Phils Add Shortstop Turner with 11-Year Deal

On Monday, reports started emerging the Phillies had landed free agent superstar shortstop Trea Turner in a blockbuster 11-year deal.  Turner's signing became official on Thursday and the newest Phillie was introduced at a celebratory press conference at Citizens Bank Park.  Turner improves an already solid line-up, adding a strong bat, speed and steady defense.  His 11-year deal will take him through the 2033 season at a total of $300 million or an annual average value of $27.3 per year.  The 29-year-old Turner apparently turned down more money from the Padres as he clearly wanted to join the Phillies.

Turner has appeared in each Topps flagship set dating back to 2016.  According to my Phillies baseball card database, I already have two of his cards in my collection as he shared league leaders cards with Bryce Harper in the 2022 Topps set and with Roman Quinn in the 2021 Topps Big League set.

There were other Phillies moves during the recently held Winter Meetings, and I'll summarize those in an upcoming post.

Departures - 2022-2023 Offseason

• Johan Camargo - inf (10/7/22) - Elected free agency, signed with the Minnesota Twins, 11/27/22.
• Michael Kelly - rhp (10/14/22) - Elected free agency.
• Chris Devenski - rhp (11/6/22) - Elected free agency, signed with the Los Angeles Angels, 11/28/22.
• Kyle Gibson - rhp (11/6/22) - Elected free agency, signed with the Baltimore Orioles, 12/5/22.
• Brad Hand - lhp (11/6/22) - Elected free agency.
• Corey Knebel - rhp (11/6/22) - Elected free agency.
• David Robertson - rhp (11/6/22) - Elected free agency.
• Noah Syndergaard - rhp (11/6/22) - Elected free agency.
• Zach Eflin - rhp (11/7/22) - Elected free agency.
• Jean Segura - 2b (11/7/22) - Elected free agency.
• Mark Appel - rhp (11/11/22) - Elected free agency.
• Jorge Bonifacio - of (11/11/22) - Elected free agency.
• Nick Duron - rhp (11/11/22) - Elected free agency.
• Yairo Munoz - inf (11/11/22) - Elected free agency.
• Bubby Rossman - rhp (11/11/22) - Elected free agency.

New Additions - 2022-2023 Offseason

• Luis Ortiz - rhp (11/9/22) - Claimed off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.
• Andrew Vasquez - rhp (11/9/22) - Claimed off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.
• Jake Cave - of (12/2/22) - Claimed off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.
• Noah Song - rhp (12/7/22) - Selected from the Boston Red Sox in the annual rule 5 draft.
• Trea Turner - ss (12/8/22) - Signed as a free agent formerly with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
• Matt Strahm - lhp (12/9/22) - Signed as a free agent formerly with the Boston Red Sox.

2021 Topps Big League #260

2022 Topps #59