Trea Turner reportedly agrees ...

Trea Turner, the lightning-quick shortstop who has developed into a consistent MVP contender, has agreed to join the Philadelphia Phillies. According to reports, Turner will agree to an 11-year, $300 million contract with the franchise. A complete no-trade clause is present in the contract.

Turner and Bryce Harper will play together in Philadelphia going forward thanks to the decision. Both Harper and Turner committed to the Phillies for the long run by signing comparable contracts with them. Turner easily outperformed expectations with his 11-year contract and $300 million total. Turner was predicted by crowdsourced predictions on FanGraphs to sign a seven-year, $210 million contract. The longer term, however, results in a lower average yearly value ($27.27 million per year), which will benefit general manager Dave Dombrowski's While determining their yearly competitive balance tax, the big-spending Phillies.

He has the highest FanGraphs WAR among all major league shortstops since 2020. Along with José Ramirez and Ronald Acua Jr., he is one of just three players to have at least 50 of each during that time period with 61 home runs and 71 steals. He twice had the most hits in the National League and won the batting title in 2021 with a.328 average. Turner consistently has one of baseball's greatest BABIPs because of his exceptional bat control and speed, which makes it challenging to keep him off the bases.

Turner has basically moved past his early career injury problems. He missed a total of 16 games over the previous three seasons, but he played all 162 of his games in 2018.

Analyzing the Phillies' long-term pact with Turner

Would you want to face a lineup coming at you with some combination of Turner, Bryce Harper and J.T. Realmuto? That whooshing sound you hear is everyone in the NL East vigorously shaking their heads. No, you don’t want to face that lineup. For at least the next three or four seasons, it’s going to be ferocious.

The elephant in the room is what Turner, a speed-based player, will look like in his mid-30s and beyond. This deal will keep him in Philadelphia until he’s 40, and his skills don’t immediately present as the kind that will age gracefully.

But Dombrowski, ever aggressive in his pursuit of elite stars, had a hole in the middle infield and a roster perhaps overly reliant on lumbering power hitters. Turner reshapes that immediately, giving the Phillies a more well-rounded attack. The signing also likely means Bryson Stott, a rookie shortstop who improved as the 2022 season went on, will likely move over to second base.