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Trea Turner 2023 Player Outlook: A Fantasy Stud in the City of Brotherly Love
2 years agoYou could consider 2022 a down year for Trea, reaching four-year lows in batting average and slugging percentage. He fell short of his 2021 totals in both homers (21) and steals (27), but playing a full year as the Dodgers three-hitter led to a huge spike in RBI (100). It's funny that we're calling a 101 R, 21 HR, 100 RBI, 27 SB, .298 AVG season a "down year", but that's just the bar that Trea has set for us in his career. His great performance since entering the league in 2015 (a career .302/.355/.487 hitter) earned him a massive new contract in Philadelphia, where he will man shortstop and hit in the top third of the order for the next decade or more. Assuming health, few hitters will best Trea in counting stats, and a 20-20 season does seem like a floor for him, especially in the hitter-friendly Citizen's Bank Park. The upside is something like 110 R, 30 HR, 100 RBI, 30 SB, and a .320 AVG. Few hitters boast that kind of game-wrecking ability. Turner is once again an easy top-three pick in roto drafts this year, and it's perfectly fine to take him at #1 overall.
