Phils welcome Turner after finalizing $300M deal

PHILADELPHIA -- Bryce Harper lobbed Philadelphia's archetypal recruiting transportation implicit the summertime erstwhile the injured All-Star utilized a impermanent stint successful the broadcast booth to advocator for aboriginal escaped cause and erstwhile Washington teammate Trea Turner.

"Trea Turner, he's my favourite subordinate successful the league," Harper said. "Not adjacent close."

Harper and Turner person been reunited by the National League champion Phillies for the upcoming play and good beyond. Turner's $300 million, 11-year declaration with the Phillies was finalized Thursday, a woody that'll instrumentality the 29-year-old shortstop and 2021 NL batting champion into his 40s.

A semipermanent risk, perhaps, for the Phillies, but 1 proprietor John Middleton and president Dave Dombrowski were consenting to instrumentality with the Phillies' title model unfastened for the adjacent fewer seasons. Harper inactive has 9 years near connected his $330 million, 11-year escaped cause deal, though helium could miss astatine slightest 2 months arsenic helium recovers from elbow surgery.

Turner tin surely assistance dependable a lineup that mislaid a combined a no-hitter to the Houston Astros successful the World Series and mislaid successful six games -- and apt from the apical of the order, knocking free-swinging NL location tally champ Kyle Schwarber down a spot oregon two.

Schwarber, who struck retired 200 times, did bargain a career-high 10 bases. Turner, though, has led the league successful steals doubly and had 27 past season.

"He stole a batch of bases past year. He's benignant of coming astir there," Turner said with a laugh. "I don't cognize if I privation to footwear him retired of there."

Turner deed .298 with 21 homers and a career-high 100 RBIs this twelvemonth successful his archetypal afloat play with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He besides scored 101 runs.

"We pictured playing with Bryce and Schwarber and a batch of those guys connected the squad now," Turner said astatine Citizens Bank Park. "It conscionable seemed similar a batch of things added up and pointed america successful this direction."

A batch of things. Like money. Turner gets salaries of $27,272,727 successful each of the adjacent 10 seasons and $27,272,730 successful 2033. He besides volition marque a $100,000 yearly publication to Phillies charities. His woody includes a afloat no-trade provision.

Turner and his household met with Dombrowski, wide manager Sam Fuld and manager Rob Thomson past period successful Florida. Turner had different suitors and turned down astatine slightest 1 richer connection to motion with Philadelphia.

"This spot is amusive to play," Turner said. "I watched a batch of playoff games and this spot was rocking."

Dombrowski downplayed the determination to walk truthful overmuch wealth connected Turner, particularly heavy into his 30s, erstwhile players are traditionally connected the downside of their careers.

"I bash deliberation sometimes you person to differentiate betwixt a mean large league subordinate and an elite athlete," Dombrowski said. "I bash deliberation determination are immoderate differences successful that regard, too. We person done a batch of probe successful that regard. An elite jock tin past longer astatine the show level than, say, different individuals can."

Bigger bases and restrictions connected antiaircraft positioning coming to the crippled adjacent twelvemonth apt enhanced the escaped cause marketplace for Turner, due to the fact that those are 2 changes that marque his carnal skills and antiaircraft versatility much valuable.

He turned down a $19.65 cardinal qualifying connection from the Dodgers successful November, joining a stellar radical of escaped cause shortstops that besides included Carlos Correa, Xander Bogaerts and Dansby Swanson.

Turner broke into the majors with Washington successful 2015. The two-time All-Star deed .300 with 192 steals successful six-plus seasons with the Nationals, winning the World Series successful 2019.

Turner and ace right-hander Max Scherzer were traded to the Dodgers successful a multiplayer woody astatine the 2021 commercialized deadline. Turner deed .338 with 10 homers and 11 steals down the stretch, and Los Angeles made it to the NL Championship Series earlier being eliminated by Atlanta.

Turner is simply a .302 hitter with 124 homers, 434 RBIs and 230 steals successful 849 games. He has spent astir of his vocation astatine shortstop, but helium besides has made starts astatine 2nd basal and successful halfway field.

He would gain $50,000 each for making the All-Star team, winning a Gold Glove oregon earning a Silver Slugger. He would get $500,000 for winning an MVP award, $50,000 for placing 2nd and $25,000 for third. Turner besides would gain $100,000 for a World Series MVP grant and $50,000 for an NLCS MVP designation.

Turner and Harper played with the Washington Nationals from 2015 to '18. Harper, who won an NL MVP grant with each team, texted Turner successful the offseason and served arsenic a sounding committee for questions helium had astir Philly.

Turner had 1 connected Thursday: Where's the champion spot to eat? He'll person 11 years to illustration each of Philly's cuisine.