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Justin Turner?

metirish Dec 15 2023 06:58 PM

Mets and his camp are talking https://nypost.com/2023/12/15/sports/mets-justin-turner-engaged-in-talks-on-potential-reunion/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost_sitebuttons

kcmets Dec 15 2023 07:14 PM Re: Justin Turner?

Unless it's for some infield coach position, no thank you.

bmfc1 Dec 15 2023 07:34 PM Re: Justin Turner?

Can still rake: https://www.fangraphs.com/players/justin-turner/5235/stats?position=3B

Frayed Knot Dec 16 2023 04:52 AM Re: Justin Turner?

Considering that they've just lost a potential 3B-man for a good chunk of the year, why not talk to him.

MFS62 Dec 16 2023 08:53 AM Re: Justin Turner?

Ok by me. Later

Benjamin Grimm Dec 16 2023 09:05 AM Re: Justin Turner?

Why not?

smg58 Dec 16 2023 10:37 AM Re: Justin Turner?

He's aged pretty well. Non-tendering him when we did hasn't. Worst case scenario is that he can give us some offense at DH against lefties. That's enough to justify giving him a call.

The Hot Corner Dec 16 2023 12:22 PM Re: Justin Turner?

I think he is worth a look for a one or two year deal. Could serve as right handed DH and insurance at third base, should Baty/Vientos fail to take ownership of the position.

G-Fafif Dec 17 2023 09:01 AM Re: Justin Turner?

He's aged pretty well. Non-tendering him when we did hasn't. Mets non-tendered four other players along with Turner in the same Swiffering of the roster's dustier crevices: Jeremy Hefner, Scott Atchison, Omar Quintanilla and Jordan's Valdespin. At least those deletions didn't backfire — and no hard feelings from Hefner, apparently. At the time, iI thought the worst-case scenarios regarding any of them would be a brief blip upward that the Mets would regret before everybody regressed to non-tenderworthiness. Turner's career certainly had legs that were not widely foreseen. I wouldn't mind him returning.

Lefty Specialist Dec 17 2023 06:14 PM Re: Justin Turner?

You're really showing no faith in Brett Baty if you make this move. That said, yeah, sure, as long as it's a one-year deal heavy on incentives.

Johnny Lunchbucket Dec 17 2023 06:21 PM Re: Justin Turner?

Turner's sudden career turnaround came after training for months with Marlon Byrd. Byrd got popped twice for Peds.

Edgy MD Dec 17 2023 08:17 PM Re: Justin Turner?

I kind of look at this offseason's non-tendering of Luis Guillorme as sort of similar. Despite Luis being a glove-first guy and Turner being the opposite, both were carrying a little extra in the saddlebags, both had seemingly leveled-off in their development to judge from the back of their baseball cards, both were overcommitted to look-at-me facial hair for not-quite-established players, but both had visible talent that you could reasonably fear that a new environment/organization could tap where the Mets had failed.

smg58 Dec 18 2023 10:04 AM Re: Justin Turner?

I often wonder how you know when to sell high on somebody. It's easy to see now that for Guillorme that was last offseason. But it's never popular to deal the guy who's overachieving. Hell, I remember getting mad when the Mets traded Ed Hearn for David Cone.