9/8/2023 0 Comments Dodgers roster 2023The Boston Red Sox may be motivated to trade 30-year-old Trevor Story whose remaining $115 million could be viewed by the team as a payroll albatross, limiting the team’s ability to re-sign All-Star shortstop Bogaerts and third baseman Rafael Devers, who will be a free agent after the 2023 season. But, with teams coveting talented shortstops, the trade market is far from robust. The other option, Dodgers trade for a starting shortstop. The Dodgers could re-sign Trea Turner for less than it would cost them to sign four-time All-Star/five-time Silver Slugger Xander Bogaerts – probably much less. Use the KISS principle – Keep it Simple Stupid – and re-sign Trea Turner! Turner wants to be a Dodger, he is at the top of his game, the overwhelming majority of fans love him, the team has the financial wherewithal to sign him, and there is not another shortstop in the organization who comes close to his talent and on-field performance. I’d like to be here, and hopefully they feel the same way, that they would love to have me.” “Whatever it is, from almost any angle you look at it, it seems like are the best in baseball, or one of the best. Losing Turner would leave a hole in the Dodgers lineup as big as the sink holes seen in the fictional TV series “La Brea.”įill-in the blank and add an exclamation point - Trea Turner! Over the last four MLB seasons, 2019-22, Turner has been at the top of Fangraphs’ offensive shortstop stats with 20 wins above replacement (WAR), 110.6 Offensive Runs above average (OFF), and 33% above ML average for runs created. The free agency of Trea Turner has the potential of leaving a huge offensive void at the top of the Dodgers lineup. Join in the prognostications of MLB analysts Jim Bowden, Ken Rosenthal, John Heyman, Jon Morosi, and others, as they stoke the 2022-23 Hot Stove season with this Dodgers dilemma. The Dodgers do not have a more important 2023 roster decision.
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