{"id":179560,"date":"2023-01-07T05:57:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T05:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/details-on-justin-turners-red-sox-contract\/"},"modified":"2023-01-07T05:57:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T05:57:10","slug":"details-on-justin-turners-red-sox-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/details-on-justin-turners-red-sox-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Details On Justin Turner’s Red Sox Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Red Sox finalized their contract with veteran infielder Justin Turner<\/strong> this afternoon. Initial reports on the deal, which was agreed upon in December, were a bit variable.<\/p>\n

Jon Heyman of the New York Post specified the details this afternoon (on Twitter<\/a>). It’s officially a two-year, $21.7MM guarantee that comes with an average annual value of $10.85MM. The deal also contains up to $1MM in incentives that’d max out if he reaches 560 plate appearances. As previously reported, Turner will have the opportunity to opt out after the 2023 campaign.<\/p>\n

The Vayner Sports client will make an $8.3MM salary this year. At season’s end, he’ll have to decide on either a $13.4MM player option or a $6.7MM buyout to head back to free agency. That lofty buyout means Turner would collect $15MM for one season if he opts out, and he’d only have to top $6.7MM on the open market to come out ahead financially. Matching or topping the .278\/.350\/.438 line he posted through 532 plate appearances during his final season with the Dodgers should allow him to fairly easily beat that figure.<\/p>\n

The two-time All-Star spent nine seasons in Southern California after his first few years as a role player with the Orioles and Mets. he took to Twitter<\/a> this evening to thank the Dodgers organization and its fans after officially putting pen to paper with Boston.<\/p>\n

with Rafael Devers<\/strong> and Triston Casas <\/strong>set to man the corner infield, Turner seems likely to spend a decent amount of time at designated hitter in 2023. He’ll be replacing J.D. Martinez<\/strong>who coincidentally landed in Los Angeles on a one-year free agent deal.<\/p>\n

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