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Justin Turner mentioned his departure from the Dodgers, happiness enjoying for the Pink Sox

August 31, 2024 by gajah.uk

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The offseason recruitment of Turner even reportedly included a textual content message from Invoice Belichick

Justin Turner
Justin Turner celebrates a house run with Rafael Devers. Stan Grossfeld/Globe Workers

Whereas Justin Turner stated he’s “extraordinarily completely happy” as a member of the Pink Sox, precisely why his previous group didn’t need him again stays a thriller.

Turner, 38, spent what has been so far the perfect years of his profession with the Dodgers. In 9 seasons with Los Angeles, he made two All-Star groups, established himself as a clutch hitter, and have become a popular character on the group’s star-studded roster.

However following the 2022 season, his contract possibility was declined by the group. Even nonetheless, he hoped he would possibly stick with the Dodgers.

In a current interview with Jorge Castillo of The Los Angeles Occasions, Turner defined the sequence of occasions.

Whereas at then-teammate Chris Taylor’s marriage ceremony, he came upon that the Dodgers have been signing J.D. Martinez. It meant that the place on Los Angeles’s roster Turner occupied was now gone.

“It’s like, ‘Rattling, it’s over,’” Turner recalled. “‘That nine-year run’s carried out.’”

Fortunately, former Dodgers teammate (and present Pink Sox utility participant) Kiké Hernández had already been pitching him on doubtlessly signing with Boston.

In line with Castillo, the complete recruitment marketing campaign from Boston finally included group administration, former gamers like Dustin Pedroia and Jason Varitek, and even a textual content from Invoice Belichick.

When the information about Martinez becoming a member of the Dodgers got here out throughout Taylor’s marriage ceremony, Turner’s path turned clear. The subsequent day, he signed a one-year take care of the Pink Sox that features a player-option for 2024.

Months after the very fact, Turner nonetheless isn’t positive why he wasn’t in a position to say with Los Angeles. Nonetheless, he stated he’s proud of the place he ended up.

“I don’t know,” Turner informed Castillo of the reasoning for his Dodgers departure. “No concept. That’s not a query for me to reply as a result of apart from being extraordinarily proud of the place I’m and loving all these guys and being part of it, like, the sincere fact is I didn’t see myself ever enjoying for an additional group for the remainder of my profession. And that’s simply the reality.”

After a sluggish begin to his Pink Sox profession (he hit simply .259 in April), Turner’s common is now as much as .280, with a .368 on-base proportion.

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Originally posted 2023-05-19 18:10:50.

Posted in: Sports Tagged: departure, discussed, Dodgers, happiness, Justin, playing, Red, Sox, Turner

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