{"id":1346,"date":"2024-10-26T08:07:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T08:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=1346"},"modified":"2024-10-26T08:07:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T08:07:29","slug":"phillies-blindly-determined-to-keep-trea-turner-at-short-no-matter-what-metrics-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=1346","title":{"rendered":"Phillies blindly determined to keep Trea Turner at short no matter what metrics say"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\">The Philadelphia Phillies signed Trea Turner to an 11-year, $300 million contract before the 2023 season. It was a major move at the time to acquire one of baseball\u2019s elite talents.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">Turner\u2019s first season in the City of Brotherly Love didn\u2019t go as planned. He was a career .302 hitter through the first eight years of his career but hit just .266 and struck out a career-high 150 times in his first season with the Phillies.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">The fans had to give Turner a standing ovation on Aug. 4, 2023, to help turn his season around and it worked. He hit .317 with 16 home runs and 42 RBI in the final two months of the season. His fielding remained an issue as he had 23 errors and a .960 fielding percentage in 2023.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\">The Phillies were hoping for a turnaround season for Turner in 2024. The 31-year-old missed some time due to injury, but he was named the National League All-Star Game shortstop starter and had a much better year at the plate. The poor defense continued.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\">Turner played 1,018 2\/3 innings at shortstop in 2024. He was tied for the seventh most errors among qualified players with 17. He had the fourth-worst fielding percentage at .962.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">\u201cWe rely on defensive metrics, but there\u2019s also not a perfect way of describing the defensive aspects of the game as far as we know,\u201d Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said about Turner\u2019s defense during his end-of-season press conference. \u201cHe did not have, [he\u2019s] not an outstanding defensive shortstop. He has good range, he makes really good plays at times. But he also makes too many errors at points, but he has improved, he\u2019s worked hard. I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if he continues to improve despite his age.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">According to FanGraphs, Turner was a below-average fielder in eight categories and had the second-worst defensive value among qualified shortstops. There have been talks about moving him to a different position whether that\u2019s second base or center field, both of which he has major league experience at.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">\u201cHe will be our shortstop, yes, he\u2019s going to be our shortstop in the coming year,\u201d Dombrowski said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\">Defense is an important aspect of the game. Pitchers and catchers are involved in every play, but the most valuable position on the field is shortstop. Turner needs to show major improvements in his defensive abilities, and management needs to acknowledge when a player isn\u2019t playing up to standards.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"inline-text-10\">Trending on That Ball&#8217;s Outta Here<\/h3>\n<figure>\n<blockquote data-embed-name=\"TBOH links (current)\" data-type=\"GroupOfLinks\" data-url=\"https:\/\/content-enrichment-service.mmsport.voltaxservices.io\/properties\/6\/embeds\/01he0ecnazvcyqh\/data\" data-with-images=\"false\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">manual<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trea Turner has played a poor shortstop since joining the Phillies in 2023, but that\u2019s not stopping the team from keeping him at the position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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