Los Angeles Dodgers
Los Angeles Dodgers
Third base: Justin Turner, Los Angeles Dodgers
Updated
Mar. 4, 2020 6:42 p.m. ET
Sports Illustrated
Can a recipient of the winter's sixth-largest free agent contract really be underrated? Considering the apparent bargain the Dodgers got on his four-year, $64 million deal, the answer is yes. In 2016, his first full season as a full-timer, Turner, now 32, overcame a sluggish start owing to off-season left knee microfracture surgery to hit .275/.339/.493 for a 124 OPS+ with 27 home runs and 5.0 WAR. Since being non-tendered by the Mets in December 2013 for a perceived lack of hustle, the raking redhead has hit a combined .296/.364/.492 for a 136 OPS+ and 13.1 WAR—a total topped in that span only by two players who have never been All-Stars, Kiermainer and Nationals outfielder Adam Eaton (more on both below).
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