SIGNED: Trea Turner Has A New Home With 11-Year Contract

In one of the longest free agent contracts ever signed, superstar shortstop Trea Turner has a new home, as the two-time All-Star and former MLB batting champion has signed an 11-year deal with the Philadelphia Phillies.

Trea Turner and the Phillies have agreed on a 11-year, $300M contract, per @kileymcd and @JeffPassan pic.twitter.com/hTxUIcKFmL
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 5, 2022

It's an 11-year, $300M deal, with a full no-trade clause. It's a $27.27M average annual value (AAV), and the 10th $300M contract in baseball history.

The #Phillies strategy with Turner was very similar to how they approached the Bryce Harper talks in 2019.

They proposed a lower AAV over more years to give them more flexibility to build a roster around both players.

Both were open to that structure. Obviously!
— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) December 5, 2022

The stats say that Turner is worthy of a deal like this, as he boasts the sport's second-best WAR since 2019, at 20.0. With 230 career stolen bases, his sprint speed has remained in the top 1% of the league in all eight seasons of his major league career.

He has a .302 lifetime batting average, a .355 on-base, an .842 OPS, and has also added power to his game, blasting 20+ HR in each of the last two seasons.

Turner's new Phillies teammate Bryson Stott has shown his approval. But he needs a little work on his photoshop skills.