Add a Free Agent Third Baseman Justin Turner On the list of players the Toronto Blue Jays should be interested in.
According to Jon Heyman of MLB Network, the Jays are among the teams showing interest in the 36-year-old.
Toronto has also shown interest in center fielder George Springer, Cy Young wins pitcher Trevor Bauer and Korean infielder Ha-Seong Kim this off-season, according to multiple reports.
Turner has spent the past seven seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, helping the team to their first World Series title since 1988 last fall. That wasn’t the whole story, however.
Turner came under fire for partying on the field with his teammates after they beat the Tampa Bay Rays to claim the title, despite testing positive for COVID-19 earlier that night. Multiple reports indicate that Turner ignored requests to continue isolating from both Dodgers and MLB safety after Game 6 ended.
In the field, Turner was a constant source of production on the hot corner. After Turner was fired from the New York Mets, he found a home in LA. For the past seven seasons, Turner had a batting average of 0.302 and an OPS of 0.886. He was named to the All-Star Team in 2017 and received votes for the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
He has signed a four-year $ 64 million deal with Los Angeles.
Turner made his debut with the Baltimore Orioles in September 2009.
