Source: Phils, Turner strike 11-year, $300M deal

SAN DIEGO -- Shortstop Trea Turner and the Philadelphia Phillies agreed connected an 11-year, $300 cardinal declaration Monday, sources told ESPN, adding the champion power-speed subordinate successful shot to the National League champions' already-potent lineup.

The assertive courtship of the 29-year-old Turner by the Phillies accelerated arsenic different teams, including the San Diego Padres, stepped up successful caller days. Philadelphia, which mislaid successful the World Series to the Houston Astros, targeted Turner arsenic the cleanable complement to a lineup that already includes his erstwhile Washington Nationals teammate Bryce Harper, All-Star catcher J.T. Realmuto, slugger Kyle Schwarber and archetypal baseman Rhys Hoskins.

The deal, which includes a afloat no-trade clause and nary deferred money, ties Turner to the Phillies done the 2033 play and is the 10th $300 million-plus declaration successful shot history. He is the 4th shortstop to scope that threshold, on with the New York Mets' Francisco Lindor, the Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. and the Texas Rangers' Corey Seager.

Combined with the two-year, $86.66 cardinal declaration fixed to right-hander Justin Verlander by the Phillies' NL East rival Mets earlier Monday, baseball's wintertime meetings, being held successful idiosyncratic for the archetypal clip since 2019, got disconnected to a rousing commencement connected their archetypal day. Despite a dilatory commencement to the winter, teams present person lavished much than $1 cardinal connected escaped agents -- and that's with Aaron Judge, Carlos Correa, Xander Bogaerts, Carlos Rodón, Brandon Nimmo and Dansby Swanson inactive yet to sign.

Turner's dynamism was connected show successful 2022, erstwhile helium deed .298/.343/.466 with 21 location runs and 27 stolen bases for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who had acquired him astatine the 2021 commercialized deadline on with ace Max Scherzer. It matched the accumulation passim Turner's career, during which helium has deed .302/.355/.487 with 124 location runs, 230 stolen bases and 586 runs scored successful 849 games.

No subordinate successful shot matches Turner's penchant for combining accomplishment and athleticism. Lightly recruited retired of precocious school, helium thrived arsenic freshman astatine NC State and went 13th wide successful the 2014 draught to San Diego. Less than six months later, the Padres dealt him to the Nationals, wherever helium tore done the strategy locked down a starting relation successful 2016 astatine 2nd basal and halfway field.

He transitioned to his earthy position, shortstop, successful 2017 and has racked up MVP votes successful each of the past 3 seasons. At 6-foot-2 and 185 pounds, Turner is the benignant of long, lithe jock connected whom teams imagination -- peculiarly a squad similar the Phillies, who volition determination rookie shortstop Bryson Stott to 2nd basal and adhd different big-ticket escaped cause to their loaded roster.

Under president Dave Dombrowski, the Phillies person aggressively pursued escaped agents, and Turner's $27.3 million-a-year declaration volition propulsion their payroll good implicit $200 million. While Turner, Harper, Realmuto, Schwarber, right-hander Zack Wheeler and outfielder Nick Castellanos each volition marque much than $20 cardinal this season, the sorts of young reinforcements that the champion teams usage to equilibrium retired big-dollar contracts could beryllium successful the large leagues sooner than later.

Right-hander Andrew Painter, a 19-year-old taken successful the archetypal circular of the 2021 draft, ascended to Double-A successful his archetypal play and, according to evaluators, could beryllium acceptable for the large leagues arsenic soon arsenic adjacent season. Righty Mick Abel, Philadelphia's first-rounder the erstwhile season, finished 2022 astatine Double-A arsenic well. Both could yet articulation a rotation that includes Wheeler, Aaron Nola -- who's a escaped cause aft the 2023 play -- and Ranger Suarez.

The Phillies inactive could enactment up their pitching unit with further dips into the escaped cause market, but the wintertime is already seen arsenic a occurrence with Turner successful the fold. He is expected to bat leadoff and spearhead a lineup that volition beryllium missing Harper for astatine slightest the archetypal fractional of the play arsenic helium recovers from Tommy John country to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament successful his elbow.

Philadelphia volition request each the assistance it tin get successful the cutthroat NL East, wherever the Mets and Atlanta Braves supply formidable part foes, each winning 101 games successful 2022 portion the Phillies booked 87 victories. Nonetheless, it was the Phillies who ran roughshod done the NL playoffs, sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals successful the chaotic paper series, beating Atlanta successful the part bid and disposing of the Padres successful the NL Championship Series.