Trea Turner becomes the third shortstop to receive a $300 million contract in baseball history,
Turner’s deal ties him for the fourth-largest free agent contract in baseball, behind only Bryce Harper , Gerrit Cole , Seager and tied with Manny Machado .
Turner, 29, is a two-time All-Star, a former batting champion, one of the fastest players in baseball and can hit for both power and average. Since the start of the 2019 season, after which his Washington Nationals won their only World Series title, Turner has been extremely productive, batting .311 with an .870 on-base-plus-slugging percentage at a time the leaguewide average has dropped to a historically low .243.
Yet the Phillies showed early, significant interest in Turner this offseason, and his acquisition will push their total spending on six players to more than $1 billion since the start of 2019. That binge began with Turner's friend and former Nationals teammate Bryce Harper, who inked a $330 million deal to begin the flurry, and continued with catcher J.T. Realmuto , ace Zack Wheeler and, last winter, sluggers Nick Castellanos and Kyle Schwarber .
Turner's signing culminates a process long expected once he and the Nationals made little progress on a long-term deal midway through his stint in Washington. Originally drafted by the Padres, he was acquired by Washington in a three-team trade in 2015 and was a catalyst on three Nationals playoff teams, culminating in the 2019 World Series title.
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