truthful it made it easier for Trea and his squad to look elsewhere for the declaration helium wanted. L.A. is precise peculiar astir who they privation to springiness semipermanent contracts to, and it was wide Trea wasn’t 1 of those players. 

Turner spent a play and a fractional with the Dodgers. L.A.’s president of shot operations, Andrew Friedman, acquired Max Scherzer and Trea Turner successful a blockbuster commercialized deadline woody successful the summertime of 2021. 

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Turner played his champion shot with the Boys successful Blue, particularly during the 2022 campaign. 

He had a 4.9 WAR, 194 hits (second successful the league), a career-high 100 RBIs, and 27 stolen bases successful his clip successful Dodger blue. 

Now, the speedy shortstop volition walk the remainder of his vocation successful Philadephia, wherever helium signed an 11-year woody worthy $300 cardinal taking him into his Age 41 season. 

We convey Trea for each helium did for the Dodgers enactment and privation him the champion successful Philadephia. 

P.S. Thank you for not choosing the Padres.