Trea Turner heads to Phillies for 11 years/$300M
SAN DIEGO – The Philadelphia Phillies, who targeted free agent shortstop Trea Turner immediately after their World Series loss, signed him Monday to an 11-year, $300 million contract, a high-ranking Phillies official told USA TODAY Sports.
The official spoke on the condition of anonymity since the Phillies have not announced the deal.
The deal includes a full no-trade clause.
Turner becomes the fourth shortstop to receive a $300 million contract in baseball history, joining Francisco Lindor of the New York Mets (10 years, $341 million), Fernando Tatis Jr. (13 years, $340 mil lion) of the San Diego Padres and Corey Seager (10 years, $325 million) of the Texas Rangers.
Turner’s deal ties him for the fourth-largest free agent contract in baseball, behind only outfielder Bryce Harper ($330 million), pitcher Gerrit Cole ($324 million), Seager and tied with infielder Manny Machado ($300 million).
Turner’s deal should set the market price for the three remaining marquee free agent shortstops with Carlos Correa, Xander Bogaerts and Dansby Swanson. Correa has the chance to eclipse the mark since he’s the youngest, 28, and had no qualifying offer attached to him.
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 a .870 on-base plus slugging percentage at a time the leaguewide average has dropped to a historically low .243.
He’s also averaged 26 homers and 35 steals per 162 games during that span. After a trade to the Los Angeles Dodgers in July 2021, Turner was a catalyst for a club that won 106 and 111 games the past two seasons.
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.